Knorr-Bremse AG (0KBI) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Knorr-Bremse's conference call for the Q1 twenty twenty six results. At this time, all participants have been placed on a listen only mode. The floor will be open for questions following the presentation. Let me now turn the floor over to the Head of Investor Relations, Andreas Spitzauer. Thank you, operator. Good afternoon as well as good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I hope all of you are very fine. My name is Andreas Spitzauer, Head of Investor Relations, and I want to welcome you to KNOBremse's presentation for the first quarter results of 2026. Today, Markus Desser, our CEO and Frank Weber, our CFO, will present the results of KNOBremse followed by a Q and A session. The conference call will be recorded and is available on our homepage in the Investor Relations section. It is now my pleasure to hand over to Markus Zusseja. Please go ahead. Thank you, Andreas. Ladies and gentlemen, warm welcome to our Capital Market Call for the first quarter twenty twenty six results. We will keep it short today as it's a busy reporting day, and our very good financial figures will largely speak for themselves. So let's start with the key takeaways for today on Page number two. At a time when global headlines are increasingly shaped by volatility, fragmentation and lack of long term thinking, we see it as our responsibility to steer Knorr-Bremse with discipline and resilience. While the broader geopolitical environment remains fragile and unpredictable, we are focused on what we can control and on making prudent decisions in an environment where prudence has become the exception rather than the rule. Overall, we made a very strong start into 2026. In fact, this marks our best first quarter in the past five years. Now we are t...