Nucor Corporation (NUE) Q1 2025 Earnings Call

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Good morning and welcome to Nucor's first quarter 2025 earnings call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise, and today's call is being recorded. After the speaker's prepared remarks, I will provide instructions for callers wishing to ask questions. I would now like to introduce Jack Sullivan, Vice President of Nucor Investor Relations. You may begin your call. Thank you and good morning, everyone. Welcome to Nucor's first quarter 2025 earnings review and business update. Leading our call today is Leon Topalian, Chair, President, and CEO, along with Steve Laxton, Executive Vice President and CFO. Other members of Nucor's executive team are also here with us today and may participate during the Q&A portion of the call. Yesterday, we posted our first quarter earnings release and investor presentation to NUCOR's IR website. We encourage you to access these materials as we will cover portions of them during the call. Today's discussion will include the use of non-GAAP financial measures and forward-looking information within the meaning of securities laws. Actual results may be different than forward-looking statements and involve risks outlined in our safe harbor statement and disclosed in NUCOR's SEC filings. The appendix of today's presentation includes supplemental information and disclosures, along with a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures. So, with that, let's turn the call over to Leon. Thanks, Jack. Before we discuss the quarterly results, I'd like to acknowledge the important contributions of two retiring executive team members. Chad Udemark, our EVP of New Markets and Innovation, will retire in June after more than three decades with Nucor. Chad has exemplified the Nucor culture and has positively impacted thousands of tea...