Polytec Holding AG (0GOX) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Ladies and gentlemen, we warmly welcome you to the earnings call regarding the h 1 figures of 2,026 of the Polytec Holding AG. I am pleased to welcome Polytec CFO, Markus Muilburg, and ER manager, Paul Leidenbach, who will guide us through the presentation shortly, after which we will move on to a q and a session with audio line and chat. With that, I'm handing over to you, mister Muilberg. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for joining us for today's investor and analyst conference call on Polytec's half year results 2020 '26. Let me start with a quick overview of the first half year. Polytec Group is on the right track. We continue to move forward with a clear focus on productivity and profitability. Although group sales are temporarily lower, this is no cause for concern, quite the opposite. We have significantly optimized our product and production portfolio, resulting in an improved profitability in the first half of the year. We also made further progress in strengthening our balance sheet with a higher equity ratio and significantly lower net debt. At the same time, we have intensified our efforts to expand and diversify our non automotive business. We are making very good progress in this area and see promising opportunities ahead. Against this backdrop, we confirm our outlook for the current fiscal year. Before I take you through the key figures of the first half year, I would like to briefly outline the strategic positioning of the Polytec Group, as this provides important context for understanding our financial performance. Our guiding principle is to apply the right strategic approach to each product area. In automotive, we remain an established Tier one development and production partner with a clear focus on electromobility, disciplined inv...