Rottneros AB (publ) (RROS) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Hello and welcome to today's broadcast with Rottneros, who will be presenting their financial report for the second quarter of 2026. With us, we have the CEO, Per Bjurbom, and CFO, Monika Passanen. If you wish to ask questions, you can do so via the form found to the right of the broadcast. And if you're calling in and would like to ask a question, press star 9 to raise your hand and star 6 to activate your audio once you've been given the word. And with that said, I hand it over to you guys. Go ahead and present. Thank you, Elliot, and I would like to wish you all welcome to this Q2 report for Rotterdoos. Myself, Per Bjurbom, CEO, I will start to make a presentation of the highlights and the market, and then I will turn the word over to Monica, and I will present the financials, and then I will wrap up at the end, and then we are open for Q&As. So we move on to the highlights for Q2, and... As you may be all aware of, we are coming out of a streak of quarters where we have been on the negative side on EBTA number, and we are very pleased to see that they are showing up an EBTA of 31 million SEAC. Also a theme during the quarters is the wood pricing. The wood pricing has come down as we have anticipated earlier quarters, and we are happy to see that materializing in our numbers. We also can see that in our niches where we are prioritizing our production, we can also see a stable demand. And we continue within the company to scrutinize cost, and we are also happy to see that that is giving results. So we are happy on the cost development of the company this quarter. This next slide. And for you, maybe new to Rottneros, just some short words about the company. So, producer of softwood pulp for demanding customer when it comes to purity and strength. We are located here...