Ariel Bauer
Head of Communications and Investor Relations
Replay available
SGS S.A. (LSE: 0QMI) Q1 2025 earnings conference call, held 2025-04-24. Replay captured from the company's public earnings webcast.

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WEBVTT 00:00:01.077 -- 00:00:07.143 Good morning and welcome to the SGS Q1 2025 sales update. 00:00:07.143 -- 00:00:12.789 My name is Ariel Bauer and I'm in charge of communications and investor relations. 00:00:12.789 -- 00:00:19.195 I'm here with Geraldine Picot, our CEO, and Marta Vlachkova, our CFO. 00:00:19.195 -- 00:00:24.380 Please note that this call is being recorded and will be available for replay 00:00:24.380 -- 00:00:29.835 on the SGS website. Throughout today's presentation, all participants 00:00:29.835 -- 00:00:35.380 will be in listen-only mode. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session, 00:00:35.380 -- 00:00:41.045 and you can register for questions at any time by pressing star 1 on your keypad. 00:00:41.045 -- 00:00:47.190 I would now like to turn the conference over to Géraldine Picot, CEO of SGS. 00:00:47.190 -- 00:00:50.933 Thank you, Ariel, and good morning, ladies and gentlemen. 00:00:50.933 -- 00:00:52.615 Welcome 00:00:52.615 -- 00:00:57.617 to this conference call about RQ1 sales. 00:01:02.772 -- 00:01:05.816 So, we had a strong quarter to start the year. 00:01:05.816 -- 00:01:09.200 In particular, I am very excited about it. 00:01:09.200 -- 00:01:14.667 We reported the highest quarterly sales ever, close to 1.7 00:01:14.667 -- 00:01:18.172 billion Swiss francs, up 6.6%. 00:01:18.172 -- 00:01:23.258 This achievement is attributable to a strong organic growth 00:01:23.258 -- 00:01:25.181 of 5.6%, 00:01:25.181 -- 00:01:31.109 but also to our Bolton acquisition policy, which now significantly contributes 00:01:31.109 -- 00:01:33.299 to total growth. 00:01:33.299 -- 00:01:38.687 In a few minutes, I will comment in details on the drivers which have supported the 00:01:38.687 -- 00:01:44.175 market over the quarter. You will see that dig...