Wacker Chemie Ag Ord (WKCMF) Q2 2025 Earnings Call

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Wacker Chemie Q2 2025 conference call. I'm Vicky, the chorus call operator. I would like to remind you that all participants will be in listen-only mode and the conference is being recorded. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. You can register for questions at any time by pressing star and 1 on your telephone. For operator assistance, please press star and 0. The conference must not be recorded for publication or broadcast. At this time, it's my pleasure to hand over to Jörg Hofmann, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir. JÖRG HOFMANN, Head of Investor Relations Thank you, Operator. Welcome to the WACKER CHEMEA-HE conference call on the second quarter 2025 results. Dr. Christian Hartl, our CEO, and Dr. Tobias Ohler, our CFO, will walk you through the presentation. The press release, our IR presentation, And detailed financial tables are available on our webpage under the caption, Investor Relations. Please note that management comments during this call include forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties. We encourage you to review the safe harbor statement in today's presentation and the 2024 annual report for information on risk factors. All documents mentioned are available on our website. Chris? Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us on our second quarter 2025 results call. During the second quarter, demand in many customer sectors was weak and competition was intense. There were no economic tailwinds either. Trade policy uncertainties are slowing economic development, and there are no signs of a recovery yet. In this challenging environment, with ongoing macroeconomic and few political uncertainty, we lowered our full-year outlook on July 18th. Furthermore, the situation was compo...