Wienerberger AG (WBRBY) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to today's conference call of Wiener Berger's Q1 2026 results. I am Judith, your operator for today, and I would like to remind you that all participants are in a listen-only mode and the conference is being recorded. The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session. And if you would like to ask a question in person via audio line, please click on the raise your hand button. And if you're connected by a phone, please press star key nine to enter the queue on your telephone keypad. And with star key six, you can unmute yourself. We're looking forward to the presentation. And with this, I hand over to Therese Jander. Good morning, everyone, and thank you, Judith. Warm welcome to our Q1 results call. My name is Tess Janvier, and I'm pleased to be hosting the quarter today from Vienna, our headquarters. And I'm joined here by Zermatt Steinert, our CFO. We will begin with a brief presentation on the key developments and our financials for the quarter, and then we will open the line for questions. So with that, I will hand over now to Tess. Yeah, thank you, Therese. Good morning, everyone, and a warm welcome from my side as well. Our CEO, Heimo Feuch, is still recovering from an infection, and therefore he is not participating today. So, yeah, let me start with the presentation and jump directly into it. And our first quarter is not a surprise at all. The soft start in the year is fully in line with our expectations. and it was driven by weather-related weakness, especially in January and February. Very important, we saw a clear recovery already in March, and volumes picking up, and our performance was back to prior year's levels. At the same time, of course, we are operating in an environment of increased geopolitical uncert...