John Hobbs | Director of Investor Relations |
Andrew Higgins | President & Chief Executive Officer |
Stephen Nolan | Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer |
Eric Ruden | Robert W. Baird & Co. |
Pete Skibitski | Alembic Global |
Gautam Khanna | Cowen & Company |
John Franzreb | Sidoti & Company |
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Albany International First Quarter Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session and instructions will be given at that time. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, today's conference is being recorded.