Operator

Greetings, and welcome to the Lincoln Electric 2026 First Quarter Financial Results Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] And this call is being recorded.

It is my pleasure to introduce your host, Amanda Butler, Vice President of Investor Relations and Communications. Thank you. You may begin.

Amanda Butler
Vice President of Investor Relations & Communications

Thank you, Kathleen, and good morning, everyone. Welcome to Lincoln Electric's First Quarter 2026 Conference Call. We released our financial results earlier today, and you can find our release and this call slide presentation at lincolnelectric.com in the Investor Relations section.

Joining me on the call today is Steve Hedlund, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; and Gabe Bruno, our Chief Financial Officer. Following our prepared remarks, we're happy to take your questions.

But before we start our discussion, please note that certain statements made during this call may be forward-looking, and the actual results may differ materially from our expectations due to a number of risk factors and uncertainties, which are provided both in our press release and in our SEC filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q.

And in addition, we do discuss financial measures that do not conform to U.S. GAAP. A reconciliation of non-GAAP measures to the most comparable GAAP measure