Operator

Good morning, and welcome to the Minerals Technologies First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please note, this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Lydia kopylova, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Lydia Kopylova

Thank you, Gary. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to our first quarter 2026 earnings conference call. Today's call will be led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Doug Dietrich; and Chief Financial Officer, Erik Aldag. Following Doug and Erik's prepared remarks, we'll open it up to questions.

As a reminder, some of the statements made during this call may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Please note the cautionary language about forward-looking statements contained in our earnings release and on the slides. Our SEC filings disclose certain risks and uncertainties, which may cause our actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements.

Please also note that some of our comments today refer to non-GAAP financial measures. A reconciliation to GAAP financial measures can be found in our earnings release and an appendix of this presentation, which are posted on our website.

Now I'll open it up to Doug. Doug?

Douglas Dietrich
Chairman & CEO

Thanks, Lydia. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining. Today, as usual, I'll provide a quick review of our first quarter financials. Then I'll give an update