Nigel Coe
Wolfe Research, LLC

I think before we kick off the conference, I thought I'd make a few opening remarks. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Nigel Coe. I lead coverage of the U.S. industrial sector here at Wolfe Research. And it's my pleasure to welcome you to the -- first of all, on behalf of the Scott Group, Myles Walton, the sales team, corporate access teams and also our founder, Ed Wolfe. I do -- I want to give you a warm welcome to the 19th Annual Wolfe Industrials and Transports Conference.

I use the word warmly because today is going to be a warm one. Temperature outside today is going to be over 90 degrees. The first day in New York, over 90 degrees this year. So what a great day to be in this small confined room with 400 people. So, so far, the air conditioning is working. We've got some cold air coming through and long may that continue. So as you'd expect for a U.S. industrials conference, we're going to be running the AC really hard. We're going to have CEOs on the stage, and we've got AC come out of the vents. So we'll endeavor to keep you guys as cool and comfortable as possible.

We've got another really great lineup of corporates this year. We've got 106 corporates attending for one-on-ones and presentations. We've got 577 investors registered, and we're hosting 526 one-on-one meetings. So that's a really good lineup, new records for the conference. And I'd like to really thank all of you