Operator

Greetings and welcome to the Emerson Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded.

It is now my pleasure to introduce Doug Ashby, Director of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Doug Ashby
Director of Investor Relations

Good afternoon and thank you for joining Emerson's Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. Today, I'm joined by Emerson's President and Chief Executive Officer, Lal Karsanbhai; Chief Financial Officer, Mike Baughman; and Chief Operating Officer, Ram Krishnan.

As always, I encourage everyone to follow along with the slide presentation, which is available on our website. Please turn to Slide 2. This presentation may include forward-looking statements, which contain a degree of business risk and uncertainty. Please take time to read the safe harbor statement and note on the non-GAAP measures.

I will now pass the call over to Emerson's President and CEO, Lal Karsanbhai, for his opening remarks.

Surendralal Karsanbhai
President, CEO & Director

Thank you, Doug. Good afternoon. I'd like to begin by thanking our colleagues around the world. At this moment, it is important to highlight our teams in the Middle East who persevered in a challenging, at times, dangerous