IPG Photonics Corporation

Good morning, and welcome to IPG Photonics' second quarter 2024 conference call. Today's call is being recorded and webcast. At this time, I'd like to turn the call over to Eugene Fedorov, IPG Senior Director, Investor Relations, for introductions.

Please go ahead with your conference. Thank you, and good morning, everyone.

With me today is IPG Photonics CEO, Dr. Mark Gittins, and Senior Vice President and CFO Tim Monin. Let me remind you that statements made during the course of this call that discuss management or the company's intentions, expectations, or predictions of the future are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the company's actual results to differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties are detailed in IPG Photonics Form 10-K for the period ended December 31st, 2023, and our reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of these filings may be obtained by visiting the investor section of IPG's website or on the SEC website directly. Any forward-looking statements made on this call are the company's expectations or predictions as of today, July 30, 2024 only. And the company assumes no obligation to publicly release any updates or revisions to any such statements. For additional details on our reported results, please refer to the earnings press release, earnings call presentation, and the financial data workbook posted on our investor relations website. We will also post these prepared remarks on our website after this call. With that, I'll now turn the call over to Mark.