Alamo Group, Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Alamo Group first quarter 2019 earnings conference call. Today's presentation, all parties will be in a listen-only mode. Following the presentation, the conference will be open for questions. If you have a question, please press star followed by the one key on your touch-tone telephone. If you would like to withdraw your question, please press the star key followed by the two key, and if you are using a speakerphone, please lift the handset before making your selection. This conference is being recorded today, Thursday, May 2, 2019. I will now turn the conference over to Mr. Ed Rizzuti, VP, General Counsel, and Secretary of the Alamo Group. Sir, please go ahead.

Thank you. By now, you should have all received a copy of the press release. However, if anyone is missing a copy and would like to receive one, send you a release and make sure you are on the company's distribution list. There will be a replay of the call, which will begin one hour after the call and run for one week. The replay can be accessed by dialing 1-888-203-1112 with the passcode 768-9407. Additionally, the call is being webcast on the company's website at www.palmo-group.com, and a replay will be available for 60 days. On the line with me today are Ron Robinson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Dan Malone, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Richard Worley, Vice President, Treasurer, and Corporate Controller. Management will make some opening remarks, and then we'll open up the line for your questions. During the call today, management may reference certain non-GAAP numbers in their remarks. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP results to applicable GAAP numbers are included in the attachment to your earnings release. Before turning the call over to Ron, I'd like to make a few comments about forward-looking statements. We will be making forward-looking statements today that are made pursuant to the State Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause the company's actual results in future periods to differ materially from forecasted results. Among those factors which could cause actual results to differ materially are the following. Market demand, competition, weather seasonality, currency-related issues, geopolitical issues, and other risk factors listed from time to time in the company's SEC reports. The company does not undertake any obligation to update the information contained herein, which speaks only as of this date. I would now like to introduce Ron. Ron, please go ahead.

Thank you, Ed, and we want to thank all of you for joining us today. Dan Malone, our CFO, will begin our call with a review of our financial results for the first quarter. I will then provide a few more comments on the results and Following that, we'll look forward to taking your questions. So, Dan, please go ahead.