AdvanSix Inc.

Good day and welcome to the Advanced Six Third Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. Should you need assistance, please signal a conference specialist by pressing the star key followed by zero. After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. To ask a question, you may press star then one on your telephone keypad. To withdraw your question, please press star then two. Please note, today's event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Adam Kressel, Vice President, Investor Relations, and Treasurer. Please go ahead, sir.

Thank you, Rocco. Good morning, and welcome to AdvanceX's third quarter 2024 earnings conference call. With me here today are President and CEO Aaron Kane, Senior Vice President and CFO Sid Mandeshwar, and former Senior Vice President and CFO Michael Preston. This call and webcast, including any non-GAAP reconciliations, are available on our website at investors.advancix.com. Note that elements of this presentation contain forward-looking statements that are based on our best view of the world and of our business as we see it today. Those elements can change, and the actual results can differ materially from those projected, and we ask that you consider them in that light. We refer you to the forward-looking statements included in our press release and earnings presentation. In addition, we identify the principal risks and uncertainties that affect our performance in our SEC filings, including our annual report on Form 10-K, as further updated in subsequent filings with the SEC. This morning, we will review our financial results for the third quarter of 2024 and share our outlook for our key product lines and end markets. Finally, we'll leave time for your questions at the end. So with that, I'll turn the call over to Advance Six's president and CEO, Aaron Gaines.

Thanks, Adam, and good morning, everyone. We appreciate you joining us here today for our quarterly call. As you saw in our press release, the Advantix team capitalized on the strength of our competitive position to deliver robust results. With the continued realization of commercial performance across a diverse product portfolio and strong operational execution in the third quarter, We drove top and bottom line growth, as well as continued cash flow improvement again this quarter, while maintaining our investments for long-term sustainable performance. During the third quarter, we successfully completed a responsible care recertification audit, which is conducted by a third-party independent auditing firm, which meets specific American Chemistry Council criteria. For more than 35 years, responsible care has been a core priority for American Chemistry Council members, and represents our industry's commitment to the health and safety of our employees, the communities in which we operate, and the environment as a whole. My thanks to the entire team for their commitment to continuously improving our health, safety, and environmental performance alongside our financial results. The broader market backdrop in which we are operating remains favorable overall, with strong sulfur premiums supporting higher year-over-year pricing in our ammonium sulfate salt fill program, It constructed a global acetone-supplying demand environment and modestly improving North American nylon industry conditions. Our disciplined capital execution continued in support of long-term performance and growth, including Sustain, our sustainable U.S. sulfate to accelerate increased nutrition program. We were pleased to be awarded an approximately $12 million grant from the USDA through the Fertilizer Production Expansion Program. reinforcing a strong return profile for our series of projects. The grant funding will be received during the program's execution on a milestone achievement basis and importantly supports the demand growth for our U.S. customers as we increase our production capacity of premium-grade product. Everyone at Advantix is proud to have true material impact in helping to nourish the world. Effective October 1st, we welcome Sid Mandeshwar, as our new Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Sid has tremendous experience establishing corporate and financial strategies that accelerate growth and profitability, and we look forward to his expertise as we advance our next chapter. I would like to take the opportunity to once again thank Mike Preston for a significant contribution to the success of Advantix as our founding CFO in Winston-Williams' retirement. Mike will remain with the company through year-end in an advisory role to ensure a smooth transition of responsibilities. We appreciate that we have a number of items to cover in our outlook, which I'll provide more into later. Let me close here now with a reflection in our confidence to navigate, perform, and execute in a multitude of environments. We remain convicted in the future prospects for Advantix and are committed to delivering sustainable long-term value to our shareholders. Let me now turn the call over to Sid to walk through the quarter financials.