Quanex Building Products Corporation

Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Q1 2026 Quonix Building Products Corporation earnings conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question, please press star 1 1 on your telephone and wait for your name to be announced. To withdraw your question, please press star 1 1 again. I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Scott Zilke, Senior Vice President, CFO, and Treasurer.

Thanks for joining the call this morning. On the call with me today is George Wilson, our Chairman, President, and CEO. This conference call will contain forward-looking statements and some discussion of non-GAAP measures. Forward-looking statements and guidance discussed on this call and in our earnings release are based on current expectations. Actual results or events may differ materially from such statements and guidance, and Quantix undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect new information or events. For a more detailed description of our forward-looking statement disclaimer and a reconciliation of non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures, please see our earnings release issued yesterday and posted to our website. I'll now turn the call over to George for his prepared remarks.

Thanks, Scott, and good morning to everyone on the call. Before beginning my commentary on our first quarter results, I would like to take a moment to recognize and thank Susan Davis for her many years of dedicated service as a board member to Quantix and its shareholders. Her commitment, insight, and guidance have been invaluable to our organization. Susan consistently served as a steadfast voice for shareholders during our transformation from a metals company to a pure play building products company, and through three CEO transitions and several acquisitions. Her perspective and presence in the boardroom made a meaningful impact and she will be greatly missed. On behalf of the board and the entire organization, we wish her all the best in her retirement. Turning now to our fiscal first quarter, market conditions remain soft and company performance was in line with our expectations. As is typical given the seasonality of our business, The first quarter is our most challenging from a volume standpoint. The holidays, coupled with the onset of winter weather, consistently create headwinds in our Q1, and this year was no exception. From a broader perspective, challenges in the global macroeconomic environment and the markets we serve continue to impact results. The most significant challenge continues to be end consumer confidence. While inflationary pressures, labor costs, and certain raw material costs have started to moderate, energy prices have risen. In addition, heightened geopolitical tensions, particularly in recent days, are contributing to a more cautious consumer environment worldwide. Despite the near-term headwinds, the longer-term underlying fundamentals for the residential housing sector remain constructive. In addition, inflation appears to be stabilizing And there is an increasing expectation of additional rate cuts from the Federal Reserve this year. We continue to believe the structural drivers supporting both new construction and the repair and replacement markets remain intact. At this time, we don't anticipate a deeper downturn in the end markets we serve. In Europe, economic data from third-party sources point to early signs of stabilization and gradual recovery across most countries, which we view as an encouraging development as we look ahead. Now turning to our performance in the first quarter of 2026. In the hardware solution segment, our focus is centered on two key priorities, stabilizing operational performance and strengthening our commercial organization, including the finalization of go-to-market strategies across our international markets. As previously disclosed last year, we identified an operational issue at our hardware facility in Monterrey, Mexico, that required some incremental capital to remediate. We are pleased to report that our efforts have advanced to the point where we believe the plan is now stable, and we don't expect to provide updates on this matter going forward. Within the extruded solution segment, our focus has been on advancing new product development initiatives, evaluating adjacent market opportunities, and relaunching and repositioning our Schlegel-Seals product lines. We are very encouraged by the progress being made across each of these areas as they are central to achieving our profitable growth objectives. These initiatives are expected to strengthen our competitive positioning and expand our addressable market over time. I anticipate being able to share additional details on new product launches and commercialization milestones later in the year. In the custom solution segment, we continue to advance several initiatives designed to support future growth. More specifically, in our cabinet components operation, the primary focus has been on driving operational efficiencies to successfully integrate recent market share gains and ensure that we scale effectively. Within our access solutions operations, efforts have centered on optimizing operating methods to enhance process consistency, quality, and on-time delivery. And in our mixing and compounding operations, we remain focused on new products and chemistry development. These initiatives are enabling us to expand into adjacent markets that demand highly engineered solutions supported by strong technical expertise and service. Together, these efforts position the custom solutions segment to deliver improved performance while building a stronger foundation for sustainable growth. Looking at our corporate functions, our newly created commercial and operational excellence teams are now focused on new market development, the creation of global pricing strategies, logistics and sourcing projects to drive savings, ongoing ERP rationalization, and AI-led process improvements. We believe these efforts will produce the results needed for revenue growth, margin expansion, cash flow generation, and improved return on invested capital. From a capital allocation perspective, we will continue to focus on maintaining a healthy balance sheet through disciplined debt reduction. And looking ahead from a growth standpoint, We will focus on driving organic initiatives while pursuing targeted small bulldog acquisitions, if available, that complement our existing platforms and capabilities. The outcome of these actions will be a stronger, more flexible balance sheet that is well positioned to support our long-term growth opportunities and strategic objectives. I'll now turn the call over to Scott, who will discuss our financial results in more detail. Thanks, George.