Tecan Group

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Tekan Half-Year Result 2025 Conference Call and Live Webcast. My name is Yousef, the course call operator. I would like to remind you that all participants will be in listen-only mode in that this conference is being recorded. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. You can register for questions at any time by pressing star followed by 1 on your telephone. Webcast viewers may submit their questions in writing via the relative field. For operator assistance, please press star on 0. This conference will not be recorded for publication or for broadcast. At this time, it's my pleasure to hand over to Martin Brandl, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communication and Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Thank you, and good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining our conference call this morning. We are pleased to share and discuss our results for the first half of 2025 with you. Joining me on the call today are our Chief Executive Officer, Monica Monotas, and our Chief Financial Officer, Tanja Micki. Before we begin, let me quickly cover a few formalities. The press release announcing our financial results was issued this morning at 6 a.m. Central European Summer Time. Both the press release and the 2025 Interim Report are available on our website, tecan.com, under the Investor Relations section. I'd also like to remind you that this call is being webcast live on our homepage and the PDF of the presentation slides we'll be discussing is available for download as well. Let's take a quick look at today's agenda. First, Monika will provide a brief introduction and discuss key market trends and their impact on our two business segments. She'll then share some background on our operating highlights for the first half of the year. After that, Tanja will provide insights into the H1 financials. Monika will then conclude with the outlook and key messages before we open up for Q&A. With that, I now hand the call over to our CEO, Monika Manortas. Monika.