John Ferriola | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President |
Jim Frias | Chief Financial Officer |
Leon Topalian | Executive Vice President-Beam and Plate Products |
Joe Stratman | Chief Digital Officer |
Chad Utermark | Executive Vice President-Fabricated Construction Products |
Han Zhang | Cowen and Company |
Curt Woodworth | Credit Suisse |
Matthew Coren | Goldman Sachs |
Chris Terry | Deutsche Bank |
Timna Tanners | Bank of America |
Seth Rosenfeld | Jefferies |
Phil Gibbs | KeyBanc Capital Markets |
David Gagliano | BMO Capital Markets |
Piyush Sood | Morgan Stanley |
Good day everyone and welcome to the Nucor Corporation Fourth Quarter of 2017 Earnings Call.
As a reminder, today's call is being recorded. [Operator Instructions] Certain statements made during this conference call will be forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The words we expect, believe, anticipate, and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify those forward-looking statements, which are based on management's current expectations and information that is currently available.
Although Nucor believes they are based on reasonable assumptions, there can be no assurance that future events will not affect their accuracy.