Jess Jankowski | executive |
Kevin Cureton | executive |
James Lieberman | analyst |
Thank you for standing by, and welcome to Nanophase First Quarter 2023 Financial Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] The words believes, expects, anticipates, plans, forecasts and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Statements contained in this news release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements reflect the company's current beliefs and a number of important factors that could cause actual results for future periods to differ materially from those expressed in this news release. These important factors include, without limitation, a decision of the customer to cancel a purchase order or supply agreement; demand for and acceptance of the company's personal care ingredients, advanced materials and formulated products; changes in development and distribution relationships; the impact of competitive products and technologies; possible disruption in commercial activities occasioned by public health issues, terrorist activities and armed conflict; and other risks indicated in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Nanophase undertakes no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements to reflect new events or uncertainties. I would now like to hand the call over to President and CEO, Jess Jankowski.