Cindi Buckwalter | Head, IR |
Douglas Dietrich | CEO |
Matthew Garth | CFO |
Jonathan Hastings | Group President, Performance Materials |
Brett Argirakis | VP & MD, Minteq International |
D.J. Monagle | Group President, Specialty Minerals and Refractories |
Daniel Moore | CJS Securities |
Rosemarie Morbelli | G.Research |
Silke Kueck | JP Morgan |
Steve Schwartz | First Analysis |
Good day, everyone, and welcome to the First Quarter 2019 Minerals Technologies Earnings Call. Today's call is being recorded. And at this time, I would like to turn the call over to Cindi Buckwalter, Head of Investor Relations for Minerals Technologies. Please go ahead, Ms. Buckwalter.