AB SKF (publ) (SKFRY) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Once again, we navigated well in markets with mixed demand. And our strong underlying margin was mainly driven by our Specialized Industrial Solutions segment, which grew in targeted areas, including aftermarket. I'm Sophie Arnius, heading up Investor Relations. And with me here in the room, I have our CEO, Rickard Gustafson and our CFO, Susanne Larsson. After their presentations, there will be opportunities to ask questions. So without further ado, let's get started here, and it's a great pleasure to hand over to you, Rickard. Thank you very much, Sophie, and good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us for this earnings call. Starting on the first page and draw your attention to the up right corner with the bar chart, where you see that also in this quarter, we are in the positive organic growth territory. And this quarter, we reported an organic growth of 1.4%. It's driven by strong growth in Asia and also across our segment Specialized Industrial Solutions. We do see a generally a remaining and generally soft demand in Europe, whilst the OEM market in.