Kardex Holding AG (KRDXF) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and I welcome you to our presentation of Kardex half year results 2026. My name is Alex Muller, I'm responsible for Investor Relations. And I'm joined by Jens Hardenacke, our Group CEO; and Thomas Reist, our Group CFO, who will present the half year figures. After the presentation, we will have the Q&A session. And I would also like to remind you that the slides from today's presentation as well as our press release and the half year reports are all available on our website. And with that, I would like to hand over to Jens, please. Jens Hardenacke Chief Executive Officer Thanks a lot, Alex. Yes. Dear ladies and gentlemen, also from my side, a warm welcome to the Kardex Media and Analyst Conference for the first half of the year 2026. Let me start with our key message. The first 6 months of 2026 were