Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTX) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Minerals Technologies Inc. ( MTX ) Q2 2026 Earnings Call July 31, 2026 11:00 AM EDT Company Participants Lydia Kopylova - Vice President of Investor Relations Douglas Dietrich - Chairman & CEO Erik Aldag - Senior VP of Finance & Treasury and CFO D. J. Monagle - Group President of Consumer & Specialties Brett Argirakis - Group President of Engineered Solutions Conference Call Participants Dan Moore - CJS Securities, Inc. Michael Harrison - Seaport Research Partners Peter Osterland - Truist Securities, Inc., Research Division David Silver - Prime Executions, Inc., Research Division Presentation Operator Good day, and welcome to the Minerals Technologies Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please note this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Lydia Kopylova, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Lydia Kopylova Vice President of Investor Relations Thank you, Dave. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to our second quarter 2026 earnings conference call. Today's call will be led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Doug Dietrich; and Chief Financial Officer, Erik Aldag. Following Doug and Erik's prepared remarks, we'll open it up to questions. As a reminder, some of the statements made during this call may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Please note the cautionary language about forward-looking statements contained in our earnings release and on this slide. Our SEC filings disclose certain risks and uncertainties, which may cause our actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements. Please also note that some of our comments today refer to non-GAAP financial measures. A reconciliation to GAAP financial measures can be found in our earnings release in the appendix of this presentation, which are posted on our website. Now I'll turn it over to Doug. Doug? Douglas Dietrich Chairman & CEO Thanks, Lydia. Good morning, everyone, and thanks for