MSA Safety Incorporated (NYSE:MSA) Q1 2022 Earnings Conference Call April 28, 2022 8:30 AM ET

Company Participants

Chris Hepler - Executive Director of Corporate Development

Nish Vartanian - Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer

Ken Krause - Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer

Conference Call Participants

Stanley Elliott - Stifel

Rob Mason - Baird

Operator

Good day and welcome to the MSA Safety's First Quarter 2022 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions] After today’s presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. [Operator Instructions] Please note, this event is being recorded.

I would now like to turn the conference over to Chris Hepler. Please go ahead.

Chris Hepler

Thank you. Good morning and welcome to MSA's first quarter 2022 conference call. This is Chris Hepler, Executive Director of Corporate Development and Investor Relations. I'm here with Nish Vartanian, Chairman, President and CEO; Ken Krause, Senior Vice President, CFO and Treasurer; and Steve Blanco, President of Americas.

Before we begin, I'd like to remind everyone that matters discussed during this call may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include but are not limited to, all projections and anticipated levels of future performance. Forward-looking statements include a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from those discussed today. These risks, uncertainties and other factors are detailed in our SEC filings. MSA undertakes no duty to publicly update any forward-looking statements made on this call except as required by law. We have included certain non-GAAP financial measures as part of our discussion this morning and the non-GAAP reconciliations as well as the first quarter 2022 press release are available on our Investor Relations website at investors.msasafety.com.

Moving to today's agenda. Nish will discuss key highlights of the quarter and then turn the call over to Ken to discuss our financial performance. Nish will then provide closing remarks. Following our prepared remarks, we will open the call for questions.

With that, I'll turn the call over to Nish.

Nish Vartanian

Thank you, Chris and good morning, everyone. I'll start today's call by recognizing a key milestone at MSA, then talk about highlights for the quarter and the progress we're making around new innovative technologies.

First, with the milestone which I'm particularly proud of. We officially completed the first quarter without a lost time incident. We often talk about a culture of safety at MSA. This milestone certainly reflects that mindset and is a great start to the year from this perspective. It reflects the hard work and commitment to safety our associates bring to work every day. As a company focused on workplace safety, we know we have a responsibility to lead by example, to help create a safe work environment. So I want to thank our entire team on this very important achievement.