Valmont Industries, Inc. (NYSE:VMI) Q1 2023 Earnings Conference Call April 21, 2023 9:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Renee Campbell - SVP, IR and Treasurer

Steve Kaniewski - President and CEO

Avner Applbaum - EVP and CFO

Conference Call Participants

Chris Moore - CJS Securities

Nathan Jones - Stifel

Brian Drab - William Blair

Ryan Connors - North Coast Research

Brent Thielman - D.A. Davidson

John Braatz - Kansas City Capital

Brian Wright - ROTH MKM

Operator

Greetings and welcome to the Valmont Industries' First Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentation. [Operator Instructions] Please note, this conference is being recorded.

I will now turn the conference over to your host, Renee Campbell, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Treasurer. Ms. Campbell, you may begin.

Renee Campbell

Thank you and good morning. Welcome to Valmont Industries' first quarter 2023 earnings call. With me today are Steve Kaniewski, President and Chief Executive Officer; Avner Applbaum, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; and Gene Padgett, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer.

This morning, Steve will provide a brief summary of our first quarter results, commenting on our market and long-term business strategy. Avner will review our financial performance and provide our current outlook and indications for 2023 with closing remarks from Steve. This will be followed by Q&A.

A live webcast of the presentation will accompany today's call and is available for download from the webcast or on the investors site at valmont.com. A replay will be available on our website later this morning.

Please note that this call is subject to our disclosure on forward-looking statements, which applies to today's discussion is outlined on slide two of the presentation and will be read in full at the end of today's call.

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I will now turn the call over to our President and Chief Executive Officer, Steve Kaniewski.

Steve Kaniewski

Thank you, Renee. Good morning everyone and thank you for joining us. We delivered another quarter of great results despite an economic environment that continues to be challenging.