VIA Optronics AG (NYSE:VIAO) Q1 2022 Earnings Conference Call June 29, 2022 8:30 AM ET
Company Participants
Lisa Fortuna - IR
Jürgen Eichner - CEO and Founder
Dr. Markus Peters - CFO
Conference Call Participants
Andrew Buscaglia - Berenberg
Anthony Stoss - Craig-Hallum
Operator
Hello everyone and welcome to the VIA Optronics AG Q1 2022 Earnings Call. My name is Charlie and I will be coordinating the call today. [Operator Instructions]. I will now hand the call over to your host Lisa Fortuna with Investor Relations to begin. Lisa, please go ahead.
Lisa Fortuna
Thank you and welcome. Joining me today are Jürgen Eichner, Founder and Chief Executive Officer and Dr. Markus Peters, Chief Financial Officer. I would like to remind everyone that statements made during this conference call relating to the company’s expected future performance, future business prospects, or future events or plans may include forward-looking statements as defined under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Participants are directed to VIA Optronics Form 20-F for a description of certain business risks some of which maybe outside of the control of the company that may cause actual results to materially differ from those expressed in our forward-looking statements. We expressly disclaim any duty to provide updates to our forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Our earnings release for the first quarter of 2022 is posted on our company’s website at via-optronics.com. With that let me now turn the call over to Jürgen for his opening remarks.
Jürgen Eichner
Thank you Lisa. Good morning, good afternoon, and thank you all of you for joining us today. We are excited to briefly discuss our financials for the full year 2021 which can also be found on our Form 20-F, highlight our Q1 2022 results and most importantly share our outlook for Q2 and the full year 2022. To begin I would like to take a few minutes to provide an overview of the year’s key achievements over the last year and our go forward business strategy.
In 2021, we had many exciting business developments. We acquired and began the integration with Germaneers, a high- tech company focusing on automotive system integration and user interfaces, a well-known high-end original equipment manufacturers, OEMs. This is the continuation of a successful partnership which has allowed us to provide advanced cockpit solutions with our display and touch components including new developments and functionality overall.