Sono-Tek Corporation (NASDAQ:SOTK) Q2 2023 Earnings Conference Call October 18, 2022 10:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Stephanie Prince - PCG Advisory

Christopher Coccio - Chairman and CEO

Stephen Bagley - CFO

Stephen Harshbarger - President and COO

Conference Call Participants

William Nicklin - Circle N Advisors

Ted Jackson - Northland Securities

Operator

Good morning, and welcome to the Sono-Tek Corporation First Half of Fiscal Year 2023 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 Stephanie Prince with PCG Advisory. Please go ahead.

Stephanie Prince

Thank you Gary, and thank you to everyone joining us today. Sono-Tek released their second quarter and first half fiscal 2023 results after the market closed yesterday. If you don't have a copy of the release, please go to the company's website at sono-tek.com and click on the press release/news tab in the Investors section. The product, market and geography sales tables on the last page of the release will be part of today's discussion.

With me on the call today are Dr. Chris Coccio, Sono-Tek's Chairman and CEO; Steve Harshbarger, President and COO; and Steve Bagley, Chief Financial Officer. Before turning the call over to management, I would like to make the following remarks concerning forward-looking statements.

Please note that various remarks that may be made on this conference call about future expectations, plans and prospects for the company constitute forward-looking statements for the purposes of Safe Harbor provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may vary materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including those discussed in the company's filings with the SEC. The company assumes no obligation to update the information contained in this conference call.

I would now like to turn the call over to Chris Coccio, Chairman and CEO of Sono-Tek. Chris?

Christopher Coccio

Good morning and thank you, Stephanie in particular for taking care of the Safe Harbor statement. Thank you for joining us. Today we're going to discuss our results that were released yesterday after the market close for the second quarter and the first half of fiscal year 2023. Bear in mind that ended August 31, 2022 [ph].

I will begin with some opening remarks and then Steve Bagley, our Chief Financial Officer will provide a financial review. Steve Harshbarger, President and COO will then go through the business and operational results. Following his comments, we'll be happy to open the call for your questions.