Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft (HBGRF) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft (OTCPK:HBGRF) Q1 2026 Earnings Conference Call July 31, 2025 8:00 AM ET

Company Participants

David Schmedding – Chief Sales, Service officer & Technology Officer and Member of Management Board
Volker Herdin – Corporate Participant

Conference Call Participants

Peter Rothenaicher – Baader-Helvea Equity Research
Stefan Maichl – Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg, Research Division

Operator

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG Conference Call for the publication of the first quarter of FY 2025-2026. [Operator Instructions] Let me now turn the floor over to your host, Dr. Schmedding.

David Schmedding

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Heidelberg’s conference call on our Q1 results. I would like to convey greetings from Jurgen Otto, our CEO, and at the same time, apologize on his behalf. Unfortunately, he’s unable to join us today as he’s tied up with an important business matter.

Let’s start with our first slide, which outlines today’s agenda. First of all, I would like to give you a brief overview of how Heidelberg has started the new fiscal year and on a few recent highlights of our strategic road map. After that, Volker Herdin, our Head of Finance, will take you through the quarterly 1 financials. Finally, I will conclude with our outlook. Today, let’s start with something enjoyable. The first quarter marked a major milestone in our company’s history, Heidelberg’s 175th anniversary. After celebrating this impressive birthday with our customers and partners in June, we invited our employees, former employees and their families in July to celebrate together with us.

I can tell you, it was great. It was really nice to see how our colleagues proudly guided their families through the various program items and how the children stood in an amazement in front of our printing and packaging solutions. It was visible that