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| Aerospace and defense should remain strong |
| This is not related to [indiscernible] performance, but we leave the valuation we achieved underscores the quality and strong performance of the businesses that we have proven to have best-in-class operating margin and less cyclicality than typical capital goods businesses |
| We posted very encouraging results [and let us] become a dynamic operating environment across our different end markets and geographies |
| Revenue and order rates improved sequentially in the quarter on normalizing lead times and inventories, improving demands across several end markets and a return to normal seasonality |
| Broadly speaking, margins performance in the quarter was exceptional, reaching an all-time high driven by productivity, cost controls and disciplined pricing, which more than offset the negative product mix in Pumps & Process Solutions |
| The proactive structural cost actions we have undertaken over the last 12 months are paying dividends and should support strong margin conversion going forward |
| To the extent that we're clocking at record margins in the quarter, while eating this pretty bad sandwich here, I think that – quite frankly, I think we're pretty proud of |
| Our balance sheet position and cash flow are strong and provide attractive optionality as we continue to pursue bolt-on acquisitions in a more favorable M&A environment and evaluate opportunistic capital return strategies |
| Overall, demand remains good across the portfolio, considering the plentiful negative macro headlines |
| We have proactively expanded our capacity as we expect continued robust growth trajectory in heat exchangers, albeit with slightly lower rates in the near-term as various dynamics in Europe slow down |
| You see several solid growth vectors driven by sustainability tailwinds and continue to share gains from other legacy heat exchanger technologies |
| We remain confident about the long-term growth prospects for heat pumps and our technology |
| Between our demand outlook, flexible business model and in-flight structural cost actions, we see good foundation for value creation in 2024 |
| Bookings were up sequentially, but down 4% organically year-over-year, resulting in a book-to-bill of 0.93, reflecting better lead times and strong shipments against our longer-dated orders |
| Segment margins were up 50 basis points to 21.7%, a record since the Apergy spin as broadly based productivity and portfolio improvements were more than able to offset biopharma mix |
| Order rates there, we expect to be really good |
| And positive price/cost dynamics, together with cost containment actions, strong execution, more than offset lower volumes |
| market is in the early innings, and our business is on track for 30% growth in 2023 with a strong outlook |
| And we have had a leading position in the European CO2 market for over a decade where we enjoyed steady double-digit growth trajectory |
| Margins at 20% were up 260 basis points year-over-year driven by a better mix of recurring and aftermarket revenue, price/cost and productivity investments made in previous periods |
| I'd like to mention the announcement of our agreement to divest De-Sta-Co, one of the operating units within the Engineered Products segments and an attractive valuation |
| Serialization software should continue its growth trajectory |
| We are well positioned to capitalize on growth in hydrogen and industry with a high focus on safety and regulatory compliance with high technological requirements for participation |
| And the aboveground retail fueling business returned to growth as post-EMV recovery is in progress |
| Margins in the quarter were at 20%, were up 40 basis points on structural cost actions in our retail fueling business and solid execution more than offset negative mix |
| Margins in Imaging & ID was strong at 26%, though down year-over-year against an all-time record high for the segment in the comparable quarter |
| You mentioned the slowdown in the heat exchangers, but the strength in CO2 systems, you mentioned as well, and you did deliver strong margin |
| In combination with our best-in-class clean technology and our leading position in sealing and valve technology for alternative energy applications, including in hydrogen, the FW Murphy acquisition offers a compelling value proposition into a global industry where we see robust demand from energy transition investments |
| CO2 systems continued its double-digit growth trajectory |
| Heat exchanger shipments remained strong in North America and Europe, though we experienced the beginning of demand headwinds in Asia |
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| Imaging & ID is expected to be down organically against a difficult comparable period driven by slowing demand in Asia and a subdued outlook for textiles |
| Meanwhile, the auto strike will weigh on several businesses in the near-term |
| We have reduced our EPS guidance for the full-year and are now targeting the low-end of the previous guidance range |
| We expect year-over-year margin headwinds on negative mix in biopharma |
| From a geographic perspective, the U.S., our largest market was down 7% in the quarter due to lower shipments in vehicle service, biopharma, LPG components and belowground retail fueling |
| Consolidated revenue was down 2% in the quarter despite sequential growth in four out of five segments |
| But if economic conditions stay somewhat difficult, what kind of opportunities do you have to deliver the kind of margins you just delivered in Q3? And then I think you were fearful at the beginning of the year that pricing in industrials might erode a bit |
| We expect channel destocking and interest rate-driven headwinds in the belowground fueling segment, LPG components and vehicle wash to maintain through year-end |
| China, which represents about half of our revenue base in Asia, was down 5% organically in the quarter |
| Segment margin of 27% was down to the lower mix of biopharma revenue |
| The top bridge shows our organic revenue decline of 2% |
| Shipments in vehicle aftermarket expected to be lower versus a record previous year on higher interest rates weigh on service shop's ability to finance CapEx |
| We were not very hopeful about China, and China has been poor |
| Recent uncertainties about subsidies in select European countries have weighed on near-term volumes, as I indicated earlier |
| Engineered Products was down 3% organically in the quarter |
| Pumps & Process Solutions was down 7% organically in the quarter |
| I think that our channel partners are, in certain cases, below normal holding pattern |
| And although channel inventory levels are now below pre-pandemic levels, end customer demand has not recovered enough to drive 2023 growth despite earlier forecast indicating recovery |
| So sequentially, revenue is down a little bit |
| The heat exchanger issue, like I said, up until 45 days ago, you couldn't make enough of them to supply heat pump demand and that just came to quite a halt here I think in a recognition that there's too much inventory in the chain |
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