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| It’s an exciting deal for ESCO and for ETS-Lindgren and I’m happy to report that the integration between ETS and MPE is off to a good start and we remain excited about the long-term prospects with MPE as a margin enhancing product of our Test business |
| It's had a really good run on the top line for the last couple of years now |
| The commitment and dedication shown by our employees around the world continues to be impressive and I truly appreciate it |
| We are -- as I said during the call, we are excited about ESCO and where we are heading, and we are expecting to deliver a third record year |
| We had communicated 8% to 10% for this business initially, but with a strong start to the first quarter and continued orders momentum, we have now increased this outlook |
| The outlook for ESCO remains strong |
| In the quarter, sales grew by 6% and adjusted EBIT was up 8%, a solid start to the year |
| Two of the three segments delivered double-digit sales and adjusted EBIT growth |
| As we’ve been saying for a while now, our key end markets continued to have favorable dynamics and the drivers replaced for us to continue delivering meaningful organic revenue growth and margin expansion |
| And so I think what has happened is our backlogs are pretty good, and we continue to get reasonable orders |
| Sales were up double digits as we continue to see good momentum from the aircraft components and navy businesses |
| Margins in the quarter increased nicely |
| So it’s good to see the growth translate to the bottom line for these businesses |
| Even with the strong sales and EBITD performance, we were even more encouraged by the continued order strength |
| We are executing a plan to take cost out of this business and expect to see sales and profitability trends improve as we get into the second half of the year |
| Additionally, we saw a big order growth from a commercial and defense aerospace businesses |
| We've checked in with those guys recently, and we still feel like that's very solid, even off of these much higher comp levels that you're referring to |
| The renewables business saw exceptional order growth through June 30th of last year, a strong industry dynamics and government incentive programs spurred customer orders |
| The breadth of our operating for the core utility markets continues to provide a solid foundation for continued growth |
| Offline products and services were a key driver of growth during the first quarter with the Phoenix product line, in particular delivering a great quarter |
| Here we delivered another great quarter for ESCO |
| Our backlog has come down a bit, but we are starting to see some good activity in the pipeline and feel good about the full year outlook for this business |
| Adjusted EBITDA margins in the quarter increased by 230 basis points as we saw nice leverage on the sales growth and favorable impacts from price, which were only partially offset by inflation and mix |
| So longer term we still feel great about where the business is heading |
| Really good performance at two of the three business and quick action underway at the third business to drive our long-term profitability objectives |
| We are really pleased with how that's going |
| Overall, the business does still have good levels of backlog and we see a good pipeline of coming order activity |
| First with Aerospace & Defense, we really got off to a strong start here which was great to see, beginning with orders we achieved a 1.8 book-to-bill ratio as the Navy business received large orders on the Virginia Class submarine program This resulted in backlog of more than 560 million at December 31st, a record amount for this business |
| The sales growth was led by strength from the commercial and defense aerospace, as well as the Navy business |
| Our outlook for 2024 is intact and we are working hard to deliver another record year |
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| Bryan mentioned this above, but we are seeing some delays in the U.S with getting projects executed and that has caused U.S sales to be lower than planned in the first two quarters of fiscal 2024 |
| The slower first half in project delays mentioned previously have reduced the growth outlook here |
| Adjusted EBITDA margins declined to 8.3% in the quarter as we significantly deleveraged on the sales volume drop and also experienced unfavorable mix |
| In the short-term, however, we are seeing project construction taking longer than planned and it’s reducing our ability to deliver revenue in the near-term |
| Orders were down in the quarter, which Bryan mentioned, this was driven by modest reductions at NRG |
| The problem is, is that the general construction industry appears to have really gotten much slower |
| This was driven by lower orders in the U.S and some timing of getting new orders booked in China and Europe |
| If I understood it correctly, it sounds like there's a delay in orders that's hurting the business, first and foremost, here in the U.S |
| All world areas experienced sales declines with the largest reduction coming in the U.S |
| Next, we'll go to Chart 6 and the Test business where we had orders decreased by 12% compared to last year's first quarter |
| Chris will go through the details in a minute, but we did see a sizable reduction in sales and EBIT during the first quarter |
| But Bryan, I think as you noted in your prepared remarks, orders have kind of gotten a little tepid over the past two quarters |
| For us, yes, we do still have some supply chain issues |
| As we look out past 2024, there could be some risk if they begin to back off of the build rates that they've been projecting to have an increase in future years |
| Since then, the order pace has moderated and the business has burned down backlog |
| So listen, John, the softness has really been over on the renewables side |
| On the sales line, we saw a reduction of 21% |
| Finally, I will touch on the Test business where we did have a tough start to the year |
| And I'm wondering if anything has improved for you guys, either from your suppliers or if you're seeing other roadblocks down -- downstream from you? Bryan Sayler Yes, the supply chain story for Aerospace & Defense has been a tough one since the -- ever since the pandemic |
| Are you seeing any other issues in the supply chain or with your customers who are having issues in the supply chain? I know it's not just Boeing that's having difficulty delivering |
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