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| In the Consumer & Specialty segments, we expect continued strong demand from the household and personal care product line, and in pet care in particular |
| As we expected cash flows improving, cash from operations increased 30% sequentially, and year-to-date, it has more than doubled over last year to $138 million |
| That one facility is a great example of our ability to really work as a team deliver higher levels of productivity throughput and be able to take on higher levels of sales and utilize those assets |
| We had record sales for third quarter, delivered record operating income for any quarter, significantly improved margins and increased cash flow |
| Our business segments are performing well |
| And we're pretty proud |
| Within the Consumer Specialty segment, the Household and Personal Care product line continues to show strength with stable growth across all geographies |
| Our operating model as a company to be able to hold fixed costs, we've got lots of capacity in our plants, we've got a great operating model and operational excellence to squeeze more productivity and push product through |
| Although Asian paper markets were stronger, and volumes improved, due to our newest satellites in the region |
| We also saw solid performance from our ground calcium carbonates products in North America |
| had a very strong quarter drinking production sales and income records |
| And the engineered solution segment our high temperature technologies product line delivered especially strong performance |
| And I think, over the long term and with our relations with customers that that gets to a really good spot |
| And the China foundry market continues to improve each quarter |
| This business hit on all cylinders, gaining market share, maintaining pricing, capturing input cost savings, and delivering a strong operating performance at production facilities |
| So, I think we're in a good position that we definitely have growth potential, especially in China |
| Next, EBIT margins expanded to 14.1% this quarter 170 basis point improvement over last year |
| Both segments expanded margins significantly |
| We captured input cost savings, improved productivity and our operations |
| Held pricing and in many cases continued to improve pricing and leverage our fixed cost base through discipline spending in progress with our $10 million expense reduction program |
| Strong sales and expanded margins yielded $77 million of operating income, which is a record for any quarter for MTI |
| Our green sand bond business has shown continuous improvement quarter-on-quarter |
| The stable sales trajectory of our portfolio of businesses and the expansion of profit margins, we're confident in stronger cash flow levels going forward |
| So, what you're seeing in this quarter's results is good growth on the sales good growth on the volumes, good growth and that contributing on the overall income |
| And I think there's a nice pipeline in each of the product lines for some additional bolt-ons to help -- can continue and actually accelerate some of the growth targets that we've given you in the past |
| And in each of our product lines, I'll also note, the four product lines, we have both good organic opportunities that we have capital to fund |
| And I think that is a long-term trend, regardless of the one unfortunate incident that happened to a company, I think that's a long-term trend that's going to benefit our base growth rate going forward |
| And I think most likely some temporary but I think the longer term, you're right, I think we are seeing, we're well positioned to supply the private labels in North America |
| Driven by our strategy and supported by a strong operating model |
| And I think as you see the consumer business continue to improve, we continue to improve in pet care |
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| Sales in the specialty additive product line were 2% lower than last year |
| And finally in the environmental and infrastructure product line, sales will be lowered sequentially as we enter the seasonally slow period for environmental and construction projects |
| And environmental and infrastructure sales were 2% lower than the prior year as commercial construction activity remains slow |
| We continue to see weak activity in the commercial construction waterproofing market |
| So, one of the main players in that pet care space, had a cyber-attack last quarter, it led to some significant product shortages |
| In the specialty additives product line, paper markets in North America and Europe remained slow |
| Moving to environmental and infrastructure, we have a mixed and more cautious view on these end markets |
| And then the balance of Asia, I guess, including India, outside of China, but your longer-term growth programs there have been somewhat disturbed, I guess, or moved to have -- the environment has changed over the last couple of years |
| The market for our environmental lighting systems as well as major remediation projects tend to slow and Q4 and Q1 |
| The reality of the soaring legal costs overwhelmed this small business |
| You can see in the bridge on the top right that two of our product lines grew sales and two were lower, reflecting the mixed market conditions we are experiencing this year |
| So, slower and times and markets are weak, but then when they start to line up that stable growth of our consumer products |
| Daniel Moore Very helpful, and then you just talked about, getting to that 13.5% adjusted operating margin, exceeded 14%, this quarter, in a relatively tepid demand environment, at least for across some of your businesses |
| But the overall pricing impact is much less than it has been in the first half as we've left some of our significant pricing actions from the third quarter last year |
| Each continue to face mixed market conditions through the quarter |
| So, like it's a slow, it's a slow ramp |
| The largest of the two was a non-cash $72 million impairment of all the fixed assets within Barrett’s Minerals Inc |
| So, but I think that's temporary |
| So, even though the demand levels may be back to pre-COVID levels or a little bit further |
| We also don't expect to see any improvement in the commercial construction waterproofing market, which has been slow all year |
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