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| Second, a positive sales mix from better-than-expected performance in the Infiltrator and Allied Products businesses |
| Really impressive margin growth |
| We're really proud of the performance of the company this year which started out as a tough year |
| Our Allied Products have grown faster than the market this year |
| The results made it clear that Americans are not just worried about protecting their homes, but also ensuring storm water management practices are environmentally sustainable and improving the quality of life in their communities |
| So back to the end markets, there's encouraging trends really across all the end markets |
| So taking the opportunity with a great cash flow, great performance to get ahead of some of these investments we know we need to make and doing them now is going to provide huge dividends down the road |
| This partnership brings together the technology and solutions built by David Crawford and his team at Rainwater Management Solutions and ADS' best-in-class go-to-market sales resources and distribution relationships, utilizing the StormTech stormwater chambers and infiltrators industry-leading in-ground tanks |
| I think we feel good about housing, infrastructure is kind of see by the performance in Scott's comments earlier, I think we feel good about that going forward as this money starts to flow |
| Again, it's very encouraging |
| And it helps us prepare for additional long-term profitability and growth |
| But we're taking the opportunity with a better year than we expected coming in to double down on some of our customer service and logistics initiatives |
| And again, the mix of the company, it lends itself to nice margin expansion |
| I think -- again, I think we feel good about longer-term demand for multi-family this year, a little weaker |
| It's the manufacturing performance with better absorption, CI the newer machines, the technology, the innovation, the new products that Scott talked about that we announced for Infiltrator that were just introduced some of the new innovation that we're working on at the Engineering Technology Center and some of those things, so that you see that conversion cost and transportation cost from an efficiency perspective and a manufacturing productivity perspective getting better |
| Bryan Blair Very encouraging to see the inflection in infrastructure revenue in the quarter |
| These partnerships and product launches demonstrate our strategic commitment to improving the environment and the communities where we work through innovative water management solutions |
| We have a great foundation, a great baseline for margins |
| We already do a really great job |
| So it starts with volume, effective price cost, that manufacturing absorption and transportation efficiency, all of that to be positive with a green bar in the third quarter, really, really important as we move forward |
| The investments we are making in partnerships, material science, product innovation and manufacturing technology will continue to strengthen our position as the leading water management solutions provider now and well into the future |
| We continue to see better-than-expected performance in the Infiltrator business and the Allied Products portfolio in the third quarter |
| On the ADS side, it was, again, I say a strong quarter, volumes were up |
| Our organic pipe business has good margins for sure |
| The commentary from the builders remains positive around their demand |
| Equally of note, this quarter's manufacturing cost was favorable as we are seeing the benefit from investments we've made in new equipment, automation and tooling |
| Overall, the residential market has stabilized and land development activity improved during the quarter |
| Our business development team is doing a fantastic job building relationships with large national homebuilders to get ADS further upstream in the land development process |
| We think that will be a positive for the ADS part of the business |
| From a margin perspective, we once again demonstrated the resilience of the business model |
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| Over half of the participants indicated concern about the storm water management infrastructure in their communities |
| While we have seen this market begin to stabilize on a year-over-year basis, we remain cautious due to the higher interest rates, tighter credit standards and continuing macroeconomic uncertainty |
| And I think -- like many others, we've seen weakness in multifamily this year |
| According to their study, many of the aquifers that supply 90% of the nation's water systems are being severely depleted threatening irreversible harm to the American economy and society as a whole |
| I think we would all agree that the storm water infrastructure has not kept pace with climate trends related to water events creating a real problem for many communities |
| It was a little bit lower than we had expected in the quarter |
| But broadly speaking, we've seen some weakness |
| Further, and I quote again, "while data and tools for water resources planning are improving, water infrastructure standards and management policies have been slow to meet the new challenges" |
| In fact, one out of five surveyed reported having experienced flooding in their homes |
| So the quarter was a little bit lighter than what we thought |
| Over the last several years, we have seen a secular trend of large-scale water-related climate events that are increasing in frequency, duration and intensity yet the existing water management infrastructure is not capable of mitigating the new normal |
| But safe to say, we don't see them getting any worse at this time |
| I think our position now is it doesn't appear to be getting any worse |
| And lastly, the volatility that comes with the seasonality of our business in the fiscal fourth quarter |
| More of it's -- most of that based on year-over-year comps as opposed to something deteriorating sequentially as we look at our pricing and as we look at our resin cost environment |
| The report indicates and I quote "climate change is intensifying rainfall and floods, deepening droughts and shifting weather patterns across the globe, causing profound effects on freshwater supplies and quality, rising sea levels, reduced snowpacks, shrinking rivers and declining groundwater threatened cities and rural communities and endanger forests, rivers and other ecosystems across the United States" |
| In addition, the New York Times recently published a series on the causes and consequences of disappearing water |
| But we -- like many people you guys talk to, we were waiting on this money to start to flow |
| I think nonresidential remains a question for us |
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