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Baird -  Senior Analyst and Managing Director Well, good afternoon. Thank you for joining us after lunch here for the Nalco presentation. My name is Rick Eastman, Senior  Analyst and Managing Director here at Robert W. Baird. My coverage of responsibility is for the Advanced Industrial Equipment sector. So, thank you again for joining us. I'd now like to welcome and introduce Nalco. Nalco is a premier water treatment and process services company. Nalco has built a strong franchise around the service of providing specialty water treatment chemicals and related engineering services and solutions, including automated equipment. Those produces and services are sold to industrial, institutional, and energy customers. A recent acquisition, Mobotec, has placed Nalco in the rapidly growing market for chemical air emission treatment, as well as water.New leadership in Erik Fyrwald, pricing and cost initiatives, a refreshed strategic growth plan, and we believe a secular demand worldwide...

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