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Question: Steven Ramsey - Thompson Research Group LLC - Analyst
: Maybe to start out with the big picture on demand, understand that it remains subdued out there broadly. I heard that from many companies and
from channel checks. But wanted to parse out if you feel like if in any segment, there is a change in the competitive landscape or just even in the
near term as competitors react to this market, if that's also changing the volume picture.
Question: Steven Ramsey - Thompson Research Group LLC - Analyst
: Okay. That's helpful. And then I wanted to hone in a little bit in Europe, the pockets of strength that you called out there. Maybe can you go into a
little more detail on why that strength is there, why it's sustaining? How much of it is consumer demand for it versus internal moves you're making?
Question: Steven Ramsey - Thompson Research Group LLC - Analyst
: For sure. Okay. And then last one for me. Tyman Mexico, maybe to clarify, you called out a $5 million EBITDA headwind in the third quarter. Do you
expect the fourth quarter to be a similar dollar amount headwind-wise or that to moderate a bit?
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And then to make sure I understand, do you think this EBITDA headwind is gone to start 2026? Or do you think it starts to balance out and then go
positive later in that fiscal year?
Question: Adam Thalhimer - Thompson Davis & Co Inc - Analyst
: Scott, I'm still trying to understand the top line for Q4. So that's -- so Q4 top line down about $20 million to $25 million sequentially. What's driving
that? Was there some tariff-related prebuys in Q2 and Q3? Or is that all just -- that's how bad the demand environment is now?
Question: Adam Thalhimer - Thompson Davis & Co Inc - Analyst
: Okay. And then maybe it's unfair to ask, but I mean, do you have any insight into Q1, Q2 of next year and where that -- where the demand might
be?
Question: Adam Thalhimer - Thompson Davis & Co Inc - Analyst
: Okay. And then cash flow was a good story in Q3. Congrats on that. Also good Q4 cash flow guidance. Just curious what you guys are going to
prioritize with the Q4 cash flow.
Question: Julio Romero - Sidoti & Company LLC - Analyst
: Going back to Tyman Mexico for a bit. If I recall, that manufacturing business in Mexico is largely labor-intensive and very manual in nature. And I
know you mentioned it was a tooling and equipment issue. So I was hoping you could kind of talk to the issues a little bit there? And does the
labor-intensive and manual process of that business kind of affect your ability to implement the remediation plan at all?
Question: Julio Romero - Sidoti & Company LLC - Analyst
: Good color there. Very helpful. And how is the remainder of the Tyman integration aside from Mexico performing from an operational perspective?
Question: Julio Romero - Sidoti & Company LLC - Analyst
: Understood. Understood there. And sorry if I missed it, but did you guys provide a new time line for the $30 million in synergies, kind of that first
tranche of synergies? Is that still expected by the end of 1Q fiscal '26?
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Question: Julio Romero - Sidoti & Company LLC - Analyst
: Okay. Got you. So there's no push out announced from the time line there?
Question: Julio Romero - Sidoti & Company LLC - Analyst
: Got you. And then one more, if I could. On the Custom Solutions business, there's been some announcements of industry consolidation from some
larger OEMs, and it also wouldn't be the first time that you guys have seen industry consolidation. So can you maybe talk to any expected impact
to Quanex from that and some historical context you could provide as to how you've worked through industry consolidation of customers in the
past?
Question: Julio Romero - Sidoti & Company LLC - Analyst
: Got it. I just wanted to say congratulations on completing the resegmentation. Nice job there.
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