John Marchetti
Analyst · Stifel
Thanks, Tom, and thanks, everyone, for joining us today. In terms of overall demand trend, not much has changed over the last several quarters. Quarters, while for the most part stable, remained stubbornly flattish. And these demand trends are prevalent across several of our lines of business and are not attributable to any 1 particular customer or end market vertical, suggesting to us that demand continues to be adversely affected by sluggish spending trends in multiple markets. Near term, we expect these current demand challenges to continue. In Optical Communications, we experienced increased stability relative to the order cuts that we experienced in the December quarter. However, we did not see a material increase of orders that we were hoping would materialize toward the end of the quarter. There continues to be a great deal of focus and effort in some of the more advanced components and modules, which we believe is encouraging, and we expect that these trends will continue. It is this activity that gives us confidence that the underlying fundamentals of our Optical business remains strong, and we expect to benefit through our customers once spending on optical equipment begins to accelerate. Our Laser, Sensor and Other business, while flat quarter-over-quarter, remains an important avenue of growth for us. And we will continue to explore ways to accelerate our diversification efforts in niche and potentially other new markets. Our laser market appears to have stabilized somewhat as some of the weakness that we saw in the government and research markets over the last couple of quarters appeared to flatten out while the industrial market remains mixed. We expect that over the near term, our laser business may continue to experience some sluggishness. However, we continue to believe that the overall laser market is in the early stages of outsourcing and represents a significant opportunity for growth over the next several years. The demand and visibility on our automotive segment remain solid, and we are encouraged that signs point to this continuing. We continue to win new business in this segment and are excited about the opportunities for growth in the coming quarters. Overall, we remain confident that our laser, sensor and other segment will be a critical driver of our top line growth for the next several years. Taking a longer-term view, we remain encouraged by the overall growth prospects for our business. We continue to have success in new customer acquisition and in winning new programs from existing customers. And while these new wins always take time to generate meaningful revenue, we believe the pipeline for both of these growth avenues is strong. With that, I would now like to turn the call over to TS, our Chief Financial Officer, for a report on our financial results. TS?