Aug 03, 2021 / 02:30PM GMT
Stephen Edward Volkmann - Jefferies LLC, Research Division - Equity Analyst
Great. Good morning, everybody. It's Steve Volkmann here with Jefferies. Thank you for joining us for this session with Illinois Tool Works. Very pleased to welcome Michael Larsen, the Chief Financial Officer, to join me for about a 25-minute chat.
If you'd like to participate here, we'd love to have your input. (Operator Instructions) You could send me an e-mail if that's easier for you as well, and we'll make that happen.
So Michael, thank you so much for joining us, and welcome.
Michael M. Larsen - Illinois Tool Works Inc. - Senior VP & CFO
Yes. Thanks for having us. Great to be here.
Questions and Answers:
Stephen Edward Volkmann - Jefferies LLC, Research Division - Equity AnalystGood. So let's move forward. Obviously, you guys just reported the quarter. I think this is probably an opportune time to maybe go through a little bit of what you guys saw there because it was interesting on a number of levels, I