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The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (MTW)

Q2 2012 Earnings Call· Wed, Aug 8, 2012

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Operator

Operator

Good day, everyone, and welcome to the Manitowoc Company Second Quarter 2012 Earnings Call. Today's call is being recorded. At this time for opening remarks and introductions, I would like to turn the call over to Mr. Khail. Please go ahead, sir.

Steven C. Khail

Management

Good morning, everyone. And thank you for joining Manitowoc second quarter earnings conference call. Participating in today's call will be Glen Tellock, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Carl Laurino, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Glen will open today's call by providing an overview of our quarterly results and business outlook. Carl will then discuss our financial results for the second quarter in greater detail. Following our prepared remarks, we will be joined by Eric Etchart, President of Manitowoc Cranes, and Mike Kachmer, President of Manitowoc Foodservice, for our question-and-answer session. For anyone who is not able to listen to today’s entire call, an archived version of this call will be available later this morning. Please visit the investor relations section of our corporate website at www.Manitowoc.com to access the replay. Before Glenn begins his commentary, I would like to review our Safe Harbor statement. This call is taking place on August 7, 2012. During the course of today's call, forward-looking statements, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, will be made during each speakers' remarks and during our question-and-answer session. Such statements are based on the Company's current assessment of its markets and other factors that affect its business. However, actual results could differ materially from any implied projections due to one or more of the factors explained in Manitowoc's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are also available on our website. The Manitowoc Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement whether as a result of new information, future events, or other circumstances. With that, I'll now turn the call over to Glen.

Glen E. Tellock

Management

Thanks Steve and good morning everyone. We are pleased to report solid performance for the second quarter driven in large part by our unwavering focus on innovation, operational efficiency, and execution of our long-term strategies. Top line growth of 6% underscores our ability to navigate an uncertain global economic environment and fluctuating demand levels, while 120 basis points improvement in operating margins further validates many of the initiatives we had put in place to improve and enhance our operations globally. Specific to each segment, Foodservice experienced another quarter of improved margins driven by a favorable product mix and improved operating efficiencies. While Cranes posted a significant improvement in margins complemented by continued strong order intake that resulted in the highest backlog level since 2009. While a challenging environment persists across the globe, we are well positioned for our long-term, as we leverage growth opportunities from new and existing products in Foodservice, as we benefit from increasing Crane activity in the Americas, and as we capitalize on emerging market opportunities in both segments. Turning to our segment performance, our Foodservice offering continues to enjoy a very strong position in the global food service equipment industry. Looking at our products across the globe, the cold side of our business, which includes our award winning Indigo ice machines and market leading beverage products, was the strongest performing category during the second quarter. In addition, our chain customers continue to drive the largest amount of growth across our geographic markets in this segment. For example, a leading quick service chain has implemented programs centered on Manitowoc's blended ice product category for the London Olympics. Other core categories also continue to enjoy success with chain customers. One prime example of is our Frymaster oil conserving fryer which has been approved by one of the world’s…

Carl J. Laurino

Management

Thanks Glen, and good morning everyone. We reported net sales for the second quarter of $1 billion, which is an increase of over $56 million or 6% from the second quarter of 2011. The year-over-year sales increase was driven primarily by a 10% increase in Crane segment sales coupled with a slight increase in Foodservice. Both segments were negatively impacted by currency, as currency neutral sales were 16% and 1.3% in Cranes and Foodservice respectively. Second quarter 2011, consolidated operating margin before amortization was 9.8% versus 8.4% in the second quarter of 2011. The year-over-year margin increase was driven by a favorable operating efficiencies, higher volumes, improved absorption, and pricing actions. GAAP net income for the second quarter was $42.5 million or $0.32 per share versus net income of $3 million or $0.02 in the second quarter of 2011. Second quarter 2012 EPS excluding special items was $0.32 per share versus $0.15 for the prior year quarter. During the second quarter, cash flow provided from operating activities of continuing operations was $8.3 million versus cash flow versus cash flow used of $33 million in the prior year quarter, driven primarily by improved earnings and working capital efficiency. We also continue to target $150 million to $200 million in full year debt reduction. Our current year debt reduction target is driven solely by cash from operating activities versus our 2011 debt reduction which resulted from the sale of the Kysor/Warren business. We continue to manage working capital to ensure an appropriate balance between our ability to meet customer demand as well as our debt reduction goals. Turning to our segment results, Foodservice sales in the second quarter totaled $395 million, essentially equal to a year ago. Second quarter 2012 operating earnings in Foodservice were $67 million up 7% from $63 million…

Glen E. Tellock

Management

Thanks, Carl. The broader global growth environment has clearly created headwinds for our business. We have however proven our ability to navigate through tough environments, and we believe the strategies and initiatives that we have put in place will further enhance our operational effectiveness and drive long-term growth. Year-over-year, we have witnessed substantial improvement in our EVA performance. This improvement, coupled with our second quarter financial results demonstrates the value of Manitowoc's industry leadership as we expand our footprint in areas that offer significant growth prospects, while at the same time prudently managing the business for long-term profitability. While the global economic uncertainty is likely to persist through the remainder of 2012, we remain confident in our full year outlook and will continue to emphasize the strategic initiatives that position our business for value creation and competitive success. This concludes our prepared remarks for today. Jennifer, we will now begin our question-and-answer session.

Operator

Operator

Thank you. (Operator Instructions) And we’ll go ahead and take our first question from Andrew Kaplowitz with Barclays. Vlad Bystricky – Barclays Capital : Good morning guys. This is Vlad Bystricky on for Andy. How are you?

Glen E. Tellock

Management

Good. Vlad Bystricky – Barclays Capital : I was wondering on your Crane margins, the implied guidance looks like margins will be down versus Q2, but I felt price costs getting better and other factors that margins should be getting better. Are you seeing anything that would make margins lower in the second half?

Glen E. Tellock

Management

Well, I think the biggest impact, at least from the run rate in the second quarter, would be the seasonal aspect that would be referenced. We definitely see a stronger margin performance, really in both segments, in the second and third quarters, and then a drop-off in the fourth quarter. And that's probably the biggest, depending upon which periods that you're looking at, the biggest reason for that. Vlad Bystricky – Barclays Capital : Okay. And then following up on Crane, can you talk about what you’ve seen in Crane demand since the quarter and the prospect for, your ability to keep book-to-bill at or above 1Q, at or above 1 in 3Q, again, given the seasonality that you talked about?

Glen E. Tellock

Management

I think, we certainly have said several times that the order intake, you look at the fourth and the first quarters as being typically the higher quarters of the order intake. So as Carl mentioned in his remarks, the seasonal characteristics, we would tend to continue that way. And obviously, we only report orders on a quarterly basis, but sequentially the fourth and first are the best. So that, as you look at what happens in second and third, obviously if it declines it's not going to be unexpected from our standpoint. Vlad Bystricky – Barclays Capital : Okay. Thank you.

Operator

Operator

And I’d like to take our next question from Seth Weber with RBC Capital. Seth Weber – RBC Capital Markets: Hello?

Glen E. Tellock

Management

Hi, Seth.

Carl J. Laurino

Management

Hi, Seth. Seth Weber – RBC Capital Markets: Hey, I guess, just revisiting that first question, I mean, typically, I think isn't your fourth quarter a better revenue quarter in the Crane business in the third quarter? So, I mean, typically, I would think the third quarter margin would be a little bit softer, but then the fourth quarter comes back isn't that, or is that not the right way to think about it.

Carl J. Laurino

Management

I think a couple of things, if you look at the normal seasonality, Seth, that are at play, obviously you've got Ramadan in the Middle East, you've got the holiday in Europe that can affect the third quarter. Seth Weber – RBC Capital Markets: Right.

Carl J. Laurino

Management

And, but the other, if you go back to, it’s hard to find a period that’s the normal seasonal pattern, but we would tend to see, just because of delivery schedules, all things equal, greater sales activity in the, looking at it from a semester standpoint, the second and third quarter then those first and fourth quarters, and that's what we are anticipating this year, is that you will see a drop-off as opposed to some of the stronger fourth quarter we’ve had in the last couple of years, coming off the trough. Seth Weber – RBC Capital Markets: Okay. So that, I guess my questions then are, can you give us little bit more color on where we are in the price cost equation? I think last year you ended up absorbing something like $30 million of extra costs. I would expect that, that should be kind of moving back in your favor here, and the Brazil startup costs I guess should be getting diminished here going forward with that factory now adding production. And presumably, I guess your pricing should be getting better as we work through the year. So I'm just trying to understand if there's some conservatism in your second half margin targets.

Carl J. Laurino

Management

Well, I think we got a lot of what's occurred, and the pricing was really from actions that were taken last year. We certainly had some additional actions that had been taken this year, but a big part of what we saw in price/cost benefit was experienced in the second quarter and barring the seasonal issue that I talked about earlier, I think it's going to be consistent with that benefit for the balance of the year. What I stated, I think in the fourth quarter call last year, was we expected to see about 50 basis points benefit full year from price cost. And I think we’re while we were pretty close to even slight benefit in the first quarter, the balance of that 50 basis points really comes in the last year three quarters of the year. Seth Weber – RBC Capital Markets: Okay. And then, can you characterize what your current bookings look like from a pricing perspective versus what's in the backlog, versus what you are shipping today, I mean, as your pricing of new orders better than it was, better than the stuff that you are shipping.

Carl J. Laurino

Management

No, I think, it’s because of what I stated before, that a lot of the benefit that we're seeing this year came from actions last year. There is not any kind of significant sequential benefit that we would see rolling forward this year.

Operator

Operator

And we’ll take our next question from Rob McCarthy with Robert W. Baird. Mircea Dobre – Robert W. Baird & Co.: Hello? This is Mig Dobre in for Rob McCarthy. Good morning.

Carl J. Laurino

Management

Hi, Mig. Mircea Dobre – Robert W. Baird & Co.: I'd like to focus a little bit on the Foodservice side and you mentioned different levels of performance, I guess, on the hot side versus the cold side. So, I guess, anymore color any more color as to what the difference in growth or performance there in the quarter was? And I guess any perspective on what drove the hot side slowdown in North America? Is it a particular vertical or a particular product line that was more problematic?

Glen E. Tellock

Management

Sure. And I wouldn’t use the word problematic, I would just say circumstantial. I would say that there's two elements to it, Mig. First, it would be the customer segment that our hot side products are sold to. While we've had projections that same store sales in most restaurant categories have been increasing, we have not seen the same type of pattern with CapEx spending across those same customer segments. We also sell our hot side products primarily through different distribution channel than our cold side products. And our cold side products also have more direct relationships with some of the customer bases as well. So it's a mixture of customer segment and channel dynamics, but not a long-term trend. We saw a pause in the second quarter across a couple of those segments, but don't feel that it's any reflection of the long-term positive trends that we're realizing. Mircea Dobre – Robert W. Baird & Co.: I see. And that kind of goes to my next question, because the guidance for the segment for mid single digit growth in place that there’s going to be some acceleration of growth from what we've seen in the second quarter. And comps especially on the third quarter, are perhaps a little bit tougher on a sequential basis and we still have continued currency headwinds. I'm wondering here what sort of gives you your confidence that growth is going to be able to re-accelerate from here?

Michael J. Kachmer

Analyst

We’ve seen order patterns change in the latter part of the second quarter. Some of the rollout opportunities that were being formulated earlier in the year are now coming to fruition. And we're also seeing some of the geographical softness stabilize a bit across our markets. Mircea Dobre – Robert W. Baird & Co.: Any specific geographies that you'd call out?

Michael J. Kachmer

Analyst

That I would call up? Mircea Dobre – Robert W. Baird & Co.: Call out, rather.

Michael J. Kachmer

Analyst

Yeah, I would say that North America, we would feel positive trend there versus looking back over the second quarter. Mircea Dobre – Robert W. Baird & Co.: Thank you. I will jump back in the queue.

Operator

Operator

We'll take our next question from Jerry Revich with Goldman Sachs. Jerry Revich – Goldman Sachs: Hi, good morning.

Glen E. Tellock

Management

Hi Jerry. Jerry Revich – Goldman Sachs: In Cranes, you gentlemen gave some very helpful color on order trends in the quarter by product, I am wondering if you could talk about which product lines and regions you expect to drive growth over the next 6 to 12 months and just talk about where some of the utilization trends are tracking on the crawler side in particular? Thank you.

Glen E. Tellock

Management

I'll let Eric talk a little bit about the utilization rates and some of the others, but I would say we expect I think the same, the same pattern to continue on the product lines, the one that we typically see in the back half of the year, that picks up a little bit for us, would in fact be the crawler product line. So I think that will contribute, I think the back half of the year. The one that we don’t expect to change much would probably be tower cranes. So I think, everything we said, previous with the last quarter, this quarter, and then a little bit of a pickup on the crawler crane side in the back half of the year. I think that's where the increases come from. Eric, do you want to talk about utilization rates?

Eric P. Etchart

Analyst

Yeah, typically during the utilization rates are pretty good. I would qualify then between the 75% or 80% and that varies of course by product line and by geography, but this is what I would qualify. And in the Americas, for the large RTs, we see the improved also rental rates starting to key in, and obviously, this is very encouraging of course. In terms of tower cranes, this is really our headwinds right now. Europe is extremely slow. As you know and notwithstanding the fact that the utilization rate of tower cranes are again in the 80%, and we see the large rental houses they still have this. Although, they have not and they are not going to invest until the situation clears out. So it's, the only bright spot for tower cranes would continue to be some emerging markets. India has continued to be a good story for our growth in tower cranes. And again, we are the first ones to produce tower cranes in India. We were the first ones to enter that market and that's really paying off. And we see a lot of new construction company embarking in crawlers, in towers, sorry. Singapore and Philippines and some countries are very puckish, but overall I would say the tower crane business is really a headwind for us right now. Although, utilization rates are still very high on tower cranes. Jerry Revich – Goldman Sachs: That's great color. And just a clarification, the crawler pickup, is that primarily the U.S. or other regions as well.

Eric P. Etchart

Analyst

It could be global. I mean, what we've seen as Glen mentioned earlier that our tower crawler cranes intake is typically stronger the second half of the year. Of course, we are the only producer of crawler cranes in America, so we have headwinds in terms of currency right now compared to what we've seen in previous years, but we expect some activities obviously coming from the Americas and some of other exports markets. Jerry Revich – Goldman Sachs: Okay. A question on the margin side, can you talk about how we should expect the cost structure in Brazil to progress over the next couple of quarters that we see the maximum impact of the ramp-up cost this quarter and it will get better from here? And also, should we expect material costs to be more favorable over the next couple of quarters? Thanks.

Glen E. Tellock

Management

Yeah, I would say on the Brazil side, the headwind from the lack of production versus the ramp-up is primarily driven by the first half of the year as we are in production and going to get deliveries going forward. So we will definitely subside. Was your other half of the question price cost expectation? Jerry Revich – Goldman Sachs: Yes, you address the price. What about material costs? We've seen fuel costs come down.

Glen E. Tellock

Management

Yeah. I think where we saw the material cost ramp year-over-year, affect us a little bit in the first half of the year. We probably will get some benefit out of that price cost equation to a little bit greater extent in the second half of the year, but remember that there's some pretty limited suppliers on some of the categories that, while steel as a general category has come down and not so much on the crane side is the type of steel that we're utilizing on the high tensiles Jerry Revich – Goldman Sachs: Okay. Thank you very much.

Operator

Operator

We will take our next question from Charlie Brady with BMO Capital Markets.

Charles D. Brady - BMO Capital Markets

Analyst · BMO Capital Markets.

Hi, good morning guys.

Glen E. Tellock

Management

Hi, Charlie.

Eric P. Etchart

Analyst · BMO Capital Markets.

Hi, Charlie.

Charles D. Brady - BMO Capital Markets

Analyst · BMO Capital Markets.

I don't mean to beat a dead horse on the Crane margin outlook, but what I'm hearing is Brazil is going to be better in terms of a cost impact in the second half. Material costs are going to be maybe a bit better in the second half, volumes better in the second half. Crawlers look to be better. That just doesn’t square up with some of the margin guidance you are giving for Crane. Is it just some conservatism built in there or is there something else? And can you quantify kind of what the ERP impact was in the first half and what you see in the second half.

Glen E. Tellock

Management

Yeah. I think as you know, if you look at ERP, Brazil and some incremental engineering expense, we had indicated that would be probably in the mid-teens million in aggregate full year, the cost doesn’t go away on the Brazil side. It's just that we, it's not affecting us as you look at the margin as you look at the second half of the year. But the balance of those are continuing costs that we expect to affect the full year, across the board in the business. The other big one from a margin standpoint is obviously we are indicating 30% to 40% increase in total operating income. We got off to a little bit of a slower start in the first quarter. We expect to be able to make that up in the last three. So, the that seasonal component I think is at play when you look at the second and third being stronger than the first and fourth that I think is people are thinking about the strong margins that we generated this quarter with past quarter, you don’t necessarily see that following through in the fourth quarter.

Charles D. Brady - BMO Capital Markets

Analyst · BMO Capital Markets.

Okay. But your full year Crane margin guidance looks to be roughly about 6% kind of implied for the full year, which would, given that you get a little bit better volume in the second half, I am just trying to figure out what I am missing here.

Glen E. Tellock

Management

One thing that did you reference in your question, Charley, was crawlers, and I think that Eric's response really related to a little bit more to the order side than necessarily on the sales side late in the year.

Charles D. Brady - BMO Capital Markets

Analyst · BMO Capital Markets.

Okay. Fair enough. And can you quantify, I don't know if I missed it, on the Foodservice side, how much was Europe down in Q2.

Eric P. Etchart

Analyst · BMO Capital Markets.

Go ahead Mike.

Michael J. Kachmer

Analyst · BMO Capital Markets.

High single digits.

Charles D. Brady - BMO Capital Markets

Analyst · BMO Capital Markets.

Great, thanks very much.

Operator

Operator

We’ll take our next question from Rob Wertheimer with Vertical Research Partners. Robert Wertheimer – Vertical Research Partners: Hi, good morning gentlemen.

Michael J. Kachmer

Analyst

Hey, Rob.

Eric P. Etchart

Analyst

Hi Rob.

Glen E. Tellock

Management

Hello Rob. Robert Wertheimer – Vertical Research Partners: So, you guys gave a lot helpful examples of the innovation that you have in the Foodservice business. Is there any more sort of quantification you put around it on, I don't know, the underlying innovation growth rate maybe being sort of masked by the soft economy or an innovation index and can you comment on whether that really helped, your margins were great in both segments, I'm just curious if the innovation or the mix of new products was higher in the Foodservice segment therefore helped drift up margins?

Glen E. Tellock

Management

Well. Rob I don’t think its necessarily a change from what we’ve had in the past, I think as you heard Carl talk and Mike talk about the rollouts that we have, it’s when are some of these items introduced in previous years so it impacts the comparisons year-over-year, but I think we gave pretty good color on the Foodservice side on the Crane side there is a lot of new products that have come out, you have the RT150, you have the 6300L on the AT side, those of all positively impacted our business. Now I'll let Eric, give a little more color on those, but I think, you go back to what we've always done, and previous to the acquisition of Enodis, we always focused on 80% of our sales coming from new products generated within last five years. As we went through 2009 and '10, we kind of tempered that a bit because it was more of an integration than anything else, but that's back to where we want to be. That's the strategic imperative we have for innovation. So it's something that we'll continue to invest in. So, it's just a pipeline, instead of us giving you that full number of what's in each segment, I can assure that new products continue to be the lifeblood of what we're going to do. But to speak specific to the Crane side, I know he Eric has a couple of examples that he can give.

Eric P. Etchart

Analyst

Well, Rob, it’s a new products and the 9150s is our 150 ton capacity rough terrain cranes that we have introduced last year, and this year, it was a 6300L, our GMK out of Germany which has the longest boom in the industry. Those two products as an example has been through our quality initiatives that is much more structural with more processes and a lot testing prior to put these machines out on the streets resulting in very high customer acceptance, typically very high market shares, and very low warranty costs. So, we are very excited at continuing that momentum with the new products in the fourth quarter. We would launch our 6400 GMK out of Germany, the foreign return, the crane that we have very high expectations in the product I just mentioned are really leaders in their categories. So we are very excited to continue the momentum. We have new products and our new quality initiative, what I call the new process that we've been using now since the last three years.

Carl J. Laurino

Management

Rob, this is Carl. I know Mike wants to comment on some of the Foodservice innovation as well, but just to give you some quantification on the roll-on and roll-off aspect, as you look at 2012 versus 2011, there wasn't anything that was singularly huge on that front in either quarter, but as you look at it in aggregate, we actually had about twice as much magnitude $15 million of rollout activity that occurred in the second quarter last year versus about half of that in the second quarter this year. So it went down. Robert Wertheimer – Vertical Research Partners: Okay.

Glen E. Tellock

Management

Rob, I'll wrap it up with just a few other comments about Foodservice that we're extremely positive about. If you reflect back on the multi-million dollars investment we made in our Manitowoc ice line with the new Indigo line, our margins have expanded and our share continues to expand in all markets that were participating in. So the investment is clearly paying off. If you move to beverage and you think of the evolving blended ice category, the fact that we innovated around two type of products in that, it is putting us in a position to garner most of the market share with the largest user in Europe today. And then, fast forward to the fryer category and the investment we're making on oil efficiency and energy efficiency, it's allowing us to regain and establish ourselves as a preeminent supplier of high end fryers to the marketplace. So, our investments have been logical, we believe they've been leading in the industry. And they're paying dividends on many fronts. Robert Wertheimer – Vertical Research Partners: Thanks guys.

Carl J. Laurino

Management

Thanks Rob.

Operator

Operator

We'll take our next question from Vance Edelson with Morgan Stanley. Vikram Malhotra – Morgan Stanley: Hi, this is Vikram in for Vance. Thanks for taking the question. Could you just talk about maybe share gains that you saw during the quarter and maybe what you expect going forward, you had strong backlog numbers with some of your peers probably not as strong. So just trying to get a sense of maybe where you are gaining share.

Glen E. Tellock

Management

We typically won’t talk about shares by product line. Obviously, some of our competitors don't have to do that same thing, so we kind of shy away from that. But I can’t tell you just what Eric just said on the new product introductions and what Mike just talked about on the innovation. Mike just said on the Indigo ice machine line we're taking share, Eric just talked about the RT150, there is nobody else in the globally that has 150 ton rough terrain cranes, so that’s all of our share, and then the 6300L has been very, very well accepted in the industry, so that’s really the model of what we are trying to do and I think as you go forward, it’s simply not just competing on price. It’s competing on features and benefits, and lower cost of ownership, and we talk about the manufacturing strategy. We have a new line that will manufacture in Monterrey, Mexico. That’s to take advantage of an entirely different product line that we don’t competing today. So that will be all market share gain. So, I mean, we continue to do that and again I think some places, yeah, we probably are maintaining or competitors may have taken some share, but I think globally around the world when you look at it in aggregate, we are doing pretty well. Vikram Malhotra – Morgan Stanley: Okay, great. And then could you just maybe talk a bit about cash flow drivers going forward, maybe and touch a bit on inventory, where you think we are currently?

Glen E. Tellock

Management

Go ahead, Carl.

Carl J. Laurino

Management

So on cash flow, obviously it's the enhanced profitability that we’re experiencing this year, cash from profitability will be significantly better. And then I think some of the working capital efficiencies is the story there that will be able to despite the growth – so be able to generate the $150 million plus in debt reductions. Vikram Malhotra – Morgan Stanley: Okay, great. Thank you.

Operator

Operator

We’ll take our next question from Ann Duignan with JPMorgan. Ann Duignan – JPMorgan : Hi, good morning, guys.

Glen E. Tellock

Management

Hi, Ann.

Carl J. Laurino

Management

Good morning. Ann Duignan – JPMorgan : Hi, can we talk a little bit more about what developments you’ve seen in your Foodservice side, during the quarter and also in China. In which end market was the driver up your lowered outlook. And just within Europe, where are you seeing the incremental weakness?

Glen E. Tellock

Management

Go ahead Mike.

Michael J. Kachmer

Analyst

Yeah, as I commented earlier, Europe has been our softest market, and that’s been a recurring thing for the last few quarters. And we don’t see it bouncing back quickly, but the decline versus same period last year was high single digit, and we’re just being very thoughtful about how we’re investing in SG&A and other programs. Asia, continues to grow well, albeit less than expected. It still met the high teens growth across most of the region and most of our product categories and our expectations for future relatively remain high. We had a bit of a plus in Asia in the general market, which is generally a reflection of slowed or delayed projects, that are not starting to kick in again. Ann Duignan – JPMorgan : Yeah, I guess what I was getting at in Europe is geographically, you know which countries slowed the most and what gives the most exposure?

Michael J. Kachmer

Analyst

Well, Spain has been difficult for us, Italy a bit trying, Germany continues to do well for us, but the majority of the pressure has been, UK, Spain and Italy. Ann Duignan – JPMorgan : Okay, that’s good. And then, just a point of clarification on the opening remarks and you mentioned that, now that you have opened your facility in Brazil, that will give you a competitive advantage as the first dedicated manufacturing facility for crane. But Eric was very proud to show a third crane when we were done at the crane show, that is also manufactured in Brazil. So I wasn’t quite sure I understood why you’d have that competitive advantage because you have a dedicated facility.

Glen E. Tellock

Management

Well, I think Ann, what we talked about is, it’s dedicated and flexible. I think there was a point of differentiation there versus what’s the majority of products that’s going to be there. I think when you look at what we have, well it’s dedicated. We will have the benefits of the local content in the cranes that are produced down there. The infrastructure we have for the crane side of the business, so it’s not going to be a cranes and something else business, it’s dedicated to the crane. And we can – there are teams, we’ve talked about moving into tower cranes at later date. So, I mean that’s why we said it’s – and say we had the first crane come out in Brazil. I feel we have the first crane facility dedicated to that production. So go ahead Eric if you want to add anything.

Eric P. Etchart

Analyst

No, Ann, I think we are replicating things that we have done in the past. I mean the rough terrains we have done the same localization process in Italy to produce rough terrains in Italy. And you’ve either got the tow point that we’re trying to produce in Brazil. This is exactly the same business model that we have done in China than replicating in India. I am going to replicate this two or three models in Brazil. So I think we are being through the learning curve. I think we have high efficiency in what we do. And again, that the brains are very strong in Brazil whether it’s growth or potential. I think the efforts to localize, I think we should be in a pretty good shape. Ann Duignan – JPMorgan : Okay, so it’s more about brand recognition and now you’re localized as apposed to – you’re the first dedicated facility?

Eric P. Etchart

Analyst

We are the first dedicated facility. We didn’t build the first crane, but we have the first dedicated facility just for cranes. Ann Duignan – JPMorgan : Okay, I’ll leave it there, because I’ll maybe take it offline. Thanks.

Operator

Operator

We’ll take our next question from Schon Williams with BB&T Capital Markets. Christopher Schon Williams – BB&T Capital Markets: Hi, good morning.

Michael J. Kachmer

Analyst

Hi, Schon.

Glen E. Tellock

Management

How are you? Christopher Schon Williams – BB&T Capital Markets: Why don’t you just talk a little bit, road and highway was let’s say, somewhere around 15%, 20% of the crane business. Have you seen any, yeah pickup among the U.S. – in the U.S. market related to the highway deal, it’s not – when would we start to see some of that?

Glen E. Tellock

Management

Well, I think Schon, when you look at the highway bill, I think there was a couple of things that are in play. Lot of that truck you’re actually going to get that in the second and third quarter, but I think this is a good point of entry for what happens in November from the license standpoint in the U.S., I think while people like what happened and they get excited about it, and more I would say, that we’ll pave in that kind of business. I think long-term people are waiting, I think hesitant a little bit through the rest of the summer and in through the early fall, and then 2013 will be – I think you have a better indication of where things are going at that point of time for the long-term on the transportation bill. Christopher Schon Williams – BB&T Capital Markets:

Glen E. Tellock

Management

I think, a little bit of it is that. I certainly have spoke to lot of customers in that area that is a wait and see mentality, but it’s still in the infrastructure. I think you’re exactly right, I think the roads and bridges, have lot of opportunities in 2013 and in the Americas. But when you get outside the Americas, it's still the oil and gas is the infrastructure, and when you look at, still happen in India recently in the power grid. I think all that comes into play. So obviously, on the crawler side, the Americas is our biggest market, but we do have opportunities throughout the rest of the world in other markets. But again, driven mainly by the oil and gas infrastructure, and then here in North America, it would be roads and bridges. Christopher Schon Williams – BB&T Capital Markets: All right, thanks guys.

Operator

Operator

We’ll take our next question from Henry Kirn with UBS. Henry Kirn – UBS Securities LLC: Hey, good morning, guys.

Glen E. Tellock

Management

Good morning.

Carl J. Laurino

Management

Good morning. Henry Kirn – UBS Securities LLC: You touched on the currency headwinds in crane, but could you flush that out, how do currency changes impact both the competitive dynamics and then also the reported results at the segment?

Carl J. Laurino

Management

The reported results impact for, primarily a Crane issues as you could tell by the comments that we made. There was about $32 million in top line, and pretty minor when you flow through to the operating earnings line, pretty insignificant. From a market standpoint…

Glen E. Tellock

Management

From a market standpoint, we’re the only crawler crane manufacturer in North America. So yeah, we’re going to compete, most of competitors either going to be in Europe or some in Asia, and with what’s happened to the dollar, I mean there’s a pricing competition distrust. I mean so it’s a little different than the benefit we had several years ago, and for last several years. So that’s the dynamic, I mean that’s all the changes there. Henry Kirn – UBS Securities LLC: That’s helpful, and on credit availability, have you seen any changes in credit for potential buyers especially in the Crane segment, but also for Global Foodservice?

Carl J. Laurino

Management

We’d really not seen constraints on getting deals on that have been driven by inability to get finance in any general sense at all. Obviously things were pretty dysfunctional when we were in the dark days, and have incrementally improved overtime. I think one of the things that is a little bit of constraint around non-residential construction is, some of the availability in that end market with a lot of these institutions de-emphasizing that sector; that I think is something that has an effect on us, that’s a negative from a financing standpoint. But as far as customer’s ability to finance, we haven’t seen huge bottlenecks on that front. It certainly, in some of the emerging markets where the ease of getting financed is a little bit more challenging, that does have an effect, but overall as a general comment, it hasn’t been a huge bottleneck for us. Henry Kirn – UBS Securities LLC: Thank you very much.

Operator

Operator

We’ll take our next question from Charlie Rentschler with [Fortegra Financial].

Unidentified Analyst

Analyst

Charlie Rentschler, thank you. Two question, and they’re kind of related so I’ll ride on both of those. First, are we two to three years into a crane cycle that’s more or less like we saw in the last couple of cycles? And second, do you see significant deleveraging of your balance sheet in 2013 and 2014, and how all those be achieved?

Glen E. Tellock

Management

Well, Charlie I would say to your first point, you have to run in this cycle similar to what we’ve seen in the past, and I would say I don’t think so. I don’t think we see it the same way, I will use Carl's phrase that he has told me, it's more of a bathtub recovery where I think the bottom goes a little bit longer than what you saw in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. So that’s why we see that playing out, and that’s the way we’ll anticipate it. With respect to the deleveraging, I think – again I’ll paraphrase what somebody else said to me as we were talking about this, and the comment was, as we pay down our debt through the cash flows, and I think you can see that from an earnings standpoint. We can earn our way – we can earn our way out of this, and that’s paying down the debt plus getting the earnings up. And when you do that, as Carl mentioned in his comments if we pay down the debt and get the earnings, that we say we’re going to get this year, and you reduce your leverage by one full turn. So I mean, yeah we see substantial deleveraging when you go on to 2013 or 2014.

Unidentified Analyst

Analyst

Thank you.

Operator

Operator

And we’ll take our next question from Eli Lustgarten with Longbow Securities. Eli S. Lustgarten – Longbow Research LLC: Good morning, everyone.

Glen E. Tellock

Management

Hey, good morning.

Carl J. Laurino

Management

Hi, good morning. Eli S. Lustgarten – Longbow Research LLC: Just a quick peripheral question, have you seen a change in mix of your customer base buying a crane this year, particularly what percentage of your business is going, you say are going to rental companies now versus let’s say in normal times?

Glen E. Tellock

Management

No, we haven’t seen any real change. The rental channels continue to be a highly predominant in the chasing activities. I would say that, we see probably the customer continue all over to wait the last minute to confirm their orders. It’s probably due to the lack of confidence or the projects making sure that it’s well financed before they take that commitment debt. It’s probably more acute in this quarter than what we have seen just recently. But in terms of segmentations, the rented channels continue to be the first one by far. Eli S. Lustgarten – Longbow Research LLC: What percentage of your end market sales are rental channels?

Glen E. Tellock

Management

I would say probably around Eli, it goes anywhere from 70%, 75%, it’s a pretty high percentage which is consistent with is consistent with five, six, seven years. So I don’t think there’s been a real change in that. Eli S. Lustgarten – Longbow Research LLC: It's been relatively constant as opposed to going up in the last six months.

Glen E. Tellock

Management

No doubt. It’s the same, yeah we haven’t seen a change in that. Eli S. Lustgarten – Longbow Research LLC: And one smaller question, the cost of meeting all the emission standards here and then going around the world, have you been able to pass the world across at this point or are still a little bit behind them on the emission costs?

Glen E. Tellock

Management

I am not sure you make that up, Eli. I think we can – the hardened cost of what a new engine is. I think you try to do your best to pass that on, and show the benefits of what’s happening. I think when you look at from an engineering standpoint, and the SG&A that’s involved in doing that, I mean you couldn’t pass that on. It’s substantial, it’s taken out 50% of our engineering time, and I don’t think that’s any different than other competitors that are having to produce machines for North America. So it’s a significant investment, but that comes to an end in 2014, and then we can continue to focus on newer products. Eli S. Lustgarten – Longbow Research LLC: 2013 expenditures will be the same as you go to meet final Teir 4?

Glen E. Tellock

Management

I think that will be consistent. Eli S. Lustgarten – Longbow Research LLC: Thank you very much.

Operator

Operator

And we’ll take our last question and a follow-up question from Charlie Brady with BMO Capital Markets. Charles D. Brady – BMO Capital Markets: Hey, thanks. Just quickly on the corporate expense line, it looks like that’s ticked up a little bit, should we expect kind of run rate second half similar to first half or does it move up or down?

Carl J. Laurino

Management

Yeah. I think your run rate would be – maybe a little bit less – one of the things that is – a driver there is the equity compensation which the corporate expense line picks it up for the entire enterprise, so that there could be an ebb and flow to that. Charles D. Brady – BMO Capital Markets: Great, thanks.

Operator

Operator

And with no further questions in queue, I would like to turn it back over to Mr. Khail for any additional and closing remarks.

Steven C. Khail

Management

Before we conclude today’s call, I would remind everyone that a replay of our second quarter conference call will be available later this morning. You can access the replay by visiting the Investor Relations section of our corporate website at www.manitowoc.com. Thank you everyone for joining us today, and for your continuing interest in the Manitowoc Company. We look forward to speaking with you again during our third quarter conference call in November. Have a good day.

Operator

Operator

And this does conclude today’s presentation. Thank you for your participation.