David Reis
Analyst · Craig Hallum Capital
Thank you, Elan. Our second quarter results reflects the continuation of the trends we observed in the last several quarters with systems, consumables and service growth in Americas, our largest market where we continue to observe increased adoption of our target verticals of aerospace, automotive, healthcare, and dental. For example, in North America aerospace segment, we are seeing strong sales of our production-focused 3D printers and materials, as well as encouraging early adoption of our recently launched Aircraft Interior Solution. We believe that our ability to meet the strict requirements of the aerospace industry is clearly demonstrated by our NCAMP qualification from NIAR, which we discussed on our last call. As the aerospace industry in general increasing its investments into additive manufacturing, we believe that Stratasys is uniquely positioned to provide the OEM’s and their entire supply chains with our solution. In addition to large deals with several top aerospace OEMs in Q2, we are seeing increased adoption by Tier-1 and Tier-2 suppliers, specifically for jigs, fixtures, and tooling applications. We made several announcements at the Paris Airshow further demonstrating our focus and traction in the aerospace segment. After two years of rapid adoption for both RP and tooling applications, we extended our Boom Supersonic partnership by seven years to span well into their development program and also showcased tooling and end-use parts application that Marshall Aerospace and Defense is addressing with our FDM technology. Additionally, at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in April, Diehl Aviation highlighted their adoption of Stratasys FDM technology, specifically showing a printed curtain header for their Airbus A350 XWB, which is reportedly the largest 3D printing part to be made for passenger aircrafts. As we noted at the beginning of the year, we are focusing on bringing to market innovative new systems, materials, software, and application-specific solutions that leverage our deep knowledge of additive manufacturing and customer requirements to create new, incremental revenue opportunities. The new systems being developed include major developments across our existing technology portfolio of FDM and PolyJet, our upcoming Layered Powder Metallurgy metal platform or LPM, as well as new offerings that will broaden the range of solutions we bring to the markets. As a brief update, we have shipped two Early Bird LPM systems, one to a large metal-focused service bureau and the other to a world-leading automotive OEM. We are pleased with the early market interest in the new products we introduced this year including the F120 and the V650 and expect to see the impacts ramping in H2 2019. Additionally, in the back half of 2019 and into 2020, we intend to make several additional announcements including more details on our LPM metal platform, progress on our High-Speed Sintering platform developed in partnership with Xaar, as well as exciting new advancements both in FDM and PolyJet. We continue to expect at the beginning in fiscal year 2020, on the strength of our R&D and sales and marketing efforts, we will begin seeing accelerated revenue growth. I would now like to turn the call over to our VP of Investor Relations, Yonah Lloyd, who will provide greater details on our 2019 financial guidance. Yonah?