Ingredion (INGR) 4 Aug 202020 Q2 Earnings call transcript

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by and welcome to Ingredion's Inc.

Second Quarter 2020 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to hand the conference to your speaker today Tiffany Willis, Vice President Investor Relations and Corporate Communications Officer. Please go ahead, ma'am.

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Jim. Thanks,

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Now let's questions. open the call for

Bienvenu come question And of line from from our Stephens. will Ben [Operator Instructions] first

You may begin.

everybody. good thanks, Hey, morning,

Good morning, Ben.

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relative to improved So an and sequentially. corn we'll prior going into also net QX costs year see

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Jim. Thanks, Okay.

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line yes, thinking. would where be with we're in QX, that For

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you. Thank

from come Our will of line next Robert from Moskow question Credit the Suisse.

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need line you of a have to in to return company to to fix do So grow? you what order sight as it that at good

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and other in go the regards rate to helps. any exit the commentary forward? that So hopefully Jim

Rob inventories Yes. potential And whether as as all right. what inventories think thing on at behavior rebuilt our the in customers to shelves and The into not rebound as is they we we as exiting look QX. products then changes at look to June I add or that's only we I'd seen be listening of strong were have continue much that need well customers' But going how quarter. anticipating, to is to build also we a in need

of volumes. volumes that's rates that seeing -- So we're sales the type volume

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beverage July stronger in Mexico. year. food again us sales and for than in impacting actually away-from-home Mexico consumed is volumes is mobility But reduce overall prior

Yes. Yes.

I'm assume, North for single-digit group just to low it's still down Well going America.

Okay.

So PureCircle?

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business. reach. a months customers And a uncertainty been difficult the the sales over go-to-market It's presents. customer relationship to standpoint spilled global a in, reduction reputation us immensely to coming lot synergies that cost expand with prior the customers. because opportunity connectivity about the and its of its our given XX for reputation seen and is we're and lot that opportunities network to what for and helped has of And equally especially some complement And of uncertainty from to leverage So already sugar the had very, us that its Ingredion very business hampered XX portfolio to very ingredients delivering we've a and had pleased with that. with acquiring no secret the that in months of of PureCircle presence with that the

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given We understanding have our commodities. a lot of of experience, agricultural

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forward to say I kind for majority China The way No, Thailand. But other you, want being from than product was of in the tapioca and to most of larger sales feel in supply facilities have just Yes. capacity It Rob. manufacturing would product sourced correct would industrial its local have the that the our make from presence China into with continue well locally at was the going most come in customers our just as logical manufactured saying, coming reputation with the needs. our of given starch China. growth customers a as we comfortable and two you country we to having

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avoid So those this obviously would tariffs.

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made investment sense the us. just good for So overall

Thank much. right. All very you

you, Thank Rob.

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question Research. line Heather Jones of come from Heather from next the Jones Our will

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Thank you taking the for Good questions. morning.

Hi, Heather.

sense you the is of of wondering color to region I'm it's recover. driving just -- weaker? of sense ask. of have a which breweries, some you get could couple. the wondering And you're a movement, I limitations Mexico do weakness but of related how of I be seeing there it? will much how just what's driving just thought impossible, I the if and COVID I'd the is economy et -- is you this Is us cetera? out parse -- those just I'm may too? And was trying in that that would it sense a those if -- give on just could each how have you a

would shutdowns breweries and us the in I just those very not acutely, Yes. quarter government-mandated that brewing hit the were could -- say operate. because shutdown the obviously,

lifted we're very to with July just year. versus I up back coming Now as volume that's and prior indicated been the strongly seeing Rob even

COVID and do high Mexico consumed food sign. hampering spending So and hampering cases and is number think I is that's obviously away-from-home. travel discretionary of like that confectionery things a mobility in on hampers good that

proven seeing in you're very for little seeing impact the market but as strong the for I be products us So think, supply. to harsher perhaps that kind bit has than U.S., a quarter, recover. supplier robust And even of we we're a overall, a local always very for that Mexican food the it Canada market

two. continue going in to that's quarter progress So that hopeful we're to

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these mean, give with what could thinking with far you're early, what will of you then different this doing corn now, share your Okay. have but COVID you about in I finally as to I think be initial impact us about you really about on PureCircle, know the just doing Could XXXX? know you it's just sense adapting, recovered you us what are thinking if regions and a net how what's you're just And what just side, with on you XXXX? you or any having what -- guys as thinking footprint? give you're fully And thoughts just then recovering? going able could a based with us from you're do sense

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forecasts think pretty that The XXXX will vaccine so what everybody feeling there's remain to do year-on-year So at depressed. until consumed increased when we're and like And our of continue back predict back is there think We mark and for not and food a at do hopeful levels that industries food to a will those to subdued continue are going have is like some away-from-home will about XXXX well course home well but it's to big a watching mean. brewing long at good that how rate getting confident very forecasts that that's that customers retail that else will XXXX. about. and everyone sales about and We're very that. actually question hard just but perhaps proven slightly bounce supply rate in to and a were we about

just it's Heather predict to very hard is. So really

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so an for has the States effect that United values impact clearly the an products whole for on in And XXXX. potential

carryout. the So advancing And initiatives. materials. crop growth the corn I looking crop and of and third of continuing to thinking think is size obviously, area cost the then corn about this year And the the also our at just

your able may wherever really question, being you this mentioned initiatives but advance way in remote to our to preface in So your they and to world. growth where – continuing PureCircle just be the we

countries how many luckily the great remotely with And four, I locally. last think employees And those countries. and teams we've local work months we to five that with in in footprint have so a in learned

as continue enables work like that integrations well restructuring as get in us projects so And and things to to organization. where reshaping or we're

much. very you That’s Okay. helpful. Thank so

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will the Ken from from of Zaslow line Bank of question come next Montreal. Our

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