Mar 19, 2019 / 08:50AM GMT
Unidentified Analyst -
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President and CEO. I've known Rich for many years. I'm a fan. And with that, I think you guys have a fireside, or we're going to go straight to Q&A? Straight to Q&A. So we'll start a fireside chat, so feel free to put in the questions. I have some questions prepared, but if you have any questions, Rich will answer them. Thanks.
Questions and Answers:
Unidentified Analyst -So I guess, the first question will be, look, you've been at Dover for about a year now, less than a year. You were on the board before. What are the biggest positive surprises and what are the biggest negative surprises you've encountered so far?
Richard Joseph Tobin - Dover Corporation - President, CEO & Director
Let's start with the negative before I go to the positive so we can end on a positive note. The negative surprise was the demand function in commercial refrigeration. I think that we had believed that it was going to be a weak demand environment in '18, but nowhere as weak as it