Hello, I'm Sandy Cutler, chairman and chief executive officer of Eaton Corporation. I'm pleased to be among the first employees to welcome you to our company and to congratulate you on your new position.

We're proud to have you as part of our team. You're joining a global enterprise with a powerful, yet clear vision: to be the most admired company in our markets. We also take pride in our performance as an organization and in our overall successful results.

To help get you up to speed as quickly as possible, you'll receive a comprehensive orientation over your first 60 days. Throughout your orientation experience, you'll learn a lot about the kind of company we are, our vision for the future and what makes Eaton such a great place to work. We'll also give you an overview of our integrated operating company philosophy, which we call the Eaton Business System. It's our means of capturing the scale and leverage that's present in our company.

This is an exciting time to be working at Eaton, and I'm sure you're just as excited to get started. Your contributions, combined with the dedication and energy of our current Eaton team, will lead our company into the future as one of the premier diversified industrial manufacturers in the world.

Once again, welcome to Eaton!