Sigma Labs Inc (SASI)

[alanthill]

Hawks. Valid point. I think you are correct. A major manufacturer OEM would have more credibility than SGLB and that is certainly a positive.

The fact remains however that whether the OEM buys a license or is compensating SGLB on a per-unit basis they have to recover their investment through sales to their end customers. This means that the end user has to see a measurable benefit for the expense incurred. To date SGLB has not been successful in making this case. Either the metal production levels have not been significant enough to justify the expense, or the end user has adopted a competing quality assurance product as a standard. While I agree that a major OEM will have more credibility with their customer base than SGLB would have they are still going to be facing the same issues that the SGLB sales team has faced. It will take several months before we know how successful they will ultimately be and I personally don't believe this contract is going to make much of an impact on the share price until significant revenue starts turning up on the quarterly reports.