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Samuel Bell files as well!!
http://archive.fast-edgar.com//20170214/AJ2OD22CZ222W2Y2222A22327V6DZR224292/
Murray Williams H files option to buy!! It's about to get real!! http://archive.fast-edgar.com//20170214/AB2Y422CZ22272Y2222E22322LUUZR224292/
Doing the uplist now that would be perfect! A perfect short trap! Looking forward to see how this plays out!
Gary, It's great to see you back on the board! That's for sharing that Morf3D info. All these years of DD is piling up and as I say dot + dot + dot = Success! I'll looking forward to the NASDAQ uplist announcement. I'm looking forward to a great year!
Shorts at work again the past few days. Folks make money up and down.
http://otcshortreport.com/index.php?index=SGLB&action=view
Yes, SGLB's S-1 filing reminds me of Google's S-1 filing. Both have very similar wording. For example, I'll compare the Intellectual property disclaimer in google with Sigma Labs. Looks like standard SEC safe harbor provisions.
Google IP in S-1 filing
We also seek to maintain certain intellectual property as trade secrets. The secrecy could be compromised by third parties, or intentionally or accidentally by our employees, which would cause us to lose the competitive advantage resulting from these trade secrets.
We are, and may in the future be, subject to intellectual property rights claims, which are costly to defend, could require us to pay damages and could limit our ability to use certain technologies in the future.
Companies in the Internet, technology and media industries own large numbers of patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets and frequently enter into litigation based on allegations of infringement or other violations of intellectual property rights. As we face increasing competition, the possibility of intellectual property rights claims against us grows. Our technologies may not be able to withstand any third-party claims or rights against their use. Any intellectual property claims, with or without merit, could be time-consuming, expensive to litigate or settle and could divert management resources and attention. In addition, many of our agreements with members of our Google Network require us to indemnify these members for third-party intellectual property infringement claims, which would increase our costs as a result of defending such claims and may require that we pay damages if there were an adverse ruling in any such claims. An adverse determination also could prevent us from offering our products and services to others and may require that we procure substitute products or services for these members.
With respect to any intellectual property rights claim, we may have to pay damages or stop using technology found to be in violation of a third party’s rights. We may have to seek a license for the technology, which may not be available on reasonable terms and may significantly increase our operating expenses. The technology also may not be available for license to us at all. As a result, we may also be required to develop alternative non-infringing technology, which could require significant effort and expense. If we cannot license or develop technology for the infringing aspects of our business, we may be forced to limit our product and service offerings and may be unable to compete effectively. Any of these results could harm our brand and operating results.
SGLB IP in S-1 filing
..."We may be unable to protect our intellectual property rights...Our success in part depends on the ability to protect our intellectual property and proprietary technology...There can be no assurance that our program for protection of intellectual property and proprietary technology will be sufficient to protect our intellectual property and proprietary technology from competitors. Our business is also subject to the risk that our issued patents will not provide us with significant competitive advantages if, for example, a competitor were to independently develop or obtain similar or superior technologies. In addition, our issued patents may be challenged or infringed upon by third parties. The enforcement of intellectual property rights is subject to considerable uncertainty, and can be expensive and time-consuming. Patent reform laws and court decisions interpreting such laws, may create additional uncertainty around our ability to obtain and enforce patent protection. Any significant impairment of our intellectual property rights could harm our business and our ability to compete. The unauthorized use of our intellectual property could make it more expensive to do business and harm our operating results. Proprietary trade secrets and unpatented know-how are also very important to our business, however, trade secrets are difficult to protect. Our employees, consultants, contractors, outside scientific collaborators and other advisors may unintentionally or willfully disclose our confidential information to competitors, and confidentiality agreements may not provide an adequate remedy in the event of unauthorized disclosure of confidential or proprietary information...
Silver,
You beat me to it. I'm seeing SGLB in the same light as you. It took me a minute to pull up that Q2 2015 transcript.
Alan,
I know that you are well aware of the types of investors that jeff and silver are referring too sir as you are very familiar with SGLB. BTW still waiting for you to come back onboard. For those new and not familiar: The investors are Holden Lewis and Gilbert Good. These types of investors represent the portfolios of clients worth billions. Holden Lewis and Gilbert Good dialed into Sigma Labs conference calls to inquire about SGLB's business when the client prospects were not nearly as bright as they are today. They called under these conditions:
1) SGLB was in the development phase of their products.
2) SGLB had not even completed Phase 2 of the DARPA ICME project.
3) SGLB did not have Siemens, Michelin Five, Trumpf, etc.. evaluating their product.
4) SGLB did not have a commercial agreement with Pratt and Whitney and the other unnamed company.
I could go on with other further developments but let's see what Glibert Good has to say back in 2015.
True part of growing a business is the making of poor decisions and the making of some great ones as well. I believe that this time around the reverse split will take us to an uplist very quickly. SGLB finally has commercial acceptance this year and the AM industry signs are all pointing to production facilities that are near ready to go.
Thanks Jackle. I like this part
This is awesome news to me. I was anticipating uplist by this summer. It seems like it's in the works to happen much sooner. It will be great if a couple new commercial contracts come with the uplisting to NASDAQ. Sigma Labs has a great story to sell..err tell. LOL!! I bet there are a couple Big Boys waiting to get in. It's time to call Gilbert Good and Holden Lewis first and foremost!! Choo! Choo!
Hello my Fellow Longs. Ya'll know that a huge reason for my confidence in SGLB was their invovlement in DARPA contract with Honeywell where they were being built into the ICME framework for rapid certification of AM parts. Ya'll remember Mark talking about the Navy proposal and joing up with Moog? From the Q1 2016 call
I absolutely agree Silversmith! That market has spoken and confidence has increased in Sigma labs and the pps reflects that. Funny how on the way down it was the company has no sales; thus, investors are leaving. Now that the pps is going up; suddenly there's illegal manipulations taking place. Oh Well... What we do know is that:
1) SGLB's first two commercial contracts have been signed
2) P&W is one of those commercial contracts
3) P&W is a direct competitor to GE Aviation for the A320neo engine options
4) SGLB is now in phase 3 of the DARPA contract where it states that commercial funding will be the determination going forward.
5) SGLB's IPQA is built into the ICME framework
6) SGLB's is currently being evaluated by GE Aviation and GE helped them develop their Inspect software
7) SGLB is currentky being evaluated by Honeywell and Honeywell helped then develop their Contour software.
8) SGLB's IPQA was utilized by the AMerica MAkes project to build the first commercially available in process quality assurance solution as stated by America Makes no such solution existed.
9) CFM has deadlines to meet to deliver the LEAP engines
10) Qatar Air already canceled orders with P&W for failure to deliver on the A320neo
11) There are over 140billion in orders on the LEAP engine.
The clock is ticking and time is getting short for CFM. They will be needing that rapid certification of AM built parts. It is just a matter of time. CFM will ramp up and not lose out on billions and Sigma Labs is waiting and ready to deliver that IPQA solution to independently ensure that parts are built to spec. Tick Tock Tick Tock on the next major announcement as more investors rush in to buy before uplist.
The Sigma Labs story when they uplist will be such as amazing one to sell to potential investors. For those that forgot. Remember when Gilbert Good of Western International dialed into the Q2 2015 call? HEre's his opening statement
Gilbert Good
Thanks mrbagray. It continues to confirm what us LONGS have been anticipating for a couple years that the AM industry as been waiting ofr Standards. A blueprint of how to proceed has been necessary to provide direction and that is basically here with this draft.
The process control section reading just gets me giddy all over again!! It's so exciting to see those years of researching about the AM indistry and reading through scientific white papers start to pay off. All we needed was that first commercial contract and now let's see who comes aboard in February and March! I'm still anticipating uplist this summer.
Thanks Kanya. I agree that GE will be adopting SGLB. I was being coy with my previous post about the A320neo. As many Longs know A320neo can be powered with the option of one of two powerplants. P&W makes one and GE makes the other. BTW Great video Kanya! It made me laugh!
Whoa! Just read a few more posts. EAP offers discount pricing so of course P&W want to get that along with the commercial contract. This is huge for those who forgot that P&W is making the power plant for the A320neo. If you have to ask what the significance of the A320neo is then.....
KABOOM!! Again! I just love how Dot + Dot + Dot = Success!! Congrats all Longs! Our DD for years is coming to fruition!
Very nice! That's for this post!
Alan,
I stand by my belief that the old sglb investors started this run with news of the SGLB's first commercial contract. I know you remember when the old slgb investors had SGLB valued at a 250 million market cap and that was all based on potential and excitement with no commercial contract. The increase in pps is justified by the contract and the increase in pps brought a few newbies and traders. Sheer excitement drove this up and hopefully SGLB diluted a little to raise some funds. The pps will start to settle in but at a higher average pps than the 80 cent floor that we held for a while as investors lost confidence in SGLB and only the strong stuck around.
Several of us longs purchased shares the first day of the commercial contract announcement that includes myself. Longs took advantage before the newbies and traders joined in this run. I'm looking forward to continued northward momentum in SGLB. The Longs here know what they hold. I am patiently waiting for the original Alan to come back around to liking and recognizing the DD and excitement of the Longs here.
Come on back man! You were once excited about SGLB and you expressed your well founded doubts in the financial state of the company for a couple years. The financial viability of SGLB as much improved with a few contracts since they took out the loan. This first commercial contract will be one of many to come. The technology works as stated in much DD that LONGS like me have provided over the years. Come back from the Dark side Alan those days are behind SGLB. A new era has started and all that dot connecting is about to be proven right.
I hope after a couple more contract awards that you to will join us LONGS as we gear up for the 100 dollar SGLB party in 2020.
Thanks for this post. Looks like the patent for Thermal. That is sweet!!! Thermal control is a very important part of ensuring part quality.
Train,
I believe that many old Sglb investors are reallocating funds back with a few newbies along the way. This kinda volume will bring the traders and we may get a few who decide to invest when they see the DD and realize that this is no stiky pinky but a real company. A real company that is closing in on uplisting.
We get another contract like this by end of February and we just may be ready to uplist. I believe that it just needs to stay at or above 3 bucks for several days to uplist to the NASDAQ. SGLB will be able to raise some funds along with the rising stock price. The uplist of Sigma to the larger investment community with a couple more announcements will have the pps rocket as more folks start to understand SGLB's potential as we LONGS have understood for years now. Exciting times ahead.
This will be an awesome year. Many longs will go above their breakeven point and probably before the uplist which I'm betting will be this year. Matter of fact, I'll bet by this summer because there are a lot of fuel nozzles that will need to be rapidly qualified by next year. Not to mention the ceramic parts as well and who else has gone thru years of T&E to provide rapid certification of metallic parts. I will enjoy this ride.
https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/trumpf-partner-siemens-3d-printing-continues-industrialization-path-103436/
Siemens continue advancing into the 3D printing industry via a partnership with 3D printer manufacturers, Trumpf. We take a closer look at the implications for the additive manufacturing world.
German company Trumpf specialize in 3D printing metal, with two different technologies ‘Laser Metal Fusion‘ (LMF) and ‘Laser Metal Deposition‘ (LMD). Their partnership with Siemens will integrate the metal powder-bed-based LMF technology with Siemens PLM’s NX software and is intended to streamline the process of 3D printing metal. Exhibiting at Formnext last year, the 3D printer manufacturer proudly displayed their LMF machines, the TruPrint 3000 and TruPrint 5000. The NX software provides an end-to-end solution for designing and preparing 3D printed metal parts.
Siemens are working with a number of industrial 3D printing companies, including Stratasys, to incorporate their 3D design software. More recently we reported that Materialise signed a major design software agreement with Siemens. This, in addition to the partnership with Trumpf signifies Siemens’ stance in the 3D printing market. While competitor GE have taken an approach of acquiring 3D printing companies, such as Concept Laser and Arcam, Siemens instead continue to announce new 3D printing partners, opting for working with rather than buying out.
Although it is too early to gauge the commercial success of what is a long-term strategy for both enterprises, 3DPI will be watching closely when GE announce financial results later this week.
Thanks much investn3d. I appreciate the shout out. I'm looking forward to the hundred dollar SGLB party and meeting many board members. I bet by year 2020 we'll at the 100 dollar mark and several board members here will collaborate on the next SGLB play as we slowly pull out our profits. All the dot connecting shows that AM adoption will accelerate dramatically over the next several years as the standards are put in place.
I like how Mark has strategically been making moves to secure SGLB's place in the AM market. He has linked up with standard's bodies like NIST. His work with both Honeywell and GE to jointly develop PrintRite3D. The establishment of the Early Adopter program. The joint development with Materialise. etc.. I could go on explaining how much sense it all makes and link it to DD but you know this already :) Today is a great day for SGLB. I'm gonna mark it down on my calendar!
Tick Tock Those tight schedule demands are going nowhere. SGLB is the one that the Big Boys have been testing and evaluating for years. The process is being finetuned and SGLB will be the choice. No time for years test and evaluate and fine tune another product.
Thanks much for checking and letting us know.
So looks like the anticipated dilution has hit with the completion of the offering. Someone tell me if I read it wrong.
Thanks Jackle. You made me recall our S-1 filing
http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/spos/filing.ashx?filingid=11001829
(1)
Mr. Bell has agreed to join our board of directors effective as of the closing of the offering.
(2)
Mr. Garofalo has agreed to join our board of directors effective as of the closing of the offering.
https://www.theengineer.co.uk/lloyds-register-and-twi-launch-additive-manufacturing-projects/
Lloyd’s Register and TWI launch additive manufacturing projects
12th January 2017 12:21 pm
Lloyd’s Register (LR) and TWI are calling for participants to join two new global collaborative projects focused on additive manufacturing challenges facing industry.
The projects – “Achieving Regulatory and Code Compliance for Additive Manufacturing” and “Joining of Metallic Additively Manufactured Products and Materials” – will explore challenges uncovered during LR and TWI’s first joint industry project, “Certification of Laser Powder Additive Manufactured Components for Industrial Adoption in the Energy and Offshore Sectors”.
Additive manufacturing has been widely adopted by the aerospace and medical industries because it creates complex and customised metal parts with a high level of precision, reduced weight and high material utilisation.
There is, however, an unexplored link between additive manufacturing and compliance with standards and regulations that are often used in safety-critical pieces of equipment, such as the American Petroleum Institute code (API), the American Society of Mechanical Engineer’s (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, and Europe’s Pressure Equipment Directive (PED).
According to LR, the project titled Achieving Regulatory and Code Compliance for Additive Manufacturing will investigate the routes to regulatory compliance of parts selected by project sponsors, and will produce data and assessment criteria for the introduction and acceptance of parts through third-party inspection.
The second project, “Joining of Metallic Additively Manufactured Products and Materials” will concentrate on filling in real-world gaps to enable project sponsors to design, fabricate and put into service structures that are comprised of conventionally made parts welded with additively manufactured parts. It is anticipated that project sponsors will gain the confidence to put parts into service in real-world, challenging operating environments and conditions.
The launch meeting and project presentations will be held on Tuesday 24th January 2017 at TWI in Cambridge and also via tele/video-conference. Interested parties should contact Lloyd’s Register at additivemanufacturing@lr.org, or TWI at jip@twi.co.uk.
Thanks Z.
From an Air Force.mil article today.
Siemens Shares Their View on the AM Industry With Materialise
Materialise Interviews Partner GE: “The Time for 3D Printing is Now”
Nice article offers some behind the scenes insight on Test and Evaluation of CMC's. I've often said that it takes years and millions to develop this type of technology and it's great to see it in print. It's really just a matter of time. IMHO All the Dots continue to align as SGLB is involved with the right players all these years doing T&E for AM.
Thanks for the post T&L!
Just an FYI. Might help some with understanding the long wait here.