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I hate doing taxes!!!!! Just took a quick look at 10Q, I too was disappointed in some of the 10Q, not what I was expecting from the company for splitting; to additional funding. However this is a developmental stage company. Concentrating on funding now is their priority, and after that they should go to the marketing of Solterra. That’s when the ride will commence if there is continued silence. I’m not concerned with funding because you needed to have proof of functionality of the access2flow process before anyone will lay down big bucks. I’m pretty sure they could raise the bucks by an angel investor or other party but I think he is more interested in retaining a large interest for the shareholders rather than getting funding and giving the farm away. I was initially disappointed in the ramp up being later in the year, rather then earlier for the quantum dots but then I re-read the 10Q. The goal is still 1000 grams / week by the end of June and in the 10Q they are expecting to make 100 kilograms per day by late 2010! That’s 100,000 grams per day, now I can live with that, that is some serious cash flow coming in. When I got into this it was on a 3-5 year plan so for those looking for a quick kill this was never the stock to get into. I have always stated this was a buy and hold. Take some off on a run up and let the rest ride long term. This is a developmental stage company and the ride will be bumpy with times of significant doubt as reading their CYA legally required lawyer language related to funding, but why take the time to name your product TetraPod Quantum Dots, TQ-Dots, generate a three year contract with the CTO, extend your Rice license another 6 months, add another year to your ASU license or say you will loan the company funding again, if you didn’t believe its going to all come together? I guess I’m a hard core believer that others will see the light and we’ll get to the end of the tunnel, just later than sooner. It won’t be looking as rosy as we were making it out to be until the funding is nailed down, a contract or some positive PR. That’s my take.
D5, I contacted KACST via e-mail to see if they are investigating
Solterra's Quantum Dot solar technolgy. Who knows they might spill the beans, if there are any to be spilled.
Looking forward to this week!
D5 Nite is the biggest market maker for HGUE. They move more shares than any of the other mm's. check out the otcbb http://www.otcbb.com/asp/Info_Center.asp and last months share volume: http://www.otcbb.com/asp/tradeact_mv.asp?SearchBy=issue&SortBy=volume&Issue=HGUE&Month=1-1-2010
Now if the Bid was at ETMM's Ask, I would have to buy you a cup of coffee, being the big spendor I am.
What the hell was I thinking? Ok, it's time for me to sit back and wait for the releases. Write to you then.
Let me tell you of last weeks activities. Some one hacked into my computer and compromised all my e-mail addresses during one of the searches for news from Saudi Arabia. At least that's when I think it happened. I had my E-mail open at the time and the rest is history. The spam went out under my ID and all my hard work to establish credibility went out the window in a second. I started getting some responses from family and friends the next day. However a funny thing happened when I sent an e-mail to explain what happened to some of those that received it. Dr. Wong was one of those that received the spam so I sent my apology even though it hadn't been used in months. In his case I got an Auto response to: SPAM you got from me was from a virus/intrusion on my computer. I apologize. The auto response was: "I will have limited email access through February 20, 2010 - thank you." I figure, well he is preparing for the Rice presentation. It struck me today, They filed on Friday for the extension of another 5 days. 5 business days from that would be this Monday coming up. The Rice presentation is Thursday. The 28th is the milestone for proof of productivity from the microreactors. Daah, it hit me Dr. Wong wasn't prepping for the Rice presentation, it was for meeting the milestone. He has limited e-mail access because he is either here or overseas and totally engrossed in the finalizing of the production process for the proof of the microreactor capabilities. IMO this piece of the story is coming to a climax and we are at the pinnacle within a week.
What I also like is an article I read about the biomedical side for CdSe in bacteria/virus cells. The potential there was still a ways off because of the toxicity of Cadmium as a heavy metal but the pluses outway the negatives. The problem they did not address but touched on was disposal of the toxic Cadmium. For cell markers they were dead on and if I had to decide between cancer being destroyed and having a small amount of toxic heavy metal that could probably be filtered out of the body or the body may even dispose of it naturally, I'll take my chances with a CdSe treatment. Just another plus for the potential of Quantum Materials Corp mass producing CdSe QD's.
The best way I know of describing the company is "ACTA NON VERBA". (Action not words) Stephen said it best that he would let the results of the company speak for it's self. So I hope people invest now to maximize their profits before the masses SEE THE LIGHT too. If QMC/Solterra has the legs we believe they have then people should be making money no matter where they get in for the first couple years, we'll just be making more.
No matter how we slice and dice this one, for HGUE investors when it's all said and done, 2010 should be a very good year!
OVER ENTHUSIASTIC JUBILANCE courtesy of QMC/Solterra!
January 28, 2010
D5 until the stock price hits the roof I'm keeping my feet on the floor. Not that I haven't thought about it.
Over enthusiastic jubilance, for once I’ve never been closer, is this the WHAT IF coming true! Not too often in our life times does that feeling of unadulterated joy peak its head around the corner and pop into your life. Can I cherish the moment? Should I indulge in the wafty aroma of life to its fullest? No, it very seldom happens and it has always been that carrot dangling in front, I’ve never seemed to be able to get to. So what if this is the real deal? Fire works, cannons, orchestra’s and a stadium size choir singing Hallelujah, you finally made it before you hit the pearly gates.
We’ve been given more clues to this gravy train than you can shake a stick at. I’ve read more in this year than I’ve read in my lifetime, unfortunately I can’t recall worth a darn when I need to. So that brings me to where I’ve been half my life, I can dream can’t I?
The real reason I wrote this was to look at another side, failure. What’s the probability a start up can succeed? The odds we have a winner are stacked against us at 30 in 100 make it. History has pretty well defined that startups are going to fail. So we must consider that possibility, as remote as it may seem to us following this company.
The average is within 10 years only 30% of the companies are still around, that’s an astonishing failure rate! 20% gone by the first year another 15% the second, 10% the third and another ~ 10% by the fourth year. So after 4 years almost 60% of the startups are history and over the next 6 years another 10 % vaporize. But how many of those were bought out, merged, or sold for a profit? We don’t know, so maybe it’s not as gloomy as it looks, but it still doesn’t look good.
http://smallbiztrends.com/2008/04/startup-failure-rates.html
So ask yourself, if it were to happen were would you be? Overextended should not be one of the answers. At the minimum you should be no worse then you are now at paying your bills. This is a speculative stock even if it is very promising. So if it goes belly up you should be able to keep your head above water, just like yesterday. Does it get any worse? Probably not now. One year ago it was a different story. It was totally speculative with everything being based on pretty much a promise they would be able to do as they proposed in the business plan. Are they still speculative, as of this week the answer is still yes. In a couple weeks if our suppositions are on the money based on our puzzle piecing, less speculative is an understatement. Have we set our bar too high with our expectation for profit. Most likely. So if we don’t actually make it the full mile and only make it to an average size solar and Quantum dot company stock price or worse, we only get ¼ the way, is that reason to be disappointed? Yes and no, Yes because we set the bar too high on our expectations of success and no because we still made money. However you didn’t make any money if you didn’t sell any of your shares. Nothing goes straight up except Dell 1990 – 2000, DDRX, GMCR. So set your exit limit for a % of your shares and let the rest ride. I’m sure some of the Krispy Kream, ENRON, Citigroup, GM share holders wish they had done just that.
With that being said, how concerned should you be for success and company growth? What makes QMC and Solterra so different from other companies?
IMO the economics associated with the technology, Managements resilience and drive and the public NEED for the service and products to be offered. They are not in just a single industry; our product crosses the gamut into a multitude of industry uses.
The company already has an equal 50/50 chance of being ahead simply from the fact one company is already spinning off a second publicly traded company before it really gets started. How many companies reduce your chance of failure by 50% from the get go?
Management will be by two different individuals being run as two companies, again halving the possible failure rate.
2020 government mandates to be green plus the government will be throwing money into this industry to help create jobs.
One of the most compelling and least credible reason is scifi. Think of every cartoon adventure and gadget you can remember as a kid growing up. They all have come to reality in some form or another. Spaceships, 2 way wrist radio/tv, lasers… This is the start of the next generation of nano technology gadgets,that QMC and Solterra will be major suppliers of product and like Bill Gates & Microsoft first to commercialize home computers, IBM computers, Hertz auto rentals, McDonalds fast food, Amazon discount on line retailer - they were the market leaders for many years during their growth development; and everyone of them came out of nowhere. Just like Quantum Materials Corp and Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. are coming out of nowhere, I’m telling you this is the somewhere you want to be for the future.
So is it really over enthusiastic jubilance? Not until the dream is reality!
I don't think there is any connection. iBox (j) Licensee shall bring a 10MW capacity solar cell pilot production line on-stream by December 31, 2010.
"In the first phase, the Saudi government and its agencies, in cooperation with Riyadh-based King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), has begun building a desalination plant using solar power. The plant will have a capacity of 10 megawatts and a reverse osmosis plant that utilizes developed technologies in the field of solar energy."
Any association here I think would really be a stretch since there are no returns searching KACST and Jabbour together.
Very interesting P19. Seems like this nanotechnolgy is right up their alley, from the article. Their other divisions of R&D have the same type of charter. The Saudi Aramco EXPEC Advanced Research Center (EXPEC ARC) "EXPEC ARC works to deploy new technology at an early stage while external technology providers are able to license joint technology to generate revenue. Collaboration opportunities extend from university partnerships with student/post-doctoral projects and faculty member sabbaticals to the most innovative technology companies of all sizes. EXPEC ARC provides abundant opportunities for partnering and research with a variety of technology groups." I know this isn’t for the Nanotech division and solar but it represents the company philosophy, which would be right in line with expectations. Also in the future, QD's and oil aren't a far fetch for applications in friction reduction, think about that potential with this company.
Sigma-Aldrich can't sell in the US:
Nanosys Reaches Settlement of Patent Infringement Lawsuite Against Nanoco Technologies for Quantum Dot Technology
July 23rd, 2009
Palo Alto, CA. July 23, 2009 – Nanosys, Inc. today announced it has agreed to settlement terms of a patent infringement lawsuit against Nanoco Technologies Ltd. The lawsuit claimed that the United Kingdom firm’s quantum dot technology infringes upon five seminal quantum dot patents held by Nanosys. In the settlement, Nanoco agreed to terminate its current U.S. business for its core-shell quantum dots. Those quantum dots were sold in the US by its U.S. distributor, Sigma-Aldrich under the name Lumidots. In the settlement, Nanoco did not admit that the asserted patents are either infringed or valid Additional terms of the settlement were not disclosed.
Trying to explain Nanotechnology and the different types and applications along with potential market segments in the future.
Solterra presenting at Rice as one of the twenty most promising Nanotech companies!
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Institutions won’t take a look at this until its $3 to $5+. The only other time they get involved at this stage is if they are doing the IPO for the company going public. It’s now in the hands of the private little investors. Yes, we that invested a year ago did take a gamble on this company, but a lot has happened in a year. IMO the individuals putting money in this company now are investing and no longer gambling. Just because news isn’t flowing in the form of press releases at the pace and time we want them to doesn’t make for a company going defunct, run badly or mean they haven’t made any progress. On the contrary it shows that very strong management with leadership skills is in place. I said a long time ago when you are in the startup business no matter how well you plan out the project there are always changes and delays of some kind. No press releases is part of that. The releases will be made at the appropriate time when it is in the best interest of the company. It’s not about you, me or the men running this company. It’s more about the future of the companies and securing an early leadership role within the industry in this developing technology. That’s more important than anything. So all those speculators that expected the stock to run right after the meeting ~25th and found out no press releases probably moved on today, not knowing anything about the company. Those that have followed from the beginning have known they are SLOW to putting out info. So this is no surprise; and all those wait and see individuals, about 10 to 1 are guaranteeing the lock in of our future run to well deserved profits. Not because we took a gamble but because we did our homework and invested as leaders instead of the herd of followers that will only be wishing they had been leaders instead of the pessimists they are.
Like D5 I went all in on HGUE. I hadn’t invested in 20 years until I saw this. Surfing I stumbled upon HGUE Dec 2008 at the very beginning and realized the potential of what they had if they could bring it to life. I did take a gamble then, I do live and breath HGUE after work to help ensure my investment and yours grows. Ever see a HGUE/Solterra ad on Yahoo, Twitter, Facebook, Solterra1 blog? Yup they are all me, my own time and money. All the investment clubs, stock boards, investment site managers that have been advised to put this stock on their radar should all add value to the company stock price once interest is taken and they start recommending. The company name to these people will not be unfamiliar and that was the goal in prep for when all the pieces of the puzzle started to take shape. Marketing is only one piece of the key to success. It has taken longer than I thought but that’s the way it goes, it gives me more opportunity to introduce people to the HGUE/Solterra story.
Did you see the 14c about nominating Board Directors by the shareholders in August. I pursued my senior management to consider a nomination to the company, unfortunately the CEO couldn’t accept but an opportunity for the company opened up for potential future business. So I forwarded it to the company site. Whether it develops or not is for the future. So I know this company is on the path to success if I can get interest in the company and I’m not a salesman. Because the press releases aren’t out doesn’t mean a hill of beans in the long run, it’s about what they are doing now to ensure a sustained growth for the future. Don’t get me wrong I’m ready for news as much as you are because I know how much ground work I have personally done to ensure NAME recognition when the time comes. I’ll quote D5 here as he said it best: “I'm not pumping this stock and I don't recommend others follow my lead....just laying it on the table here.”
As I tell the university investment clubs, consider everything, trust no one, do your due diligence, invest wisely and good luck,
Bill
Would someone be kind enough to post this on the comment section of the video. I've had no luck in being able to have it take.
HGUE (Quantum Materials Corp/Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc.) is to the Quantum Dot Nano technology field what Amazon.com is to the Discount retail field. Only NO ONE knows it yet!
Invest in ticker HGUE the only USA Quantum Dot manufacturer to be providing COMMERCIAL quantities of CdSe QD's.
http://solterra1.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/quantum-dots-for-sale/
It's a ZOOM screw up! Steve is not associated with and never has been as ZOOM has it CEO of Street Research. This is where Zoom got their info from: Notice how the first paragraph is written. IMO The Zoom person assumed it was for Street Research and never read any further.
www.streetresearch.com/index.php?option=com_content&vie - [Cached Version]
Published on: 1/13/2009 Last Visited: 1/13/2009
The Company has built an experienced management team with Mr. Stephen Squires who has demonstrated success in both starting and managing high technology enterprises as well as the very unique skill set required to evolve emerging technologies into commercially viable products.
...
Stephen Squires - President & CEO
Stephen is the Principal Inventor and Chief Technologist for Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc., an advanced technologies innovation group. He has over 25 years experience in advanced materials and technologies. Prior to Solterra, Stephen was at McDonnell Aircraft developing and adapting advanced materials for combat aircraft applications. He was also CEO of Aviation Composite Technologies Inc., which he grew to have over 200 employees and $20 million in revenue. ACT was merged with USDR Aerospace in 2001. He has pursued his interest in advanced materials and more specifically Nano fibers and carbon Nanotubes, where he quickly recognized the potential of the unique quantum features these materials held.
I did look into what you were talking about with Street Research as I said above and you'll notice that on Zoom he has not claimed the profile either. I’m not worried about the past, it’s a building block to the future but I did not like the interview video they did. I’ll be candid, my first impression was this guy is shady and can’t be trusted. Maybe it was just being in front of the camera, kind of like stage fright, I don’t know but I wasn’t too happy to say the least. That was a year ago. I knew what they had technology wise was heading in the right direction. So I stayed watching things as they progressed and monitoring the work ethics of management. Interviewed some of the board members (now Ex members) at the time about that specific subject. All in all I have to say the old adage, DON”T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER is SOOOOOOOO true. Steve and the management have more than proved themselves. If you stop and think about what has been accomplished to date from their initial brainstorm it’s pretty impressive for what the guys have managed to accomplish. This is truly a revolutionary product the quantum dots and the potential applications they have in so many industries is pretty mind boggling. Steve has seen the future and knows what fortunes await him for paying his dues now. These guys have been tirelessly at this for over a year now and in the next couple weeks we should start to see the blossoming of their hard work. This item is a milestone for achievement that’s to happen in the next ~6 weeks. “Licensee shall offer for sale quantum dots manufactured with Rice Patents for electronic or medical applications on or before February 28, 2010. So I’m looking for some press releases to start early February as a result of the 25th meeting with the name change for one and the new CTO. They have never been fast coming out of the blocks at getting status updates out, so I don’t expect anything different here. I do expect this stock to rock - et up for a very long time based on projected future earnings as they keep growing the next few years. MO
They are going to have to rewrite this article as they obviously didn't take into account the new kid moving onto the block. If these words turn into reality in the next couple years "Worlds largest producer of photovoltaic products" those projections would have to go up as the cost comes down. I particularly like this sentence "Some savvy investors made a lot of money, but it's nothing compared to what'll happen the next eight years. . ." I guess hoping to retire in April is a little too optimistic. http://www.greenchipstocks.com/report/investing-in-next-generation-solar-power-technologies/367
Heading out to Montauk Point for the weekend. See ya Tuesday.
Speaking of just for fun I looked at 11 random solar energy stocks from the Google page for companies related to SOLAR:
ESLR Evergreen Solar, Inc. NASDAQ USD 1.7
SPWRA SunPower Corporation NASDAQ USD 25.02
FSLR First Solar, Inc. NASDAQ USD 132.12
ENER Energy Conversion Devi... NASDAQ USD 11.26
LDK LDK Solar Co., Ltd. NYSE USD 7.6
HOKU Hoku Scientific, Inc. NASDAQ USD 2.72
STP Suntech Power Hldgs. C... NYSE USD 17.55
TSL Trina Solar Limited (ADR) NYSE USD 59.18
YGE Yingli Green Energy Ho... NYSE USD 17.25
SPIR Spire Corporation NASDAQ USD 5.43
SOLR GT Solar Intl., Inc. NASDAQ USD 5.97
My thoughts were if Solterra was to only become average in the SOLAR industry what could we expect as the mean stock price? I threw out the highest and lowest price and averaged the remaining 9. It was a measly $16.88. Well that measly amount would make us all pretty happy. If I kept all eleven it averaged to $25.98. That of course would make us all much happier. But then I remembered we have DOTS and the related off shoots of HAGUE. So I looked at that section related to Nanoco (a Quantum Dot manufacturer):
Innovision Research & Technology plc LON INN 19.25
IQE plc LON IQE 19.92
CML Microsystems Plc LON CML 25.5
Enfis Group plc LON ENF 19.5
ARM Holdings plc LON ARM 187.9
Ceres Power Holdings plc LON CWR 156
Cyan Holdings Plc LON CYAN 1.9
PV Crystalox Solar PLC LON PVCS 68.85
Wolfson Microelectronics plc LON WLF 135.75
Concurrent Technologies PLC LON CNC 41.5
Nanoco Group PLC Private
The high and low thrown out had an average of only $60.78 where as the average of all 10 companies was a whopping $67.61. Now we're talking! So the Quantum Dot and related products appear to be the better investment opportunity.
I new there were more nano related companies but they weren't displayed. Most of the companies are privately held and are of NO use to those of us trying to invest in the technology, which makes HGUE that much better:
Konarka Technologies, Inc. Private
Kyocera Solar, Inc. Private
Nanosys, Inc. Private
SCHOTT Solar, Inc. Private
OptiSolar Inc. Private
Nanosolar, Inc. Private
SunPower Corporation, Systems Private
BP Solar International Inc. Private
The Solaria Corporation Private
Conergy, Inc. Private
EPV SOLAR, Inc. Private
I did find it strange that most of the companies that came up under the company related to Nanoco for quantum dot manufacturing were ALL LISTED ON THE LONDON EXCHANGE and they are not true quantum dot manufacturers. So I did another search and found only a dozen true Quantum dot manufactures world wide and up to 27 companies that reference Quantum dots. The market niche is pretty small meaning more opportunity for a company that provides quality at a low price like Hague has planned. This is Hague's, I mean Quantum Materials Corp competition, expect to see some of the weaker players drop out by the end of next year as QMC ramps up.
American Dye Source, Inc. (Canada)
Antibodies Incorporated (USA)
Crystalplex (USA)
Evident Technologies (USA)
Melben (Russia)
Mknano (Canada)
Nanoco Technologies Limited (UK)
NanoFluorescent Materials Ltd. (Ukraine)
NN-Labs (USA)
Ocean Nano Tech (USA)
Selah Technologies (USA)
Sigma-Aldrich (USA)
I'll have to check back in a year or two and see if this was really an exercise in futility or there really is a correlation that can be drawn.
GLTA, it will be an exciting year! Hopefully starting shortly after the 25th.
Could this be the future for a small startup setting the ground work as the next generation market leader in the Flexible Solar Power Industry? It's only .12 cent and ready to release some news early in February. Just for the heck of it I took the approximate current price of these Solar issues (TSL , YGE , CSIQ , STP , FSLR , SPWRA , JASO) and averaged their price. $43 a share. If I throw out the high and low it is $31. Either way the potential of Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. is looking pretty phenominal for a return on a small investment within the next two years. Considering that Quantum Dots is one of the most economical future solutions in solar, HGUE will it be HUGE?
I like it, the ball can represent the free flowing electrons. It would be called the powerball. One ball could be supercharged like a superconductor for the big prize. (Find the GREY M&M). We could also promote Quantum Dots education with them like McDonalds handed out toys. We would hand them out as promotional items at Jack in the Box fast food chains. Haven't figured out what the grand prize would be yet.
We could even sell a personalized named QD for additional income, heh they name stars after you, why not Quantum Dots. You would get a customized picture of the final product you wound up in and a label that reads: Nano'd by Joe Schmo. And if you call immediately you'll get the special limited edition of tetrapod rainbow Jacks for only $29.95 +S&H. Don't wait - be the first on your block to learn the art of the ultimate pick up.
Only about 17 days to SHOWING Rice U they can scale up
production of QD. I think the venture capital client tied that to receiving the funding. If that's the case, that would make some nice press after the 25th. Hope the promoters earn their money. They should have a lot to work with. This, plus new CTO Bob Glass on board, Name change, Funding, two business plans, factory locations, infastructure, employment opportunities, product development, QD availability, to name a few possible press releases.
I'd rename to Quantum Dot Kids, because that's how I still think until I get to the mirror, then reality sets in. They could go with QMCP - Quantum Materials Corp Products it's available. So is
QMC so I think they are OK.
Well DMcD5 I'm still trying to figure that out myself! I have a BS degree in Marine Engineering from Kings Point. It's the fifth federal academy that no one knows about in NY. I work at a Nuclear Generating Station and have been for 20 years in PA. Before I settled here I worked in the startup phase of these power houses another 10 years. They are green and clean and they are safe despite the perseption. I'll live next to a nuke before I live next to a chemical plant, sorry to all you with chem plants around you. I use to sail tankers in the 70's. During the 70's oil shortage, that was a bunch of bull, I was sailing tankers then from Africa and Tunisia to the Virgin Islands (Hess plant)and the ships were lined up in the US ports as floating storage tanks. There was no more room ashore. Yet there were alternating days for gas and long lines. I got into this nano technology researching disassociation of water as another alternative fuel - hydrogen. Check out you tube "Stan Meyers water car" it's absolutely mind boggling this and him were suppressed. The oil companies protect their investments at any cost to us with their Washington lobbies, they need to go - and Ethanol is Not the answer. Thus my push for this new Nanotechnology and solar as one of several options for our indepedence in the future. This Nano technolgy has the most potential and legs associated with it. I'm really using this to acquire the funds as a means to allow me to do the research I would like to in this field of resonance. Thought of approaching the company later with this as another green off shoot opportunity, but that's another project.
In the 14C we got they reference Malaysia to further reduce manufacturing costs. page 9 bottom and top of page 10
The benefit of an overseas company is NO need to be in compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Thus the listing possibility on an oversees exchange.
B9molecule No cash - correct, and that has been stated in the 10Q's, 10K that they wouldn't be cash positive for some time, but you couldn't be further from the truth about wanting to achieve results vs. stock deals instead. Spin off is the means around raising funding easier for Solar Vs. the Quantum dots IMO. The money to start up the Solar would then allow payment to QMC as purchase of QD's thus the QMC corp showing a + cash flow earlier than if they stayed as one and having to put the profits back into supporting solar development which will be longer. Also the cash for the QD's would allow the funds to go into other product development and expansion. Thus our investments in HGUE would show a faster and larger return on investment which is perfectly fine with me. And Solterra will have a life of it's own as another public company that we will have an interest in watching go up in time also. Yea Ha!
Resignations of directors that were not selected by the Solterra/HGUE team is always a good thing to be able to move in the direction needed. It actually shows the company is progressing. Removing the assigned directors and appointing the ones you really want is the goal.
Management is approachable but for items that are of significant importance. Everyday questions from investors wanting to ask questions at this phase just aren't going to get answered. Squires once stated we'll let the results do the talking. "Bill, I really appreciate your support and honestly believe that we should let the companies accomplishments do the talking. Solterra is not a get rich quick scheme, it is a serious effort to scale up and commercialize what are widely believed to be disruptive technologies. We have important I.P. and top scientist in these fields. I am striving to enjoin serious commercial partners to enhance our ability to bring these technologies to commercial scale quickly and to benefit from their established distribution networks." Pretty much what they are executing currently and stated in the 14C as their objectives for the future. He's doing what he set out to do and is not letting distractions affect his deadlines.
Hope this answered some of your questions, Puravida already addressed and gave you his take on some also. Hope you See The Light, if not keep checking periodically, In the long run I think you'll be very surprised at the results whether your in looking out or out looking in.
Profit from HISTORY in the making!
What if I was to tell you this nanotechnologies thing was a sure bet. Yeah right. We’ll as we all know nothing is guaranteed but taxes and dying, or is it? Didn’t someone say history tends to repeat itself. Wars, famine, droughts, locust, the typical dooms day type of stuff. But that’s looking at the negative side, what about the positive, Lets look at the financials.
First is understanding the maze of opportunities and filtering hype from reality which by itself isn't trivial. There are four major industry sectors nanotechnology will impact -- manufacturing and materials, electronics and IT, healthcare and life sciences, and energy and environment. In these industry sectors there are eight markets -- aerospace, automotive, construction, electronics, energy and environment, manufacturing, medical & pharmaceutical, and oil & gas.
How big is this nanotechnologies thing? PRETTY MASSIVE as you saw above, it has tentacles everywhere.
Market size forecasts as presented in 2007
"When you read about the market size forecast for nanotechnology the National Science Foundation’s “$1 trillion by 2015” inevitable gets quoted. Lux Research even estimates $2.9 trillion by 2014. These are huge numbers! By comparison, the entire U.S. consumer goods sector in 2005 was $877 billion. Even the entire industrial production of the United States in 2005 was a little less than $2.9 trillion."
The hype here is even though one piece of the puzzle fits they count all the pieces of the puzzle in their numbers above. Even so the key is the numbers involved with the nanotechnologies is going to be pretty overwhelming.
Now take a look at the Investment Outlook as it looked in 2004 for Nanotechnology - It looks like the overall status is behind schedule pg 19.
http://www.alliance.rice.edu/Images/alliance/PDF/Lux%20Research%20Rice%20conference%201-28-05_web%20site.pdf
But this is really the meat and potatoes Page 5 Figure 5 holds the key to our future!
Nanotechnologies are starting the commercialization phase and exiting the developmental ~20 year phase. Which if you think about it, Hague soon to be Quantum Materials Corp will be mass producing the Quantum Dots that have for so long only been grown in miniscule amounts. You can’t commercialize a product with limited quantities. Hague has now solved that problem. Being an ECONOMICAL Nanomaterial provider to these numerous industries will be a boom to all. (This is a clean link – it’s the testimony by Matthew Nordan, President of Lux Research Inc 2008 to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation)
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/_files/LuxResearchSenateCommerceCommitteetestimony4242008.pdf
And if that wasn’t convincing here is an excerpt further enforcing that HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF, an article from http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=1328.php was dated January 25, 2007.
Golden opportunity or bad idea?
Whether investing in nanotechnology stocks today is an opportunity or not is to be answered by every investor for himself. It never hurts to be on the cautionary side though, and here are some concluding thoughts:
Truly revolutionary nanotechnology products and materials available as commercial products are years in the future (some say only a few years; some say many years) and the companies dealing with these products and materials probably are not listed yet or don’t even exist yet. Economist Norm Poire at Merrill Lynch tracks a series of historical growth innovations. He argues that growth innovations drive the economy and the stock market. It takes about 28 years for a new technology to become widely accepted, which then fuels a period of rapid growth lasting about 56 years. Some 112 years after invention the innovation reaches maturity and grows in line with population increases.
Growth Innovations
You'll have to go to the chart from the link above that is below Growth Innovations showing Textiles, Railroad, Automotive, Computer, Nanotech?
Source: Norman Poire, Merrill Lynch
Whether nanotechnology becomes such a historical growth innovation remains to be seen. What is certain, though, is that the timeframe involved will span decades.
As you can see from the chart above we are in the infant stage of the development of this Info Revolution. I don’t believe it’s an “If” or “Whether” any longer, the nanomaterial phase (covered by Hague - soon to be Quantum Materials Corp) has just matured to allow the nanointermediate phase to start manufacturing for the nano-enabled product phase to deliver the end product. Solterra Renewable Technologies Inc will be the nanointermediate company mass producing the solar cells and this is only the beginning! Some times it pays to take a lesson from history and step back to look at the big picture. I don’t plan on missing this investment opportunity. You’ll have to decide for your self the right vehicle to invest with, HGUE/ Solterra is one of several. I like HGUE because I believe they are on the cutting edge of the technology and will emerge as one of the market leaders many will try to emulate.
Here’s some more positive comments not as technical but more from the heart:
Some comments on the internet about Nanotechnology For Dummies by Richard D. Booker, Mr. Earl Boysen
My prediction (and the authors) is that this is going to be the hot science subject of the next generation.
While the authors do tend to be wonderfully enthusiastic about the nanotech future, I think that their optimism is somewhat warranted. They show you the edge of the future that we are about to enter, and even after dismissing the hype, there's some intriguing stuff out there.
Before reading this book, I didn't know, nor did I care about nanotechnology. But now, I see all the applications of it in every day life!
The message is, really it doesn’t matter where you get on board the nano train, you just need to get on board for the ride.
RULiquid would you put HGUE on your list of stocks to watch. It should get pretty interesting there in the near future. The next couple weeks is the time to accumulate this long time sleeper. Should make JBii look like a loser when it's all said and done.
http://twitter.com/solterra
Shareholder approval of proposed business changes around Jan 25th.
Press releases will start around then that should shed light on developments from financing to company spin off and products.
The details in the 14c cover a lot.
Puravida19 posted this on Yahoo board which covers some of it.
"(I hope you don't mind me reposting from HGUE www.investorshub.com board)
Quotes taken from Stephen Squires (President and CEO) of Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc.) written article for INTERPV magazine, Oct. 2009 issue, P. 54-56. Comments by Puravida19.
1. Solterra “will scale up Quantum Dot synthesis to achieve 100 kg/day production.”
Solterra plans to mass produce Quantum Dots in conjunction with technology and improved processes from Access2Flow, a European company that has created a way to just that. Solterra has retained the rights to any improvements in the process of producing quantum dots that are discovered in the project. The ability to produce Quantum Dots becomes a matter of scale – the number of machines added to the production line, because the ingredients are all low cost and readily available.
2.“This QD output will become solar cell target for operation at the initial target of 100 meters per minute.”
Amazingly, this is the minimal projected production for a Solterra production line. Mr. Squires states “our qdot cell design is based upon simple roll-to-roll print processing that has been around for many years. Even 20-year-old equipment runs 300 m per min and today’s newer machines easily exceed 600 m per minute. If you had a machine capable of printing money at 600 m per minute would you operate it at 10 m per minute? I think not. It’s not being done because up until qdot solar comes online, it simply cannot be done.
3.“At a nominal work schedule of 5 days per week and 8 hours per day, this will create an expandable output of well over 1Gigawatt (1000 Megawatts) per year in solar cell production.”
What if we run the production line 2 shifts?
What if we run the production line at 600 m per minute?
1 GW x 2 shifts x 6 times speed = 12 GW per year from one production line.
4.“This will enable the largest, but minimally complex solar lines in the industry, with production technology for both the quantum dot production and the solar cell line that are globally scalable and repeatable.”
Hague Corp. will produce and profit from Quantum Dots. They are responsible for ramping up production to initially 100 kg per day. Until now, Squires says, “all the qdot manufacturers combined have only produced less than 100 kg per year.” Hague will dominate the Qdot arena. To paraphrase Mr. Squires, if you can print money with one machine, why wouldn’t you use 600?
Solterra will produce Solar Panels by the roll. They could be shipped elsewhere for finishing into a casing and mounting system closer to the project site of large area grids that is the market Solterra is targeting. Or, the roll could be cut to panels to size and then shipped to the appropriate continent for final assembly. This system is lower cost for Solterra as a startup, especially because the money is in the panels, not the covering. It allows more profit and customization for the independent Assembler and Installers, and therefore, exponentially, more uses for our panels compared to other makes."
HGUE @ .12 now. Pops around 1st week of February.
Your toy hasn't been fully assembled yet, so it is kind of broke. It doesn't have wheels yet to make it roll. So you are going to have to wait until we get them but once the toy is completely assembled you're going to be able to play with it for a long time. It should be really fun. You'll also be able to buy lots of other big boy toys too!
With that said the lack of product is my #1 reason, thus no wheels. Even though the markets in the rest of the whole financial world are based on future earnings potential, we haven't yet proved the ability or capacity to develop product. The brick and mortar right now is under construction and with no infrastructure there is no proof of sustainability. This stock right now looks totally speculative to those that have not been following the development and as I said in an early Facebook post "Trusting that people will deliver is very hard to accept. Reaping the rewards for believing is priceless!" Right now there are more non believers than believers, Hell my wife doesn't believe the technology potential that exists with this third generation of semiconductors, let alone that I was able to find the company that was going to be able to capitalize and bring it to life with the potential to be the next INTEL, IBM, Microsoft type of investment. I believe it, I also start second guessing my self being on the outside and trying to look in. That only drives me to dig deeper to validate the developments are truly real and the scene I'm seeing unfolding before me is not smoke and mirrors. To date I have not found any substantial misleading company information and continue to see that the previous ground work has lead to further developments from which to build on. Why the .12 price? Because the future earning potential can't be grasped yet by many as to it's true worth. Many will find this stock when it hits $ value and the institutions will start climbing aboard at the multi $ range but by then there will be infrastructure, product, distribution networks, and contracts. And for us poor slobs slogging through all this muck, being accused of pumping, being tossed, the best We'll have as a come back is, I told you so, and you know that will be just fine with me.
Soyburger,
Reverse merger expectations without any basis they could deliver. That has since changed but not well published, known or believed in the investment community yet. Look at the last press releases on the company board, or published, not to encouraging. Unless you have been looking at the SEC filings you would think its dead in the water. This baby and I'll hype it up here is about to break surface water with a splash that not many companies have the opportunity or potential to do on the magnitude this company has. A good history is on facebook under Solterra Renewable Technologies. Do your DD. GL
Barrymore,
I tried the same route originally with no success. Don't expect a call back and you won't be disappointed. Now I would rather have them executing their business plan then spending time answering questions. Yours would be just one of many they continously get. Lauren definitely isn't going to help you, she's too new (even though you would think she could point you in a direction at least)and Andrew is out. You need to call Steve Morse and if he can't help you then it's the way of the masses. We'll know what route you take unless someone else beats you to the punch, maybe from our Hockey friends, if that mess ever gets resolved.
GLTU
It has already been recognized that the current solar industry is going to have issues in the near future to the tune of half the existing manufacturers will be gone. http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2009/09/04/half-of-solar-firms-to-fail-analyst-says/ and http://www.azocleantech.com/Details.asp?newsID=6529 Throw in the next generation of solar cells from Quantum Dots by Solterra and this number increases more. It's good to be the economical up and coming market leader.
Intriguing, maybe they outsourced it, maybe it’s not associated with us at all, and maybe I'm wrong. http://www.qmat.in/ may be from India but I've been unable to find a copyright for the name as it shows. UNLESS it was outsourced by the new IR firm to India I think it was just a coincidence. Sorry about that, it looked pretty good until you take a deeper look.
Hope Santa was good to all!
Lots of long hours by all involved, I can tell you from my end & I'm not associated with the company. What really interests me is talking about a mining company going hi tech into two publically traded companies, TALK ABOUT HITTING THE MOTHER LOAD! I think alot of people are sitting back with a wait and see attitude which is fine with me but the real profits are for those taking the most calculated risk at this current junction of growth. Once it's a sure thing, it's kind of like trying to bet on the horses after the race, a little too late to be a winner. We've all been doing DD to see if the handicap is in our favor so we aren't left holding just wishful thinking. Unless we are missing some financial issue or there is a cataclysmic event that is unforeseeable this will be like a batter stepping up to the plate and calling his shot, and then delivering the long homerun!
QUANTUM MATERIALS CORPORATION - COMING SOON.
http://www.qmat.in/
Wishing everyone happy holidays and a healthy and prosperous New Year!
Barry,
If your serious on spending some $$$ to buy a large block I would contact Steve Morse @ 516 487 1446.
Bill Le
Product development they talked about in the 14C could be related to this small patent Dr. Jabbour was issued March 21, 2006. The last sentence is of particular interest with its potential uses now. Patent is 7015052. http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&S1=JABBOUR-GHASSAN-E.INNM.&OS=IN/JABBOUR-GHASSAN-E&RS=IN/JABBOUR-GHASSAN-E
2. Discussion of the Background
Previously, display technology for high definition (HD) devices, e.g., HD televisions and portable computers, had been dominated by liquid crystal displays (LCDs). However, the liquid crystal display is becoming less desirable with the development of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). OLEDs make use of thin film materials which emit light when fed an electric current. Compared to LCDs, OLED displays are thinner, consume less power, offer a wider viewing angle, and have faster response time. They are particularly useful in devices with miniture display areas.
I can't wait to see what they release after the Jan 19th meeting. Should be interesting and it should put to rest a significant amount of the guessing and unknown speculation. Not to say the validation of the CEO's dream to come into reality. This is after only one year of this unknown, nobody with no money completing the first big phase of his five year plan. I can't imagine what he'll accomplish with a few bucks in his pocket.
I added our site for Quantum Dots for sale as a comment to the slideshow link. Hey if you want to know about QD's you might as well know where to buy them. http://solterra1.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/quantum-dots-for-sale/
Sorry about todays down day, I placed two orders three or four days ago to buy @ .13 a whooping 40 shares and 100 from some change that was in my grandkids accounts, left over from some other trades. Who knew they would execute them @ .1285 when they won't give up shares for large blocks. Market makers playing games?
Funny one of the early posts by D5 #527 mentions MENA. The CEO Squires has that as one of his contact websites listed in linkedin.com:
Additional Information
stephen squires’s Websites:
My Company
stephen squires’s Groups:
SAMPE
On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
CleanTech
Solar Energy Professionals - PV & Thermal
KAUST
MENA Private Equity
America's Most Promising Companies on Forbes.com
I spoke to Lauren on Thursday. Not much was volunteered on her part. Very non committal. Since it is a dead time between the holidays with the major players off or minimally involved I got the impression after the holidays would be the first flow of news, she pretty much agreed with that. They will be working on the web site but I got the impression it wasn't happening for a while. Also, no mention of a new site like you show www.solterrasolar.com but it is possible they didn't want to disclose they were working on it, thus the under construction. Would make sense if Phoenix Alliance owns the domain name and they didn't want to give it up without being paid for it. I don't see Andrew doing that because he stands to gain a significant amount from Solterra's success. I like Andrew but their maintenance of the web site was less than adequate from day one. Hope this new firm does a better job, it's the first impression a new investor gets of what they'll be putting their money into. I didn't come away with any more info after talking with her than I started with before I spoke to Lauren, other than I introduced my self. Things are happening and she couldn't discuss or acknowledge any of it, so we just have to wait.
Reading material: HGUE / Solterra http://solterra1.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/a-blockbuster-tech-trend-for-2010-you-have-to-have/