To go back to my original question...
I was more interested in a general time-line. Are we looking at a month, 6 months, or longer before the physical plant comes together in Malaysia. FWIW, managment must be taken at its stated word. The JV is for another firm to build and complete with no cash from FASC. Will this in fact take place? I don't know. However as TRCPA has noted, the other firm is rather large and should be able make the deal happen.
My arguement, if you will, is that managment should be providing more information now regarding what the overall plan/strategy is for getting the deal done. I know they have taken a beating before by giving time-lines, but isn't the real issue that they did not meet their stated objectives? It is way past time for Cal and Brian to meet and exceed our reqirements for this company! Yes, they do seem to be making some progress...very good progress, indeed! However, their track record has been spotty overall. As with any employee with this track record, I would require a performance improvement plan, which would track their progress until such time as they had improved enough that such oversight was no longer warranted!
I would disagree with the notion that the deal was just completed two weeks ago and give'm a break. It strikes me as peculiar that two companies would not already know the time-lines and expectations of a deal prior to signing it. It would be irresponsible to do so otherwise. Which leads me to ask for more information regarding the Malaysian JV. Or perhaps we should be asking why any JV was entered into without understanding what was entailed in the deal?
Net-Man