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Does anyone know if SGLB has had ANY correspondence with any of the European aerospace companies (i.e., Siemens), European 3D metal companies (i.e., Groupe Gorge) or European semi-gov't agencies(http://www.engineering.com/3DPrinting/3DPrintingArticles/ArticleID/6976/UK-to-Invest-15M-in-3D-Printing-Hub-Focused-on-Aerospace-Engineering.aspx) ?
I am hoping that SGLB is not only concentrating on GE and some of the larger customers here but would be actively marketing their IPQA and neural network technology to these offshore players as well. Wouldn't this make sense? Does anyone have any insight to this?
Thanks,
I guess the existing ticker is just changed to the new ADR by the brokerage house in conjunction with the sponsor BONY and there is nothing for the retail investors to do...
I understand that GGRGF was the result of immediate demand in dollars in the form of foreign shares on the U.S. OTC market, and the new ADR is sponsored by BONY as a Lvl 1 asset, I get all that, but again, what exactly does that translate to with regards to the difference of the two? Trading volume of one versus the other?, Is FX risk adjusted for one but not the other? Is institutional ownership greater on the ADR I assume than the other?
Again I'm unsure as to what the actual differences are and if one should be selling their existing shares to purchase the new.
Can someone please explain to me then what the difference is between the existing ticker GGRGF and the new ADR, GGRGY and is there a variance in valuation between the two? i.e., should I be selling my GGRGF to GGRGY or is it automatically converted?
I'm a bit confused unfortunately.
Ahh... I found it.. http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=94232904
Thx
Are there any links to third parties regarding the Neural Network? I can't seem to find any information on Google when I type this in next to "Sigma Labs".
Perfect. Thanks, as always JJ....
-MG
Does anyone know how high the barrier to entry is for SGLB technology in terms of their ability to measure temperature for proper heating as opposed to ARCAM, Optomec, and some other competitors? It sounds like this is the only attribute which sets SGLB apart, is that correct? if true, how difficult would this be to replicate? I understand the team at SGLB are Los Alamos scientists who spent many years perfecting this, so I assume the barriers would be quite high. Thoughts?
Also as a side note, I corresponded a bit with Gary yesterday from 3dPrintingstocks. he agreed completely the company needs to hire young, vibrant and savvy PR/Sales and marketing guy as well as redo their pretty terrible website (see Arcam's for an example of an up to date modern, and user friendly one).
I am very long SGLB but have to say, am beginning to be discouraged that the company is not hiring the right Financial or Marketing team. Notwithstanding the obvious that the company is trying to keep costs down via payroll, I think a bit of infusion to certain key personel would go along way. I have no idea about Tom O'Mara other than what I read and I saw his picture (he looks like he's in his 80's).
I hear you...my avg is about $0.21. Certainly depressing! but again, I keep telling myself look at the forest not the trees, and in this instance that means time of 1 - 2 years.
I have a position around the same level as you. Are you contemplating adding more to average down? what level if so?
It's very difficult to time the market with this. I agree and got cold feet the last time it dropped to $0.13 and of course once I sold it climbed back up to $0.18. It's killing me to hold but personally I keep telling myself that in two years it won't make a difference if this is $0.15 or $0.20 if it's at $2 or $3 by then.
Diddo. That was my point, albeit I conveyed it insufficiently. SGLB has a great potential product and it would certainly benefit the organization to have someone creating a bit of 'excitement' or 'buzz' about the technology in tandem with the exciting 3D announcements.
Best of luck to all,
-Matt
Jeff...
For one, a seasoned CFO might have more experience in the capital markets and not dilute shareholders with an additional 120,000,000 shares to raise $1.2mm with a 6 month lock up period at $0.1 but instead raise this money through a PIK loan, converts etc or any other financial capital raise choices, albeit limited due to the its current scale.
As far as the marketer goes, I stand by what I said. It wouldn't hurt to get the word to a larger public through some sort of inexpensive grass roots PR campaign about the closed loop system, neural network and the propietary technology of SGLB. Much of public interest is also perception mind you.
Wildmel... I completely agree with your post. I really believe management needs a savvy marketer with PR and sales experience as well as a seasoned financial executive who understand capital markets and raising financing effectively.
I have wondered why for some time now the company does not seem to hire these kind of professionals and the only reason I can come up with are twofold: 1) the company is still in early development stage and simply additional PR/sales is a waste of time and added expense as there truly is no product or 2) the current management does not see this as lacking or understands what your point would be.
I'm unsure as to which I feel worse about.
Here is a question if anyone can please opine on:
In an interview between Gary Anderson and Voxeljet CEO, Dr. Ederer there is a statement in particular that is of interest and concern to me in regards to metal AM (Q&A with Dr. Ingo Ederer, CEO of voxeljet AG (VJET):
"Gary Anderson: Will voxeljet enter the metals market at some point?
Dr. Ederer: We serve the metals market through our casting applications already. Of course we could also print directly in metal powders, but the result is not what our customers are looking for. We believe that providing moulds or patterns in this respect is much closer to production quality. And, there are other techniques out in the market that are much better suited for metals than our powder binder-jetting process, such as laser-melting. However, with some special metals like tungsten we think we can offer a competitive solution to our customers in the future."
My two questions are this:
1) Seeing how Voxe's customer base unlike DDD or Stys are more industrial and commercial, as opposed to retail/individual, and seeing how SGLB's' Printrite3d measures quality of metal powder 3D (I think), is it a concern that the CEO is stating most metal AM is through 'direct casting applications' as opposed to building from powder? if true, would this not impact the Printrite need?
2) Is laser -melting better suited for metals than powder binding as he states? does the printrite work for this process as well? and if not, again how much does this impact SGLB?
Please note I am long SGLB, but am curious as to these answers. Many thanks,
-Matt
JJ... welcome back buddy. Good to have you back!
-Best,
MG
I am new to this board - would someone be able to explain to me the following When SGLB states: "PrintRite does not directly inspect or detect defects, but rather it quantifies the conditions under which they may occur"(Mark Cola), what exactly does this mean? Is this truly useful for GE let's say who wants to ensure there are no defects in a 3D-made engine? is it sufficient to merely calculate the probability of this event occurring in process? Can someone please opine on this?
I would think that hardware which does inspect for defects in process would be useful, or more so than merely quantifying the conditions to which an error might occur. I am certainly no expert on this so perhaps the latter is better, but do not know.
Many thanks,
-Matt Gerber