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http://bgr.com/2017/04/19/galaxy-s8-vs-iphone-8-good-news-for-apple/
Possible slight redesign of the iPhone 7 & 7s this year with glass backs.
I didn't think any broker firms allowed after hours trading of OTC stocks such as LQMT. Apparently someone is trading after hours.
Interesting.
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Very nice, I think this maybe related to automotive and not necessarily the fruit company. Either way, good news
"According to Liquidmetal, Apple Inc recently extended its 2015 deal to keep the rights to an innovative alloy that the tech giant needs for its production processes."
Not sure why this statement was printed in this China Daily newspaper and what exactly it means as there has been no official announcement from Liquidmetal.
The article also stated "What’s more, since 2015, US automaker Tesla has been using Eontech’s amorphous metals in its car doorlock
cases."
I was not aware of this either.
http://www.pressreader.com/china/china-daily/20170410/282153586138841
Also find it interesting that Apple listed batteries in their list of goods for this trademark in China....
"0902-Electronic Calendaring;0907-Global positioning system device , modems , Mobile phone;0910-testing apparatus not for medical purposes , diagnostic apparatus, not for medical purposes;0912-cables, electric;0922-Rechargeable battery , batteries, electric Charger"
Turing was founded Dec 2014 ....https://www.facebook.com/pg/turingroboticindustries/about/
They came out early 2015 with first "Liquidmetal" phone which they later stopped calling "Liquidmetal". Apple came out with Trademark name of Liqudimetal in China in August 2014. Coincidence?
This came out August 2014....wasn't that around the time when Turing was calling their phone "Liquidmetal" before they changed it to "Liquidmorphium"? This would strongly suggest that Apple was involved in some type of interaction with Turing. I still think Turing was nothing more than a negotiation tactic with Apple.
Take a look at the new Samsung Galaxy S8. That is what this year's iPhone will look like. Samsung always figures out what Apple is working on and beats them to the punch. The question is will the back of this phone be metallic glass or not.
There is a link in his post to the Materion data sheet which shows Vit-601 as one of their formulas. He is claiming that this is the same as LM-601 that is referenced in the apple patent.
Please see Games post 112231
Josh, in the recent apple patent that Games posted:
http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=7&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=%22Amorphous+alloy%22&OS=%22Amorphous+alloy%22&RS=%22Amorphous+alloy%22
If you look at line 0057 it states "LM-105 and LM-601 are commercialized bulk metallic glasses" Liquidmetal does not list LM-601 on their website, but one would guess that this is a Liquidmetal formula from the LM designation. The patent states that this is already commercialized! So Liquidmetal may have more formulas available for commercial production other than the two listed on their website.
"I find Purcher misleading with his own creation of illustrations that were not part of the patent. "
Can you please elaborate on what specifically in his article was "misleading" or "his own creation"? I have read through both patents and his article and do not find anything misleading or false in the article.
Yes it will be interesting to see how the share price resonds if more comes out about the iPhone.
They will, give them time. As I mentioned, we will see more leaks coming out the next month or two as Apple's contractors get ready for production.
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/iphone-8-leak-reveals-surprising-123800716.html
Another article that notes that the back of the next iPhone will be "metal". It looks very similar to the new Samsung S8 which sounds about right as Apple has become more conservative in their designs. We know the "metal" won't be aluminum and can't be ceramic. So either stainless or liquidmetal. Should see more leaks coming out the next month or two.
Yes it is exactly aligned with what Li is doing. And the cynic in me makes me wonder if it was done for purposes of negotiation with him.
Thanks Gamesc for your contributions. I find the most interesting one being the patent for medical implants assigned to CIP.
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2012/0158151.html
Why would Apple be interested in medical implants? This is beyond
CE.
I find the reference to Wistron as a customer more interesting.
Wistron will be a supplier of the next iphone.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-12/taiwan-s-wistron-compal-new-winners-in-apple-supply-race
The original article which raised awareness of this company Greentech was published last year in "Metalworking News". Here is the article:
http://metalworkingnews.info/engel-presents-liquidmetal-injection-moulding-machine/
The article was written by Patrick Bracke who is now with this South African company, Greentech Plastics Machinery. Here is Patrck's Linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-bracke-a3aa3925/
You can see his history with Engel, and ties to BMW, and various other companies. Whats interesting is he has been with Greentech since April 2016, yet they just recently put up their full website. For many months, the website just said "coming soon" and had a pic of an Engel LM machine (which is what peaked my interest).
On the main page, click on "Products" and choose "Engel" from the drop down menu. This brings you to their page on Engel products. Scroll about half way down and you will see a picture of the Liquidmetal "flags", it says "Technologies" under the flags. Click on the photo and it takes you to a their LM page.
Here is the direct link: https://www.greentechmachinery.co.za/engel-injection-moulding
Click on that link and look for the picture of the flags.
Looks like GreenTech Plastics Machinery finally opened their facility in South Africa. Here is their new website.
https://www.greentechmachinery.co.za/
The carry Engel Molding Machines, and do now reference the Liquidmetal machine on their website.
They still have two Engel machines just sitting there right now.
Why hasn't Hauck landed any small contracts? They have about $8M in potential annual revenue just sitting there. It does make you scratch your head and wonder if they are being held back for some reason.
Where's Hauck?? Now until third quarter is his time to shine and erase that 0.000 batting average.
He is a common stock shareholder. If he wasn't a shareholder then your statements would be valid.
I can think of 64.3 Million reasons why Li is different than Steip.
It all depends on the phone design as to damage resistance. Sapphire when encased properly by BMG can be extremely damage resistant.
That's actually good news, if sapphire is used as the "glass" portion of the phone, then BMG becomes highly probable as the co-material.
If share price were 14 times earnings at a dollar a share, then earnings would need to be $62,597,402 annually. But why does share price need to be 14X earnings? Where do you get that "benchmark " from??
This must be why all the employees are updated their linkedin pages.
$7.5M in selling/admin cost annually is way too much at this point in time. Mr. Li is out to cut the waste and start making $$ for this company and its shareholders. Very refreshing.
Can someone clarify the statement made about production in China? Did he state that they already have a production facility in China that is in operation?
Prometaltech website is down again. Sends you to godaddy and gives message that the domain expired and is pending renewal or deletion.
Looks like they need to get some better IT people there.
Thanks for the info, wonder why this application was through Apple and not Crucible.
Thank you for this info, but the classic definition of MIM is "Metal injection molding (MIM) is a metalworking process by which finely-powdered metal is mixed with a measured amount of binder material to comprise a "feedstock" capable of being handled by plastic processing equipment through a process known as injection molding. The molding process allows dilated (oversized due to binder) complex parts to be shaped in a single step and in high volume. After molding, the powder-binder mixture is subjected to steps that remove the binder (debinding) and sinter densify the powders. End products are small components used in various industries and applications."
This is different from BMG molding process, although easy to confuse. There was a Plastics News Magazine article on Applied Medical which described their facilities, the article stated "... the firm uses a portion of that room for pad printing logos onto products, and research and development trials with a metal injection molding unit. The system from Elnik Systems LLC of Cedar Grove, N.J., can perform first-stage resin-removal debinding of MIM parts and second-stage debinding and furnace sintering."
http://www.appliedmedical.com/resources/News/Plastics_AppliedMedical.pdf
So they do have a MIM group there, which means this job posting is likely for this group and not for BMG. I am sure they are considering BMG use for some of their applications, it only makes sense. Time will tell if they do use BMG.
Liquidmetal Technologies was not listed on the expo website as a participant. But there was a company called "LiquidMetal Group Holdings, Inc." listed. Do you know what this group is? Thanks
AAMRQ update
There has been one ruling so far that effects the final distribution.
Main Case:
http://www.amrcaseinfo.com/maincase.php
Adversary Proceedings
http://www.amrcaseinfo.com/proceedings.php
The Judge aggred with the Unions that they should get a "true-up payments"
http://docket_pdfs.gcg.net/aam/11-15463/12825_15463.pdf
http://docket_pdfs.gcg.net/aam/11-15463/12830_15463.pdf
Union release about this ruling.
http://twulocal513.org/docs/Memo%20Re%20Court%20Ruling.pdf
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1st lawsuit.
Court date of 2/7/2017.
http://www.amrcaseinfo.com/01283.php
TWA pilots complaining about seniority and benefits after AA bought them.
http://docket_pdfs.gcg.net/aam/13-01283/122_01283.pdf
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2nd lawsuit
http://www.amrcaseinfo.com/01392.php
http://docket_pdfs.gcg.net/aam/13-01392/127_01392.pdf
Trial Date 2/22/2017.
Also from PrometalTech website: "Product Design guide and MSDS are available on Confidentiality Agreement."
Why a confidentially agreement?? Hmm...
That's correct Josh, Li is making an entire ecosystem for amorphous alloy's and LM will be part of that ecosystem. He is thinking big - worldwide big. He will derive revenues in Asia for his Chinese company and will derive revenues for LM for areas outside of Asia. He is positioning himself and his companies to be worldwide suppliers of amorphous alloys. Not to mention setting himself up as an extremely wealthy person. The shareholders of all of his comanpies will share in the success.
From PrometalTech website: "WINTOP is the parent company of PrometalTech, and supply more than five thousand CNC machines annually, mainly to largest EMS companies including Foxconn, BYD, Jabil, etc. WINTOP has been searching for new technologies to meet product requirements that demand high performance metal products with high cosmetic finishes. In this respect, AM is the best emerging technology to provide the most value to customers in conjunction with durable WINTOP’s CNC for AM machining."
Looks like this company may be a supplier of amorphous alloy die cast and/or injection mold machines to Apples suppliers. The more info that continues to trickle out, the more impressed I am with Li.
He is the real deal.