Liquidmetal Technologies Inc (LQMT)

[darknight23]

What may help in all of this discussion is the understanding of when those molds were made and who paid for them.

Given all the discussion, and sometimes common sense, which isn't sometimes common, I would hope the paperweight mold was one of the first molds ever produced by the company. It could have been an intern who did the CAD to produce the mold for test runs and calibration of the machine, i.e. NRE.

I can't believe this was produced for any purpose than seeing if the machine is working properly or show and tell. I'd want to waste liquidmetal on a small dinky part with a relatively easy mold design, vice risking damaging an expensive mold.

It could have been a customer with a request to see if embossing/texture was possible for raised text.

At this point it's speculation but if it's of that much importance, ask Chung or dial into the next conference call.

Speaking of conference calls, may want to tune into the Materion quarterly call tomorrow....