Liquidmetal Technologies Inc (LQMT)

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I think MA would have a decent margin considering one of the major selling features to Liquidmetal is that they can make fairly complex parts that require minimal machining afterwards. If that's the case, and I have a feeling it would be. This could almost be a drop ship operation for them. Looking at their current line up of knives, the blade is almost the same as the handle, but sharpe, with really no additional materials thrown in.

Now don't get me wrong, I don't want anyone to get the impression that I'm saying with this contract LQMT will be rolling in the money, but in order to get more contracts, not only do they need a "first" contract, but they need to deliver well on that contract. If I were even thinking of having a part made by them, I'd want to at least have a testimonial from another company. Let's face it, as a company they haven't had the greatest track record.

Incidentally, does anyone know how much these molds cost? I think it could go either way... But if it's relatively expensive, that adds to the overall cost of manufacturing a part.

Also, looking at one if the knives by MA sold by Boker, at 1.6oz for stainless, you could easily make the same knife of liquidmetal at 2/mold, that would help the margin considerably. These figures all take some assumptions too. But this is just an initial purchase order for parts, it doesn't have to be the end all contract. That being said, I'd assume they'd want to cover the cost of the mold and design work on the first batch in the event they don't order more later.