wow! I came on here thinking no one would be on and everyone is here talking it up. lol. Pleasant surprise.
So apparently Mr. Umbra is in office today working. I spoke with him briefly. He replied to an email I sent him on Saturday and then sent me text to let me know he sent me an e-mail and to see if I needed anything further. I called him and he answered right away.
He told me he works on Sundays because textile prototyping for some of the products (not just Hygieia) is done out of China because they are faster and a lot less expensive (the first sock designs would have cost over $50,000 each and would have taken months to "channel" if they did it here in the U.S. where as in China he said it was a fraction of that and a matter of weeks). The socks moving forward will be manufactured for retail consumption here in the United States. He said this is very helpful because its not just less expensive and faster but it allows him to have a full six day work week instead of 5 days. Its Monday in China and they are getting a bunch of things done today. He would not go into details but did say it was in part related to Hygieia products already announced and some that have not been announced but that they will be making more announcements on his soon.
Something I found interesting is that he mentioned that they do source materials and even some manufacturing from other countries because of quality of materials, cost and time. I asked where and he said many countries but India, Europe, South America and other places as long as they meet sustainability and humanitarian standards that they dictate. Interesting that they are thinking about this. He said by the time a product is scaled up and delivered to market that 99.9% of what they manufacture will be made here in the United States. They are also working on funding to do their own manufacturing for some products. Textiles are not one of them with the exception of raw fiber supply ( I forgot to ask what they heck that means). I was trying to take notes but couldnt write fast enough.
We discussed the commercials and he said they are working towards a national ad spot by mid to end 2019. He said all Hygieia socks will be available by end of Q2 and then the boxers, sheets and a few other surprises will follow. The medical devices will follow and then they are moving on to clan energy stuff.
I asked about the rifle and he said the will be available to police first and only shareholders holding a certain amount of shares will be allowed to buy a civilian version. He said the number of civilian rifles they will make available has not been determined but he does not anticipate it being over 100 rifles! He clearly does not want to sell to regular folk (probably because of the school shootings and negative press). He said both rifles are completed and have been for a while but he might make a slight modification to the sniper rifle to improve maintenance (he is the one that designed both guns himself). There is another "conventional" gun hes been working on but he wont discuss specifics but did say it would the final "conventional weapon" they will make. He wants to focus more on technology weapons and "direct energy weapons" (lasers and other stuff. Apparently, something they call "septer" is completed and its a laser type weapon). He will be showing images of it potentially end of year or next year if at all. Hes mentioned this stuff in press releases before and its been on the older website but I hadnt realized they were that far along.
We talked about the pps and he said he completely understood why many might be upset but that unfortunately he couldnt address the issue directly for another few weeks. I got the sense that things are close to being finalized on many fronts but no matter how hard I pressed he pushed back and wouldnt give me anything. He was very gracious and polite but still wouldnt give me anything. Hey, I tried! lol
