Sigma Labs Inc (SASI)

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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