"Any bumps in the road or unforeseen events would likely set him into 2016, though. Hopefully that will not be the case."
imo, it is guaranteed to be the case...not to mention the fact that i dont believe howland is the least bit concerned about any of kim's time lines...howland is in no hurry and he is not about to incorporate ms into any if his exiting products and will not produce any new ones with it until he is absolutely certain ms is worthy and ready... it is howland's reputation on the line...and he actually has one to protect...
I think that 2015 is a good conservative estimate. When Charlie H. said that, they didn't even know if existing equipment would be able to weave and knit. So that should take some time off that estimate of Charlies.