Replies to post #29982 on Sigma Labs Inc (SASI)

[Windbag1014]

Because the quarter came up heads.

Just kidding. I can tell you why I am still here but my situation is more than likely going to be different than yours. I am speculating that the upside might be very big. The downside is limited. The company has powerful relationships in an industry that I think is going to be big within the next decade. I have the time to wait and don't need this money anytime soon. There is every possibility that this goes to zero. If you can't live with that then you shouldn't stay. I just don't want to miss out on what I see as a possible win. Good Luck.

[pman955]

I have heard that 87.6% of all statistics are made up on the spot! More importantly, you are not DOWN until you sell your stock at the lower price. 45.71%? That means you bought around .12 Heck, buy more and average down!

This company makes QA/QC analyzing software and equipment for an industry that has yet to publish an international standard for additively manufactured metal parts. Once the standard is in place and subsequent contracts are entered into involving manufacturing of those parts - with a requirement that the international standards must be met or exceeded - and documented employing IPQA®, I think you'll get your 6 cents back!

[GetRich1day]

I am investing in SGLB for the long haul because of a few reasons:

1) Strong Relationships with Government Organizations whose mission is to develop/promote new technologies such as IPQA. A company does not achieve a DARPA Phase II award without having a legitimate product/process.

2) Strong Relationships with Fortune 500 companies such as GE and Honeywell. Fortune 500 companies will not do Joint Technology agreements and risk exposing their IP to a fly by night company.

3) Additive Manufacturing is a growth industry that will need quality assurance as it has been stated many times by AM leaders such as GE Aviation and others. Competition is coming which is good. this validates that SGLB is ahead of the game in developing and producing a product that more companies realize is desperately needed.

I am excited for the future of SGLB and my timeline is years not months or weeks as stated before. This is an industrial revolution which is years in the making and we are on the cusp of huge growth. SGLB will benefit in the long run.

For those unfamiliar with DARPA and NIST.

Please take a look at what they do and what they are brought to the world over the years. SGLB has huge support. Take a look at that ICME framework! Huge potential there not too mention the LEAP engine and the MRO applications, dental, and medical. The list is long. Many AM apllications will need quality assurance as the standards will be coming out soon enough! Good Luck!

http://www.darpa.mil/about.aspx

Creating breakthrough technologies for national security is the mission of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). By making pivotal investments in new technology-driven ideas for the United States, DARPA imagines and makes possible new capabilities for overcoming the multifaceted threats and challenges that lie ahead.

http://web.mit.edu/is08/pdf/Fuchs_slides.pdf

Erica Fuchs Assitant Professor from Carnegie Mellon University


http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/373546/10-brilliant-darpa-inventions

DARPA is one of the most important technology research and development organisations on the planet

http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/mission.cfm

NIST's mission:

To promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life.

https://americamakes.us/about/mission

America Makes' focus is to accelerate the adoption of additive manufacturing technologies in the U.S. manufacturing sector and to increase domestic manufacturing competitiveness by:

Fostering a highly collaborative infrastructure for the open exchange of additive manufacturing information and research.
Facilitating the development, evaluation, and deployment of efficient and flexible additive manufacturing technologies.
Engaging with educational institutions and companies to supply education and training in additive manufacturing technologies to create an adaptive, leading workforce.
Serving as a national institute with regional and national impact on additive manufacturing capabilities.
Linking and integrating US companies with existing public, private or not-for-profit industrial and economic development resources, and business incubators, with an emphasis on assisting small- and medium-sized enterprises and early-stage companies (start-ups).