jazz710 - "Don't send Da Vinci Code ciphers through inappropriate channels."
I don't think the KBLB PR thinking runs that deep - LOL !!! I've met Dan Brown personally several years ago and have read every one of his novels. He resides in NH.
Many LT shareholders see right through these "ciphers". I take these clues primarily as competitive deflection or inadvertent mistakes.
There are several reputable international companies who make highly efficient silk warping and twisting machines to process silk cocoon fiber into thread for weaving. Quality/consistency/quantity in scaling up production without the labor intensiveness of third world filatures (VN ?).
However, this machinery is capital intensive and expensive, but in fiber and fabric manufacturing has a fairly quick payback in labor savings. SS can be mfg. in the USA on a scale able and cost competitive basis using this machinery -IMO.