Replies to post #116157 on Liquidmetal Technologies Inc (LQMT)

[rige]

Good link, Apple doesn't always Acquire companies, they didn't Acquire GTAT, they just invested $1 billion to help GTAT fill up a facility with their Sapphire furnaces.

Other examples, Apple hasn't bought a Panel display manufactures or OEM assemblers, but it does invest in panel technology and assembly line machinery.

Same will happen with LQMT, Apple does not need to buy them, Apple will invest in LQMT to it fill Lake Forest with BMG machines, no doubt because orders from Apple are a done deal, Already proven on identical machines at Eontec.

From the link, those massive numbers are now outdated. During the interview with Cramer, Cook said the $1 billion investment in Advanced Manufacturing was raised through Bond issue, i believe the resent Apple bond issue was $7 Billion.

The biggest jump was from 2011 to 2012 when capital spending jumped to above $10 billion, which was a fair amount more than the $8 billion that Apple had expected to spend. It was a slight reprieve when 2013 spending came in $3 billion less than forecast, though. But the trend is clear; Apple is committed to ongoing advances in manufacturing technologies that push the envelope. This often differentiates Apple's products and allows the iPhone maker to go where the vast majority of rivals can't follow -- because they simply can't afford to.