From Bruce Bromage, Chief Operating Officer ...... Needs some translation.
Breaking Ground! =
We know they will dig if/when the construction machinery arrives a few months from now ...
Heavy construction has begun on our power upgrade. Southern California Edison is installing the new power infrastructure needed to resolve limitations uncovered by our project and our crews are trenching and coring to bring power from a new point of connection to our building. =
We are still not sure where to dig but eventually we will poke around to make sure we do not dig in the wrong places.
My thanks to Kevin, our facility manager, for leading the project and for coordinating with Power, the City of Lake Forest, and our contractors to achieve this critical milestone. =
Kevin (not going to tell you his last name) who screwed up the time frame (it wasn't me, Professor LI !) is back from an extended holiday vacation from Thanksgiving to yesterday and made a phone call or two right away. Now he is waiting for the city and our contractors to call him back. Might take a while.
This development keeps us on track to make our MIM ovens fully operational to meet increasing demand. =
We are hoping for a sale someday, really we are hoping hard.
Amorphous metal production has not been affected by the power upgrade project. =
Because we have not made any such sales
Our most promising projects are for medical parts, reflecting our focus on this market, but new industrial and consumer opportunities are emerging now that we are able to compete for more price-sensitive applications. =
Yesirrr, we are still IN THE MDIST but we are resurrecting our LOW HANGIN FRUIT program though our highly motivated MSR's but man we are really trying to sell something once Kevin the sales guy (or is he the facility manager ?) gets off the phone with the city and the construction people ... opps, I should say he left them a message and will call them back in a few months if they don't call back in a few weeks.
Work continues with EON affiliate Yihao Metals to develop parts for large international customers. This work leverages our shared amorphous metal technology to support customer design and qualification efforts domestically while able to rapidly scale production in the US and China. =
Professor Li promised us that he would manufacture something if we make a sale somewhere down the line but don't expect anything real soon.