I suspect any information related to NWBO is highly secretive. I don't think even employees will know. But your brother can see whether the parking lot is full of cars from employees, which indicates the plant ready to operate.
My brother lives in New Albany. I asked him to check with his contacts about any possible dealing with NWBO. This was a month ago or so. No response from him yet. May have to bug him again and see if discovered anything.
It is a pretty comical symptom of NWBO’s poor and inconsistent communication that shareholders feel the need to commit what might be uncharitably regarded as corporate espionage to find out what is going on.
At least the other shareholder was only using their cell phone to take photos of the gate.