Aloha W6W - Magnum is certainly reaping the benefits of having a former company in Magog that was in the rubber business fold, and taking advantage of their former facility as well as former personnel. Looks like they are picking up the cream of the crop based on the NR today.
As far as the "milestone" is concerned - they have already announced that testing should commence next week - so lets hope that they are talking about production at this point...