in this pr .. there was this bit ~ that has never been expanded upon by our non chatty ceo ~ i've often wondered if allied was the company in question ~
"We have also established a strategic relationship with one of our largest distributors to secure the future supply of product. We believe this relationship will help alleviate the supply bottleneck and significantly increase our flexibility in opening new markets and expanding existing ones.
i know that franzke has an excellent relationship with allied ~ and i'm under the impression that the first order *supplied* to henschel back in the spring of last year ~ part of that product was acq'd from allied ~ due to other constraints