><< Unfortunately, the fabber material table has not been updated in several
> years, but it would give you a place to start. >>
>Why not update it? Material technology has made major improvements in the
>last few years. And it might give you a chance to sell more books.
>Andy Scott
>Lockheed Martin Aero Sys
Andy and List,
That's a valid question, and I get asked all the time when I'll come out
with a new edition of the book. The answer is that it is true that there is
a need for a new edition, but that my focus right now is on something much
more important, and that is the introduction of a new machine. After we've
finished launching the new machine, I'll go back and write a new book.
Since you got me started on this subject, let me say a few more words
about the development of the new machine. I had a conversation yesterday
with the RP guru of a Fortune 100 company. He told me that everyone in his
company involved in RP knows me, but many of them have become impatient
waiting for me to release our new machine, and that they have come to doubt
that I have anything at all.
We have made a lot of progress in the years that we have been developing
our technology very quietly over the past several years. We have no interest
in making big claims to the world before we have a machine to demonstrate.
And we don't want to demonstrate a machine publicly until we've had a chance
to work with a small number of customers discretely on satisfying us and
them that our machine does what it's supposed to do. I'm writing this
message on the RP-ML today because the time for assembling that group of
customers has come.
We've talked in the past about setting up a Flagship Program for the
Genie Studio Fabber. There is a brief description of it on the same Web page
that describes our technology, www.ennex.com/Technology. The time has now
come to rev the Flagship Program into full gear. We have accepted the first
Flagship member and we are looking to bring in about a half dozen more by
the end of this year. After that, these Flagship members will have
exclusive, confidential access to the Offset Fabbing technology for about a
year. We will make models for the Flagship members on our prototype machines
and we will ship our first machines to those Flagship members. The Flagship
members will pay something for participating in this, but in the scheme of
this industry, what they are paying is a very small amount and can easily be
justified in terms of comparison to the cost of operating any other machine
on the market.
We are only looking for a few good companies to join this Flagship
Program. It is our intention to develop longstanding relationships with them
so that they will continue to have advance access to all of the new
technologies that we develop in years to come, as long as they want to
continue and as long as they continue to meet the requirements of the
program. If you have read this far in this message, and if you would like to
know what specific requirements we are seeking in our Flagship members,
please respond to this message privately and ask for information on the
Flagship program. (My overseas friends, please note we can only accept US
companies in the Flagship program at this time.)
Now you know why I don't have time to update my book. If you liked the
book, believe me, you'll love the machine!
Best regards,
Marshall Burns
Marshall@Ennex.com
Ennex Corporation, Los Angeles, USA, (310) 824-8700
www.Ennex.com
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