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Question: Brett Reiss - Janney Montgomery Scott LLC - Analyst
: Hi, Manny. Hi, Rich.
Question: Brett Reiss - Janney Montgomery Scott LLC - Analyst
: Good. I'm good. The softness in the PVT orders, that means I guess your existing customer has decided not to expand. Do you have any idea why
that is?
Question: Brett Reiss - Janney Montgomery Scott LLC - Analyst
: Okay. I recall also with the PVTs that you were in discussions with a second potential customer. But the roadblock there -- then that second potential
customer needed to do some sort of capital raise, which from my end, this is a bit of a challenging market in capital raises.
Question: Brett Reiss - Janney Montgomery Scott LLC - Analyst
: Right.
Question: Brett Reiss - Janney Montgomery Scott LLC - Analyst
: Right, right. In prepping for this call, I kind of perused to your website, which I see has been revamped and it looked very good. But in poking around
your website, I see you guys are involved with wideband gap semiconductors and there seems to be a lot of military use for wideband gap
semiconductors. With the state of the world being what it is, is that the potential business for you guys?
Question: Brett Reiss - Janney Montgomery Scott LLC - Analyst
: Okay. Also, from your website, we're getting out of the Tantaline business, but we're still in the tantalum business when it comes to in our initiatives
with implants?
Question: Brett Reiss - Janney Montgomery Scott LLC - Analyst
: Okay. And one last thing, I didn't see any employment openings at CVD. Does that mean your head count right now for the existing level of business
is kind of where you want to be, and what is the head count these days?
Question: Brett Reiss - Janney Montgomery Scott LLC - Analyst
: Right, right. If interest rates are topping out and start to come down and therefore, cap rates in real estate come down, do you still have an appetite
to sell and leaseback your existing facility for added working capital?
Question: Brett Reiss - Janney Montgomery Scott LLC - Analyst
: Great. Great. Thank you for answering my questions and have a good Thanksgiving to both of you.
Question: Brett Reiss - Janney Montgomery Scott LLC - Analyst
: Thank you, Sherry, and thank you to everyone for dialing in today. We appreciate your attendance on the call. As well, we appreciate your loyalty
and also the loyalty of our employees and suppliers. If you have any further questions, feel free to reach out to myself or Rich. Happy Thanksgiving
to all. And this concludes our third quarter call. Thank you.
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