There is a need for the manufacturing that we do here to be close by. The military work that we do will probably never be outsourced to any other country, except maybe Mexico.

It's the way that it's done. If somebody wants to join the military, that's fine.

A great deal of work still remains for getting EUV mask blanks ready for manufacturing, but our cleaning methodology has removed another barrier. We are well positioned for the tasks ahead.

I think we will be close to 100 employees by the end of the year.

Our target is low-to-medium volume while Chinese manufacturers are interested in high-volume products.

The company was started with two people and 600 square feet of leased space at the back of a tool-and-die shop. Today we have 55 full-time and 10 part-time. On March 1, we will have 21,000 square feet of space.