[Virtual Presenter] This scenario has been a problem for many years in the critical US military supply chain. A defense buyer needs a casting. The platform is funded. The drawing exists. The schedule matters..
[Audio] Then the calls begin. One foundry is full. Another will not quote. A third can quote, but too late to matter..
[Audio] No quote is not only a procurement inconvenience. Many no quotes indicate a readiness warning..
[Audio] The supply chain starts to blur. Where is the metal poured? Who controls the tooling? What is truly domestic?.
[Audio] America was warned. There have been decades of GAO and USITC foundry industry reports. The decline was documented, then deferred..
[Audio] The answer is new capacity. Stratecasts has developed a shovel-ready advanced metalcasting and finishing campus for secure domestic production..
[Audio] Fund it. Partner with it. Anchor it. Build it. The next buyer will not need another report. They will need metal..