MD – update Vestel parts / ISE 10 supply

Hi Guys,

I have seen the posts and e-mails on Vestel spares which we orderd in first week in September and am sorry about the late arrival of the ISE 10s which we ordered on 22nd August, but there is more to this than logistic problems.

Therefore, I felt I should break my silence.

Initially ISE was a joke in the eyes of the ‘big boys’ but the longer we hang arround, the more business we steal, the stronger our relationship with government bodies, the more of a threat to the status quo we are.

I will give more details to you face to face when I can, but I am convinced that certain parties do not want us in the market and are using their scale and power on companies close to us to make life difficult for us in the hope that we go away or you lose faith in us.

I can not say much, other than there are things going on behind the scenes which will allow us to emerge in the spring / summer of 2009 in a much stronger position in terms of machines and parts supply. However to get from where we are now to where we want to be is a rocky path.

Your patience and continued support over the coming weeks is vital in us riding this out (which we will) and then the rest of the market have got real problems.

John