There's a reason that no one solved this before. It's a very difficult problem. So, like I said, We had to vertically integrate the entire manufacturing of the tile from basic raw materials to a finished tile. Like build the entire supply chain from basic raw materials. So you're just inputting silicon and aluminum oxides. (17:53–18:04)
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