"On my way here, I checked with Aaron—right now, there are only seven foreign companies with the ring-forming and structuring production technology, and without exception, all are members of the Wassenaar Agreement."
"If nothing unexpected happens, these seven companies also won't provide us with the relevant production equipment."
"So at the moment, our only option is...."
"Look for domestic manufacturers!"
"Domestic?"
Hearing this word, Tian Liangwei was stunned at first, then immediately frowned:
"Xu, the ring-forming and structuring process involves transition metal catalysis and ring skeleton spirocyclization reactions—this is a technology that's only become widespread since 2017."
"There's no problem doing it in a lab; plenty of labs in China can handle it."
"But to add this step to production equipment, it's going to be very hard to find a suitable domestic vendor...."
