Amtech Systems, Inc. (ASYS) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Clarity or the overall business to have sort of a smoother trajectory given the size and scale that you're gathering over the next couple of quarters? Yes. Did ship that particular equipment during the quarter. And I'd say the visibility, I wouldn't say is great, but it is getting better because there's a lot more activity in terms of new facilities being put in. And so we are seeing more bookings with deliveries out a quarter and a couple of cases actually a couple of quarters now, which is very unusual for our business because as I mentioned before, we have very short lead times. We've got a very efficient supply chain, turn equipment around very quickly. So we've typically been a book and ship even in this large scale capital equipment space. But having said that, because people are actually building new facilities now and don't necessarily need all the equipment immediately, we're seeing better visibility, which I think will translate back to, I think a good point is that it should start to smooth things out a bit, frankly, as we get better visibility and bookings that aren't just current quarter, but out of ways. That definitely makes sense. The next question is one that I get asked fairly often, right? It's more of a big picture question, Bob. So can you talk a little bit about Amtech's moat in advanced packaging and AI? What's allowed you to dominate this space? There are others that would like to do business in here, but you've maintained a really strong reputation on technology. It's allowed you to have those long term customer relationships, and supplier relationships too. What's different about what you're doing, that gives you this moat? Yes, because yes, generally we win when it's a demanding application and there's actually three components that usually...