That's a good point. However, I would think that a

That's a good point. However, I would think that a lot of their current equipment should be able to make a lot of the parts that make up test strips and meters since making test strips and meters is what they do.

I hope I'm correct. It does make sense, but I'm just an engineer sitting in my home office in Texas. What do I know? Good luck, Spidey!

Also, I definitely was not comparing you to the low-life Johnny C.