I would appreciate them outsourcing this step, as they already did in the past.
Building production can take time, make problems and deadlines are hardly met - even by professionals which do it all the time. And for this guys it's the first time, no offence.
I don't understand how they can't use the old setup, unless the installation of the new SMT line makes the whole area unusable.
Or maybe the old smt line is busy?
So the new smt line will be ready in a few weeks, and they plan to finish shipping batch 3 sometime next month... Something doesent add up...