Repeat customers are now the ones asking for more capacity: management describes buyers it has already served pressing f
The model's full reasoning — Q1 2017 call → NOWe need to determine if the transcript describes a situation where existing customers (proven, repeat counterparties) are asking for more than the company can currently supply, and the company is enlarging itself in response. Let's scan the transcript for relevant statements. The question is about "buyers who have already bought from the company and seen the result are now asking for more than the company can currently supply them." This is a specific pattern: existing customers demand more than capacity, and company is expanding. Look for mentions of capacity constraints, customer demand exceeding supply, and expansion efforts. In the transcript, Michael McGarry says: "To address our regional production capacity issue, we’re nearing completion of expansion one of our facilities in China. This expansion is expected to be fully operational late in the second quarter and will serve to greatly reduce ultimately -- and ultimately eliminate these additional costs beginning in the third quarter." That is about capacity expansion, but is it in response to existing customers asking for more? The context is about "higher transitory global transportation on logistics cost to meet elevated customer demand in Asia." So there is elevated customer demand in Asia, and they are expanding a facility in China to meet that demand. But is that demand from proven, repeat counterparties? The transcript says "elevated customer demand in Asia" – that could be from existing customers. However, the question requires that the pressure comes from proven, repeat counterparties who have already transacted and are now asking for more than the company can supply. The transcript does not explicitly say that these are repeat customers. It says "elevated customer demand" – could be new or existing. Also, the expansion is to reduce costs, not necessarily to meet demand that exceeds supply. The phrase "to address our regional production capacity issue" suggests they have a capacity issue, but it's about logistics costs, not necessarily that they cannot supply. They say "to meet elevated customer demand" – so they are meeting demand but at higher cost. So they are currently supplying, just at higher cost. That doesn't indicate that they cannot supply. Look for other mentions. There is a mention of "we’re nearing completion of expansion one of our facilities in China" – that is an expansion.
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