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It seems appropriate to pick out two sentences from your post.

“Similar with Leonardo …. they also wanted testing on their own rig but this was often prebooked for other tests.“
Which is more or less my point – if Hardide were felt to be important the testing would have taken priority over other tests.

“However all the companies would have been aware of the price range of HDD's coating before starting testing. “
But, from a shareholders point of view, it seems pretty clear that HDD have been undercharging for their product. To be seriously profitable they need to raise prices and we do not know how they determine their prices. Is it just inadequate financial management or maybe they do not have adequate pricing power despite being a monopoly ?

Yes - I have considered. I can see no way that approval would have needed more than four years if Hardide were considered important.
Perhaps you could explain how an opposite view could have any credibility.

The extraordinarily long time for approvals surely indicates that the aerospace industry does not attach much importance to Hardide products and that, in consequence, the company will have little pricing power.