I still suspect that the offending company will be outed by its own product. We have pictures of the rear of the 978. The offending component will have a back end that is quite similar to the 978's. It will also be a North American based company. There are only a handful of those, no?
I think Hank was surreptitiously giving us the name:
" I suggested to Peter that a leak of the American company's name.....Only significant public pressure and media stories will convince an unethical company to change a decision. Isn't Sherwood an American company?"