CALGARY, Alberta, April 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CEMATRIX Corporation (TSXV:CVX) (OTCQB:CTXXF) ("CEMATRIX" or the "Company") a North American leading manufacturer and supplier of technologically advanced cellular concrete products today announced that it has executed $7.6 million in new contracts.
A portion of the $7.6 million in new contracts is derived from two projects, with price tags greater than $1 million Canadian, and were previously included in Contracts in Process. These projects include a $1.9 million load reducing fill project and a $1.4 million dollar tunnel project which are located in the U.S. The majority of these two projects are scheduled to be completed in 2024. The balance of the new contracts totalling approximately $4.3 million is made up of numerous projects up to $1.0 million each which are also scheduled to be completed in 2024.
"These new contracts reflect the continued organic growth of our cellular concrete market in the United States and Canada and is a testament to the hard work of our sales teams who have been instrumental in educating the industry and growing our company backlog," stated Jeff Kendrick, CEMATRIX President and CEO. "We continue to land numerous projects for varying applications across our market territory as the choice of cellular concrete for these applications becomes the standard compared to the legacy products that support this industry."
The Company also announces that it is removing approximately $17 million from its backlog due to an unusual reduction in scope of a $32 million tunnel project that was previously awarded by Letter of Intent in 2020 (December 22, 2020 Press Release). This tunnel project is currently underway, with our portion of the project now scheduled to proceed later this year and is to be completed in 2025. With ...