Ecoland International, Inc. (ECIT) awarded new contract, shares rise
Posted on: December 5th, 2011Written by:
Shares of Ecoland International, Inc. (OTCBB: ECIT) climbed 16 percent on Moncontract from Johnson Controls on Monday after the Arizona-based company announced that it was awarded a contract from Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI) exceeding $1.2 million, to be delivered over the next four months.
ECIT shares touched a high of $0.43 in morning trading on Monday, up from Friday’s closing price of $0.37.
According to a December 5 press release, the newly awarded project “signals the beginning of the second phase of Johnson Controls’ production relocation project,” which Ecoland’s subsidiary, D&R Technology has participated and “played an important role in for the last twelve months.”
The project “demonstrates the success of our business strategy and the confidence of our customer in our ability,” said D&R’s president Drasko Karanovic in the December 5 press release. “It is flattering to be one of the companies that helped Johnson Controls’ achieve best ever financial results for the past year. Our objective for the next period is to maintain and further develop this mutually beneficial relationship. Johnson Controls is world’s market leader in automotive seating with about 45% of the market. We see tremendous potential for our growth by simply satisfying their needs in the global market.”
For the three months ended August 31, Ecoland reported sales of $3,376, and a net loss of $47,730.
In early November, the company announced that it closed the acquisition of D&R Technology, Inc. Pursuant to the share exchange agreement, D&R’s shareholders will receive a majority share ownership in ECIT and it is anticipated that a name change will be made reflecting this change in majority share ownership. Also, according to the share exchange agreement, D&R’s management team will assume operational and managerial control effective immediately, a November 7 press release stated.
D & R Technology Inc. provides engineering, design and the manufacturing of automated tube processing solutions for the automotive industry.
Urban Barns Foods (URBF) soars on positive news
Posted on: December 1st, 2011Written by:
Shares of Urban Barns Foods (OTCBB:URBF) were up more than 33% in mid-day trading today on news that a company representative visited Dubai to discuss new regional opportunities in the Middle East with the company’s regional representative, Profound Management GT CEO Talal Thabet.
“Discussions focused on ensuring that the next steps to be taken are to finalize the structuring of a volume share purchase,” stated Mr. Thabet and that Profound’s role is, “structuring the volume share purchase is essential before we commence discussions with our pool of trusted investors, as it is the basis of our dialogue. We know that the time is right to reveal our technology.”
According to a November 28th press release, Urban Barns Food has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Caribbean Produce Exchange Inc., a leading distributor of produce in Puerto Rico. Under the terms of the MOU, Caribbean Produce intends to purchase for local distribution produce grown by Urban Barns at a Puerto Rico Cubic Farming facility.
Urban Barns uses patent pending and proprietary equipment to produce affordable vegetables in a secure and controlled indoor environment. By setting up subsidiary facilities and growing locally, Urban Barns can focus on supplying any community, regardless of the regional climate, effectively reducing shipping times and related spoilage costs. Urban Barns has the unique ability to scale and cater to the demands of all major communities.
Positron Corp. (POSC) soars on news of $38 million bonds award
Posted on: September 21st, 2011Written by:
Molecular imaging company, Positron Corp. (OTCBB: POSC) was up more than 49 percent in mid-day trading on Wednesday, after the company announced that the Indiana Finance Authority approved its $38 million Midwestern Disaster Area Bond volume cap application.
Shares of Positron touched a daily high of $0.029, in mid-day trading on Wednesday, up from Tuesday’s closing price of $0.0181.
According to a September 21 press release, the bonds will be a part of an overall long-term strategic investment Positron is making in its proposed high energy 70 MeV cyclotron project and radiopharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Noblesville, Indiana.
Positron is a molecular imaging company focused on Nuclear Cardiology. Positron provides innovative molecular technologies and services that are reshaping the field of nuclear cardiology through proprietary PET imaging and radiopharmaceutical solutions with a strong commitment to advancing the practice and technology of nuclear medicine.
Caduceus Software Systems Corp. (CSOC) soars on pricey marketing campaign
Posted on: September 19th, 2011Written by:
Software medical records management software developer, Caduceus Software Systems Corp. (OTCBB:CSOC) traded more than 16 million shares on Monday, a far cry from the company’s average three-month volume of 49,478 shares, after the onset of a $1 million-plus e-mail campaign spearheaded by VictoryStocks.com.
The campaign was paid for by a third party, listed as “Firdaus Inc.”
The last time Caduceus Software Systems Corp. issued a press release was about a month ago, when the Birmingham, England-based company announced its goals and mission statement.
The Company has the primary goal of providing good valuable medical records management software (MMS) to medical professionals. The Company’s target market is to provide Electronic Health Records (EHR) management for practitioners and physicians, and combine it with the appointment scheduling tools useful for medical office assistants. While some software caters to specifically to doctors and some software caters specifically to their supporting staff, Caduceus MMS integrates these tasks together in a single software solution, the August 16 press release stated.
“The recent news of the American health care reform and the cost of health care in Canada and United States warrant better software to manage the flow of patient information and fast and accurate billing,” sais Derrick Gidden, President of Caduceus Software Systems Corp in the August 16 press release. “The Canadian and American markets are vast and total more than 800,000 private physicians and practitioners. From the news studies, we feel that many of these medical professionals could benefit from our software in terms of our price point, multiple languages, tech support, and platform compatibility requirements.”
For the three months ended June 30, Caduceus Software Systems Corp. reported $0 revenue, and a net loss of $4.9 million.
Generex Biotechnology Corp. (GNBT) spins out, stock points higher
Posted on: September 15th, 2011Written by:
Generex Biotechnology Corp. (OTCBB: GNBT) saw its shares gain 8.7% to 9.89 cents, as Thursday’s markets closed, on news of the spinout of one of its subsidiaries. Volume for the stock was 1.3 million shares, nosing out its full-day average.
A news release dated Sept. 15 announced that the company, based in Worcester, Mass., provided an update on the status of the previously announced spinout of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Antigen Express, Inc.
The Company is in the midst of a detailed and comprehensive review of several transaction opportunities, including both shell companies and operating biotech companies with synergistic intellectual properties, in each case Securities and Exchange Commission registrants and Depository Trust Company eligible companies, into which Antigen Express will be merged.
Generex CEO Mark Fletcher, “We are undertaking our due diligence examination of available alternatives with a view to identifying an appropriate transaction for the Antigen Express spinout.
“We will proceed with expedition to negotiate an agreement with the target company, complete the merger of Antigen Express into that company, and conduct an initial fund raising. If the merger and the initial fund raising are successful, we will then seek a listing of the merged company’s stock on a national stock exchange.”
Generex is engaged in the research, development, and commercialization of drug delivery systems and technologies.
Phototron Holdings (PHOT) boosts sales, stock leaps
Posted on: September 15th, 2011Written by:
Phototron Holdings (OTCBB: PHOT) shares climbed 138.5% to 31 cents on word of exciting sales figures. Volume for the stock topped 25,000, or at least double its all-day average.
A news release put out Sept. 7 revealed that the company had increased sales by more than 78% during August, entering the second month of its new direct selling business model. August’s strong performance represented $107,000 of unaudited sales compared to approximately $60,000 of unaudited sales in July.
Phototron’s new direct selling business model will help expand Phototron’s future sales capabilities to harness the untapped demand for its innovative turn-key hydroponic gardening system.
The same release quoted CEO Doug Braun thus: “We are extremely pleased with Phototron’s results in our second full month after implementing our new business model and strategic growth initiatives.
“Significant increases in both sales and Phototron’s new affiliates demonstrate that our product and business opportunity are attractive to our target audience. In transition periods, it typically takes time to gather momentum. Now that Phototron is starting to see positive results we are confident that we will continue to see accelerated growth as we begin to focus our energies on leveraging our exciting products and new business model to consumers across the US and worldwide.”
The new direct sales model, initiated in June, represents Phototron’s new direct sales initiatives, which are expected to serve both the $30-billion home gardening market and the $1.7-billion medical marijuana community.
Phototron Holdings, Inc., based in Woodland Hills, Calif., designs and manufactures cutting-edge indoor mini-greenhouses capable of growing herbs, vegetables, flowers, fruits and terrestrial plants stronger and faster than traditional farming methods.
