Cavitation Technologies Completes Sales Agreement for Another Nano Reactor(R) System in South America
22 Oct 2013
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Oct. 22, 2013 - Cavitation Technologies, Inc. ("CTi") (CVAT) Berlin: (Stuttgart:WTC) announced today that the Desmet Ballestra Group ("Desmet"), CTi's strategic partner since 2010 and licensee of CTi's vegetable oil refining technology, has entered into another sales agreement in South America. Desmet will install CTi's Nano Reactor System in a soybean oil refinery in Uruguay that processes approximately 200 tons of soybean oil daily. Desmet projects that the Uruguay system will be fully installed and operational by June 30, 2014, the end of CTi's fiscal year 2014.
Combined with previous systems sales in Argentina, Ecuador and Brazil, this Uruguay refinery marks CTi's seventh system installation in South America, a target region for the company. "The Company expects to receive $130,000 in revenue with the completion of this sale," stated Naum Voloshin, CTi's CFO/COO. "The Company has generated approximately $1.4 million in sales back log during the 1st quarter of fiscal 2014 alone. From a financial standpoint, our recent surge in system sales certainly puts us in a strong position for the remainder of the year. CTi just completed our strongest quarter with regards to booking new business and our long term goal of enhancing value for our shareholders."
Mr. Voloshin continued, "We are excited about our initial penetration into the South American edible oil refining and processing market. We believe our success is a combination of the benefits of our technology and our invaluable relationships with our licensees, the Desmet Ballestra Group and GEA Westfalia. They have been instrumental in exposing and marketing our technology to new customers around the world. We are grateful to have both of these internationally recognized industry leaders on our side.
About CTI
Founded in 2007, the company designs and manufactures state-of-the-art, flow-through, robust devices and systems and develops processing technologies for use in edible oil refining, renewable fuel production, expeditious petroleum upgrading, algal oil extraction, alcoholic beverage enhancement and water treatment. As an add-on to existing neutralization systems, the company's patented Nano-Reactor(R) allows refiners to significantly reduce both processing costs and the environmental impact, while also increasing the yield. More information is available at http://www.ctinanotech.com/.
About Desmet Ballestra Group
The Desmet Ballestra Group is a world leader in the fields of engineering and supply of plants and equipment for the oils, fats, animal feed industries, detergents, surfactants and related chemical industries and the oleo-chemical and biodiesel industries. Desmet Ballestra possesses a great worldwide reputation, thanks to over 60 years of experience, a significant R&D capacity and the most extensive customer base in the industry. The company has sales and engineering offices in 15 countries. In May 2011, the Company signed a three-year licensing agreement with Desmet and since then Desmet has marketed and installed CTi's Nano-Reactor(R) systems in edible vegetable oil refineries around the world. In May of 2012, CTi signed a global R&D, Marketing and Technology License Agreement with Desmet, which gives CTi the flexibility to pursue new research and applications while Desmet, markets CTi's technology to major clients around the world. More information is available at http://www.desmetballestra.com/ .
About GEA Westfalia Separator Group
GEA Westfalia is a leading worldwide developer of procedures and processes for the mechanical clarification and separation of liquids for agricultural industries, as well as the renewable energy, chemical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, petroleum, shipping, marine, environmental, dairy, and beverage industries. GEA Westfalia's global network encompasses more than 50 sales and service centers worldwide, 12,000 employees, and annual sales exceeding $7 Billion. In August of 2012, CTi entered into a Technology and Licensing Agreement with GEA Westfalia.
Forward Looking Statement
The foregoing press release may contain forward-looking statements, including statements regarding, among other things, about the expectation of CTI's future business. These forward-looking statements are based largely on the Company's expectations and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, certain of which are beyond the Company's control. Actual results could differ materially from these forward looking statements as a result of a variety of factors including, among others, the state of the economy, the competitive environment, and the Company's performance. In light of these risks and uncertainties there can be no assurances that the forward looking statements contained in this press release will in fact transpire or prove to be accurate.
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