-- Revenue Grew by 95.6% to $23.2 Million in FY 2008
-- Gross Profit Increased by 138.2% to $5.1 Million in FY 2008
-- Net Income Rose by 73.3% to $1.1 Million in FY 2008
SHANGHAI, March 31 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- China Energy Recovery, Inc.
(OTC Bulletin Board: CGYV) (ISIN: US16943V2060; 'CER'), a leader in the waste
heat energy recovery sector of the industrial energy efficiency industry,
today announced record financial results for the fiscal year and fourth
quarter ended December 31, 2008.
Full Year 2008 Financial Results
Revenue for 2008 increased by 95.6% to $23.18 million from $11.85 million
in 2007. Product sales generated revenue of $18.50 million, or 79.8% of the
total revenue, and increased by 125.7% from $8.20 million in 2007. Design
services generated revenue of $1.27 million, or 5.5% of the total revenue, and
increased by 187.8% from $0.44 million in 2007. Revenue from an EPC
(engineering, procurement and construction) project that required the
company's special technological expertise accounted for $3.42 million, or
14.7% of the total revenue.
Gross profit increased to $5.07 million, a 138.2% increase from $2.13
million in 2007. The company's gross margin was 21.9%, compared to 18.0% in
2007. The increase in the company's gross margin is mainly due to an increase
of licensing and design service contracts, which normally achieve greater
margins, and our obtaining higher margin orders leveraging our special
technical expertise.
Operating income increased by 110.6% to $1.61 million in 2008 from $0.76
million in 2007. If the expenses of $1.47 million related to public company
operations, including $0.72 million in non-cash, stock-based service and
compensation expenses and finance expense, were excluded so as to be
comparable to 2007 in which the company did not incur such expenses, operating
income would have amounted to $3.08 million.
Net income for 2008 was $1.11 million, an increase of 73.3% from $0.64
million in 2007. Without the aforementioned non-cash expenses of $0.72
million, net income would have been $1.83 million, an increase of 185.9% over
that of 2007. Further, to be comparable to 2007, without the $1.47 million
expenses related to public company operations, net income would have been
$2.58 million, representing a growth of 303.1% over that of 2007.
Fourth Quarter of 2008 Financial Results
Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2008 increased by 67.1% year over year
to a record $7.20 million from $4.31 million in Q4 2007.
'I am very proud to have achieved another record year of growth in 2008,'
commented Mr. Qinghuan Wu, Chairman and CEO of China Energy Recovery. 'In
2008, we continued to strengthen our leadership position in supplying superior
energy recovery systems to the chemical and paper-making industries in China.
Going public on an American exchange in 2008 helped us open a new era for the
company and has helped increase the awareness for the company internationally.
Though there will continue to be challenges in 2009 resulting from the global
economic recession, we believe the company will continue to grow and
capitalize on market opportunities created by the increasing demands for
greater energy efficiency and global environmental protection initiatives.
The market recognition for our superior design and engineering capabilities
coupled with our expertise in waste energy recovery has helped us achieve a
well-earned reputation for quality -- something we've endeavored for since the
company's founding. We intend to continue to strengthen our core competencies,
streamline our business model and expand into other market segments such as
cement manufacturing. We will also continue to seek opportunities to expand
our manufacturing capacity for our core products. All these efforts will lay
a solid foundation for the sustained, long-term growth for the company in
order to maintain a reputation as a world leader in waste energy recovery.'
For more detailed financial information about CER, please refer to CER's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2009.
What is Waste Heat Energy Recovery?
Industrial facilities release significant amounts of excess heat into the
atmosphere in the form of hot exhaust gases or high-pressure steam. Energy
recovery is the process of recovering vast amounts of that wasted energy and
converting it into usable heat energy or electricity, dramatically lowering
energy costs. Energy recovery systems are also capable of capturing harmful
pollutants that would otherwise be released into the environment. It is
estimated that if energy currently wasted by all the U.S. industrial
facilities could be recovered, it could produce power equivalent to 20% of U.S.
electricity generation capacity without burning any additional fossil fuel,
and could help many industries to meet stringent environmental regulations.
About China Energy Recovery, Inc.
CER is an international leader in designing, manufacturing and installing
waste heat energy recovery systems which provide facilities with greater
energy efficiency.