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| With the particle size distribution for this titanium powder of between 45 and 150 microns, this contract recognizes the overall quality of the company's powder and potentially establishes a market for a larger percentage of powder output, thereby improving overall returns |
| Overall, the financials for the third quarter were an improvement on Q2 by 21% and on Q1 by 42% and while not yet back to the levels produced by 2021 and 2022 represents continued momentum in the right direction, both for the company and its customers |
| As mentioned in the past, given that several of the company's technology solutions are either only recently commercialized or can have long time spans between orders of a similar type system, we regard any high or even medium-sized margins at such an early stage as both positive and strong time for the future |
| And along with better-than-expected customer demand for new project starts, we anticipate the revenue momentum to continue and for Q4 to maintain the upward trend of Q2 and Q3 |
| By selling both the fine and coarse cut of each powder production run, the company's yield percentage from raw material is greatly enhanced, which is in line with the company's broader mandate for commodity security and optimization |
| Furthermore, the current quarter is the second consecutive quarter of revenue growth in the year, and we expect Q4 to maintain the positive trend |
| As the company's CEO, Peter Pascali was quoted in today's news release, while we can't guarantee that these early signs of sector-wide recovery will continue at the same pace, our quarterly revenues are positively recovering from the early year low, and our backlog continues to climb |
| As stated in yesterday's news release, we are seeing improvements across industrial supply chains and customer bottlenecks |
| Combined with renewed demand and traditionally slower business lines such as waste destruction, where we have signed contracts for six separate projects so far this year and the increasing interest in plasma torch applications of 2-megawatt power and higher, management believes there is good reason to have confidence around continued momentum |
| The company's backlog grew again slightly as we continue to add contracts while delivering and progressing on contract advancement |
| Beyond all else, the company remains committed to driving shareholder value and continues to focus on improving efficiency, locating new and better suppliers and growing its customer base, all to improve margins, while engaging with potential customers around the world on a variety of new business opportunities |
| We wish you an excellent day |
| The opportunities for the company across the large-scale industrial technology and decarbonization landscapes, which are both significant and emerging, continue to expand |
| For the third quarter of 2023, the company exited the quarter with revenues of $3.7 million, which, while still low compared to the past two years, is the second consecutive quarter of growth from the revenue low point of two quarters ago in Q1 of 2023 |
| In closing, revenues continued the steady climb up from Q1, which management believes was likely the revenue bottom for the past three years |
| Corresponding to increasing customer demand, the backlog continues to rise, up more than $1 million to $35 million |
| Despite this quarter being a lower quarter year-over-year, management is optimistic that the downtrend that has affected quarter since Q3 of 2021 has likely subsided and a quarterly growth pattern is more likely |
| In Q3, within the energy transition and emission reduction vertical, in August, the company announced a contract for $4.13 million or a 4.5-megawatt plasma torch system with an aeronautics and defense industry client who is a prime contractor for the US government and who has extensive experience as an innovation of providing Technology and Tech services to solve critical Defense, Military and Aeronautics challenges |
| The revenue variation was a general increase across all product lines, except for the high-purity silicon and Purevacline |
| Both actions meant to improve the availability of critical minerals, such as titanium, aluminum, magnesium, and others that are essential for modern manufacturing |
| The importance of this contract was that the Plasma Torch Systems sold at 4.5 megawatts was at an appreciably higher power level than recent sales, a requirement that is becoming more common and indicates the potential for the company's entry into other industries that require such high-power, including glass, cement and petrochemical industries, among others |
| And finally, commodity, security, and optimization which means using PyroGenesis technology to aid in the recovery of viable metals and the optimization of production output |
| Otherwise, in the quarter, sales of biograph upgrading increased by $0.7 million versus the same quarter of 2022 as well as sales to the U.S |
| This represents the 13th of the last 16 quarters above $30 million in backlog since the company first reached that mark in 2019 |
| In Q3, within the commodity security and optimization vertical, in September, the company announced receipt of an order from a Global Aerospace firm for course cut titanium metal powder produced by PyroGenesis, Next-Gen, Plasma Automization System, which produces metal powder for use in industrial 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing |
| And now a brief reminder of the company's business strategy, where the company is a provider of an expanding technology ecosystem for heavy industry with a number of solutions in different stages from early pilot to full commercialization concentrated under three verticals that align with economic drivers key to heavy industry |
| Steve McCormick Thanks, Rodayna, and thanks everyone for joining us today on our call |
| And lastly, for Q3 within PyroGenesis Waste Remediation Vertical, in September, the company announced receipt of a $2.25 million Plasma Torch contract from a US corporation geared to destroy for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances known as PFAS on behalf of a large operator of Public Water Systems |
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| We continue to have difficulty maintaining 2022 margin levels due to a persistent inflationary environment in the sector |
| This is comparable to industries the company serves and consistent with margin pressures being seen across those industries who continue to have difficulty, maintaining 2022 level margins due to persistent inflationary environment for heavy industry and their customers |
| Although, the third quarter revenue for 2023 was lower than the prior year, it's important to note that the prior year included an IP sale of $3.6 million, which was not repeated in Q3 of 2023 |
| And as stated in previous reports, the company's revenues are likely to be irregular and unpredictable quarter-to-quarter as contract-related revenue fluctuates based on various reasons, including those just explained |
| One aspect pertaining to margin that is often overlooked is that because some of the company's projects are conducted in partnerships such as with clients like HPQ silicon, where PyroGenesis has back-end royalty revenue potential on the client's end product or has sold intellectual property to the client, the engineering and production aspects are likely to be conducted with intentionally lower profit margins |
| Ultimately, the Board of Directors decided that after weighing all of the above, the dual listing was not providing significant benefit and the company would voluntarily delist from the NASDAQ exchange |
| During these recent years, the supply chain, logistical and inflationary uncertainties, those issues have been more frequent in exacerbating |
| The decrease in the gross profit margin was mainly attributable to the impact of direct materials used in production and in foreign exchange in 2023 and the fact that Q3 2022 included the IP sale directly benefiting the gross profit |
| And once again, the prior year included an IP sale of $3.6 million, which directly impacted the gross profit, both in dollars and in percentage |
| Additionally, project developed using government grant funding often have lower margin mandates, both instances can affect the company's margin results based on the mix of work currently underway |
| Share-based compensation expense, which is also a non-cash item and relates mainly to prior year's grants that didn't repeat in 2023, decreased to $650,000 for the three-month period ended September 2023, a reduction of $300,000 |
| The company has initiated the NASDAQ delisting process and has filed the required Form 25 with the SEC for the removal of its shares from NASDAQ |
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