Empire Industries Reports $17 Million in Contract Awards

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA--(Marketwired - Dec. 2, 2014) - Empire Industries Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:EIL) today reported two separate contract awards for its proprietary flying theater in the USA and in China. The contracts, valued in total at over US$17 million, have been awarded by a US real estate developer and a Chinese theme park operator. These two contracts continue to show that the Company's subsidiary, Dynamic Attractions, is developing media based attractions that are appealing to a wide range of customers around the world. The two contracts will largely be executed within the next eighteen months.

"The sale of our unique flying theater continues to gather momentum as we have now sold eight around the world," said Guy Nelson, Empire's Chief Executive Officer. "Our first flying theater will be open to the public later this month in China, and I look forward to the reviews of the guest satisfaction from this experience."

About Empire Industries Ltd.

Empire Industries Ltd. manufactures specialized engineered products and sells these products domestically and in select international export markets. The company has developed, designed and engineered products for the rapidly growing, global, media based attractions market. The company also provides steel fabrication & installation services, primarily to the industrial, commercial and infrastructure market in Western Canada. The company also has two key strategic equity partnerships; a 49% ownership of ACE Industrial Services that operates in the oil sands industrial maintenance services market, and a 45% ownership of a Chinese joint venture company in the steel fabrication market in Asia. Empire's common shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol EIL.

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