adfs shares jumped tuesday after the company said signed a series of new orders in the us worth 142 million canadian dollars 1045 million in all including a contract for the first phase of a construction project in the pharmaceutical industry in morning trading the shares were 16 higher at c291 widening the yeartodate advance to 39 the latest contracts add to an order backlog for adf that stood at c3765 million at the end of january the canadian company said the largest of the latest orders by value will consist of the design and engineering of connections fabrication and installation of the steel structure of a new industrial building work will begin in the coming weeks at adfs terrebonne plant in quebec and will extend over a period of 12 months it said