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Hi, Pat: What are your thoughts on Carmanah Technologies? Thank you.

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Carmanah Technologies, $5.47, symbol CMH on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 24.6 million; Market cap: $134.4 million; www.carmanah.com), sells solar-powered light emitting diode (LED) lighting and solar-power systems. The company contracts out most of its manufacturing. Carmanah’s solar-powered LED light beacons are used for marine navigation, as well as on runways and roads. Uses include school-zone flashers, transit stops and internally lit traffic signs. It also makes lighting for industrial users, including warning lights, equipment-marking lights and railway-track and bridge markers. The company consolidated its shares on a 1-for-10 basis in late 2014. In the three months ended June 30, 2015, Carmanah’s revenue jumped 74.7%, to $15.7 million from $9.0 million a year earlier (all figures except share price and market cap in U.S. dollars). The company earned $10.3 million, or $0.48 a share, in the latest quarter, compared to $468,000, or $0.04 a share. That’s because it recognized $9.9 million in tax assets that were written off at the end of 2011. The market for industrial…