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TOROMONT INDUSTRIES LTD. $57.35 (Toronto symbol TIH; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (416-667-5511; www.toromont.com; Shares outstanding: 78.3 million; Market cap: $4.4 billion; Dividend yield: 1.3%) distributes a broad range of industrial equipment, including machinery made by Caterpillar Inc. It also makes refrigeration systems through its CIMCO division. In the three months ended June 30, 2017, the company’s revenue rose 1.7%, to $530.9 million from $522.1 million a year earlier. Earnings climbed 5.3%, to $40.5 million, or $0.52 a share, from $38.4 million, or $0.49 a share. Revenue rose on stronger demand in mining, power systems and rentals. Those gains came despite a slowdown in construction activity. Sales of refrigeration systems also rose. Toromont shares are now up 27% to an all-time high since the company announced its plans in August 2017 to buy privately held Hewitt Group. That firm is the exclusive distributor of Caterpillar equipment in Quebec and Atlantic Canada. The company will borrow most of the cash it needs to buy Hewitt. That…