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Dear Pat: What are your thoughts on Automodular Corp.? Thanks.

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Automodular Corp., $2.43, symbol AM on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 19.4 million; Market cap: $47.5 million; www.automodular.com), assembles car and truck components, such as instrument panels, engines and rear suspensions. The company operates two plants in Oakville, Ontario, that assemble parts for its one remaining automotive customer: Ford Motor Company’s Oakville Assembly Plant. Automodular closed its Oshawa, Ontario plant in 2010 after it lost its contracts with General Motors of Canada, which switched to a U.S. supplier after Automodular refused to sharply cut its prices. These deals, under which Automodular supplied parts for the Camaro sports car, accounted for roughly 20% of its business. In June 2012, the company opened a new plant in Brantford, Ontario, to assemble wind turbine components under an agreement with Vestas Nacelles A/S, a subsidiary of publicly traded Danish company Vestas Wind Systems A/S. By doing this work at Automodular’s facility, Vestas met the Ontario Feed-in Tariff Program’s domestic content requirements. This program offers long-term purchase contracts to renewable energy…