Linamar creates a new division

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LINAMAR CORP. $58 remains a buy. The company (Toronto symbol LNR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 65.4 million; Market cap: $3.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.5; Dividend yield: 1.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.linamar.com) makes a variety of automotive parts, including cylinder heads and cylinder blocks. It also makes self-propelled, scissor-type work platforms under the Skyjack brand, as well as agricultural harvesting equipment. The company helped make parts for medical ventilators as part of Canada’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of that experience, it has formed a new business called Linamar MedTech. It will apply the company’s design and manufacturing expertise to make precision parts for medical devices such as prosthetic limbs and imaging systems. This new business also helps cut its exposure to the cyclical automotive industry. Linamar is a buy. buy…