** Shares of MHM Automation MHM.NZ rise as much as 4.3% to
NZ$0.73, their highest since Feb 25
** Supplier for automated equipments says in past 2-1/2
months secured number of new contracts that underpin business
for the remainder of the financial year and through the 2021
calendar year urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nNZSwq4a
** Says contracts include a A$13 mln ($9.9 mln) contract for
three SSO plate freezers to an Australian red meat exporter
** Also sees increased EBITDA for FY over prior year
** MHM on track for their third straight session of gains
** So far this year, stock was flat
($1 = 1.3182 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Savyata Mishra in Bengaluru; Editing by Tom
Hogue)
((Savyata.mishra@thomsonreuters.com))