** Shares of Scott Technology SCT.NZ surge 17.5% to
NZ$2.35, their highest since Dec 3, 2019
** The automation system maker secures two contracts worth
NZ$18 mln ($12.87 mln) from NZ-based Alliance Group and China's
Little Swan urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nNZW5jCPJW
** SCT to build a carton handling and sortation system for
Alliance's meat-processing plant in Lorneville, NZ
** For Little Swan, SCT to build an appliance line for
production of washer cabinets at Scott China facility in
Qingdao, Shandong
** Stock posts its biggest intraday pct gain since April 9
($1 = 1.3982 New Zealand dollars)
(Reporting by Harish Sridharan in Bengaluru)
((harish.sridharan@thomsonreuters.com))