SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of September 1999
Electrocon International Inc.
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(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
8/F Blk 8, Prosperity Centre, 77 Container Port Road,
Kwai Chung, N.T. Hong Kong
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(Address of principal executive offices)
[Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.]
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
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[Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.]
Yes No X
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
ELECTROCON INTERNATIONAL INC.
(Registrant)
Date: September 23, 1999 By: /s/ Henry F. Schlueter
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Henry F. Schlueter, Assistant Secretary
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Electrocon International Inc. NEWS RELEASE
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10 Universal City Plaza, Suite 2000
Universal City, California 91608
Corporate Office: 818-754-3773 fax: 818-865-2200
Investor Relations: 818-475-1509
URL: www.getgomail.com
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ELECTROCON TO CHANGE NAME AND PURSUE INTERNET STRATEGY
Universal City, CA...September 22, 1999...Electrocon announced today that the
Company's Board of Directors has approved a resolution whereby the Company will
change its name from Electrocon International, Inc. (NASDAQ symbol "EPLTF") to
GETGO Mail.com, Inc. (reserved NASDAQ symbol "GTGO"), subject to shareholder
approval.
Management believes the name change will reflect the Company's new strategic
focus in the rapidly developing market for Unified Messaging. Specifically, the
Company intends to manufacture a new line of credit card size Unified Messaging
products capable of receiving and sending Internet remote Voice mail, E-mail and
Fax mail downloads through a cellular phone or landline telephone. The GETGO
Mail(TM)card plugs into a standard cell phone or landline phone for automatic
downloading. The proprietary "Visual Access Platform" allows voice data to be
stored within an E-mail box and to be formatted with the original caller's
identity so that it appears on a GETGO Mail(TM)card's screen and is directly
accessible as if it were standard e-mail.
Electrocon (GETGO Mail.com) has acquired a patent license agreement with
privately held Visual Access Technologies/CVOICE ("VAT") of New York to develop,
manufacture, market and sell a credit card size device capable of receiving
Internet Voice mail, E-mail and Fax mail downloads. The patent license allows
GETGO Mail.com to make and sell products that provide a visual listing of voice
mail and a link to the corresponding voicemail through an Internet Visual Access
Platform. Although standard E-Mail and Fax Mail have header formats that
identify the original sender, standard voice mail does not. Now, through GETGO
Mail.com's new patented technology, a format for establishing original sender
headers for voicemail stored in E mail boxes is available, thus allowing for
access to voice mail as conveniently as if it were email. In addition, the
Company has the exclusive patent license to sell the product and supporting
software throughout Asia.
Judah Klausner, Visual Access/CVOICE principal shareholder and the inventor of
the Visual Access technology says; "I can see an important market being
developed for consumers to carry a small credit card size device in order to
receive instant Internet unified mail inclusive of voice mail". Mr. Klausner, is
also the inventor of the electronic databank organizer and was dubbed, "The
Wizard behind the Wizard" after licensing Sharp Electronics. Additional
companies that have sold electronic organizers licensed under Mr. Klausner's
organizer patent include Apple, Casio, Rolodex, Toshiba, and Sony.
During the past 10 years as a public company, Electrocon International, Inc. has
established itself as a significant distributor of semiconductor products,
memory chips, integrated circuits, programmable logic devices as well as cell
components and chips with gate arrays. The company's principle business activity
has been in Hong Kong and China representing such companies as Texas
Instruments, Zilog, TDK Semiconductors, Lifinity as well as other leading
companies. For additional information on the Company and its new strategic
focus, please log on to www.getgomail.com.
