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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934
July 23, 1998
Date of Report
(Date of Earliest Event Reported)
TAVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Colorado 0-19167 84-1042227
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(State or other jurisdiction of (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) File No.) I. D. Number)
7887 E. Belleview Avenue, Suite 820
Englewood, Colorado 80111
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(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)
(303) 771-9794
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Item 5. Other Events.
On July 23, 1998 the Company announced material business developments.
The Company's Press Release dated July 23, 1998, which is filed as Exhibit 20.1
hereto, is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a) Not applicable
(b) Not applicable
(c) Exhibits. The following exhibit is filed with this Report:
20.1 Press Release dated July 23, 1998
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
TAVA Technologies, Inc.
Date: July 23, 1998 By:/s/ John Jenkins
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John Jenkins, President and CEO
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Exhibit 20.1
PRESS RELEASE
TAVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH RIO TINTO
Englewood, CO - July 23, 1998 - TAVA Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: TAVA) a
leading provider of automation and information technology solutions to industry,
today announced that its subsidiary, TAVA Y2kOne, Inc. has been selected by Rio
Tinto plc to make available Year 2000 products and services to its global
operations. Pursuant to a Master Consulting Agreement with Rio Tinto London
Limited, TAVA will make Year 2000 products and services available at specified
rates to the 36 business units of Rio Tinto, including properties they manage.
Rio Tinto is a world leader in finding, mining and processing the earth's
mineral resources, including copper, iron, aluminum, industrial minerals, energy
minerals and gold.
Graham Otter, Head of Information Systems and Technology at Rio Tinto plc, said:
"Since 1996, Rio Tinto has been pursuing a strategy to ensure that all
significant computer systems and computer controlled plant and equipment will be
Year 2000 compliant. The Agreement with TAVA is an important part of our Year
2000 program. TAVA's products and services will complement our own work and will
allow us to progress the area of process control compliance which is critical to
our business."
John Jenkins, TAVA CEO said, "We are very pleased to be engaged by Rio Tinto.
This Master Consulting Agreement follows on our engagement by Kennecott
Minerals/Utah Copper, a Rio Tinto affiliate, which commenced in December 1997."
TAVA (www.tavatech.com) provides factory automation and control systems
integration helping clients in the manufacturing process industries integrate
their processes, applications, hardware and software into seamless manufacturing
enterprises, featuring their Plant Y2K OneJ suite of products. Located in 14
regional offices throughout the U.S., TAVA has a staff of more than 480.
Contact:
For TAVA Technologies, Inc.:
Pacific Consulting Group, Inc.
Scott Liolios
(949) 574-3860
