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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
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