Scotland's largest Local Authority goes live on the Elcom eCommerce Platform NORWOOD, Mass., March 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Elcom International, Inc. ("Elcom" or the "Company") (OTC:ELCO) (BULLETIN BOARD: ELCO) and (AIM: ELC and ELCS), a leading international provider of remotely-hosted eProcurement and eMarketplace solutions, today announced that Glasgow City Council, Scotland's largest Local Authority, today went 'live' on the eProcurement Scotl@nd Programme (ePS). John Sherry, Procurement Programme Director, Glasgow City Council said, "Glasgow City Council is delighted to have worked in partnership with the Scottish Executive to achieve a successful and on schedule phase 1 implementation of the ePS programme. The council is confident that the ePS initiative will bring mutual advantages to the council, suppliers and the national programme. Early feedback from suppliers and end users has been extremely positive and the programme team looks forward to implementing the next phase." John E. Halnen, Elcom International, Inc.'s President and CEO, said, "We are very pleased to have Glasgow City Council join the eProcurement Scotl@nd programme, adding to the growing number of central government, local authorities and national health trusts that have joined. The continued growth of the eProcurement Scotl@nd programme demonstrates that the ePS programme delivers savings and efficiencies to the public entities in Scotland." The phase 1 implementation involves 5 departments, 127 suppliers and 450 users. On the initial day of the service availability Glasgow City Council raised over 200 purchase orders of 900 items, totalling in excess of 45,000 pounds sterling. Throughout 2006 Glasgow City Council plan to roll-out ePS across the remaining departments doubling the current number of users to 900 within the next three months and over 5000 within the next three years. It is anticipated that the implementation programme will connect eProcurement Scotl@nd to the Council's existing systems to provide leading edge, on-line integrated procurement, tendering and financial processing. The programme team responsible for implementing eProcurement Scotl@nd in Glasgow is a model of collaboration and includes members from Glasgow City Council, the Scottish Executive, the Authorities Buying Consortium, Capgemini UK plc, Elcom and Serco. Elcom Product Offerings For detailed information on Elcom's PECOS(TM) technology and optional Dynamic Trading functionality, please visit Elcom's website at: http://www.elcominternational.com/products.htm. About Glasgow City Council Glasgow, with a population of around 600,000, is Scotland's largest city and is the commercial capital of Scotland. It is the UK's largest retail centre after London. Situated in the Central Belt of Scotland on the west coast it is easily accessible by road, rail and air. Glasgow is one of Europe's top 20 financial centres and is home to many of Scotland's leading businesses. The city is administered by Glasgow City Council with the municipal headquarters, the City Chambers, situated in George Square, at the heart of the city. Additional information about Glasgow City Council can be found at their web site: http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/. About eProcurement Scotl@nd eProcurement Scotl@nd is a round-the-clock hosted e-procurement service which uses a common technical platform for use by the public sector in Scotland. Capgemini UK plc, the ePS service providers, host the service and, together with a central programme team, are tasked with managing the roll out of the service across the public sector in Scotland. It uses Elcom's hosted eCommerce platform that includes its e-procurement solution 'PECOS Internet Procurement Manager and the Elcom Dynamic Trade Centre for eTender and eAuctions. Additional information about eProcurement Scotl@nd can be found at their web site: http://www.eprocurementscotland.com/ About The Scottish Executive The Scottish Executive is the executive function for the government of Scotland created by devolution in 1999. The creation of a Scottish Parliament and the establishment of the Scottish Executive began a new era in the government of Scotland. The Scottish Executive works with Scottish Ministers to create a 21st century modern government to improve the well being of Scotland and its people. The Scottish Executive manages an annual budget of approximately 20 billion pounds sterling (approximately $28.5 billion) and is responsible for most of the issues of day-to-day concern to the people of Scotland, including government administration, health, education, justice, rural affairs, transport and many other affairs affecting Scotland and its people. Additional information about the Scottish Executive can be found at their website: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/. About Capgemini Group Capgemini, one of the world's foremost providers of Consulting, Technology, and Outsourcing services, has a unique way of working with its clients, which it calls the Collaborative Business Experience. Through commitment of mutual success and the achievement of tangible value, Capgemini helps businesses implement growth strategies, leverage technology and thrive through the power of collaboration. Capgemini employs approximately 60,000 people worldwide and reported 2004 global revenues of 6.3 billion euros. More information about individual service lines, offices and research is available at http://www.capgemini.com/. About Elcom International, Inc. Elcom International, Inc. (OTC:ELCOOTC:andOTC:AIM:OTC:ELCOTC:and ELCS) (BULLETIN BOARD: ELCO and AIM: ELC and ELCS) , is an international B2B Commerce Service Provider offering affordable solutions for buyers, sellers and commerce communities to automate many or all of their procurement processes and purchase most or all of their goods and services in a 'private' eMarketplace system. PECOS, Elcom's remotely-hosted flagship solution, enables enterprises of all sizes to achieve the many benefits of eProcurement and eMarketplace functionality, with the system hosted by Elcom at its own data center, eliminating the burden and cost of in-house programming, IT infrastructure and ongoing catalog content and system management. More information is available from Elcom's integrated web site at: http://www.elcominternational.com/. STATEMENT UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release could include forward-looking statements or information. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, including, without limitation, those with respect to the Company's objectives, plans and strategies set forth herein and those preceded by or that include the words "believes," "expects," "targets," "intends," "anticipates," "plans," or similar expressions, are forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that the Company's expectations are, or will be, correct. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties which could cause the Company's future results to differ materially from those anticipated, including: (i) the possibility that the Company will have to raise additional working capital to fund operations during 2006 and the availability of any such funding to the Company; (ii) its history of ongoing operating losses; (iii) the substantial number of common shares issued in the Company's recent Regulation S issuance and the possible impact on the market for the Company's shares; (iv) the ability of the Company to perform under its contracts with Capgemini UK plc and PA Shared Services Limited ("PASSL"), a member of the PA Consulting group of companies; (v) the overall marketplace and clients' acceptance and usage of eCommerce software systems, eProcurement and eMarketplace solutions including demand therefor by both Scottish and U.K. public entities; (vi) the costs of building the Zanzibar eMarketplace system versus the revenues derived therefrom; (vii) the impact of competitive technologies, products and pricing, particularly given the substantially larger size and scale of certain competitors and potential competitors; (viii) control of expenses; (ix) the consequent results of operations given the aforementioned factors; and (x) other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's Annual Reports on Form 10-KSB, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB and in its other SEC reports and statements. 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