Econocom International NV’s Econocom Japan has increased its capital base and announced a new onslaught on the third party used computer leasing market: Econocom Japan is 85% owned by Econocom International and 15% by Mitsui Leasing and two other local leasing companies and its plans include writing more short-life contracts on System/38s, System/36s and 4381s, a market that has yet to take off in Japan; the company will also take on 10 IBM 3090s during the year and hopes that it will achieve a 2.5-fold growth in the coming year; it also plans to offer third party maintenance on DEC and IBM machines.
