Infocon America Corp. and Impresso Inc. merge.

Infocon America Corp., a leader in web solutions for b-to-b publishers, and NewslettersOnline/Impresso Inc., a leader in e-commerce and online delivery systems also for b-to-b publishers, have signed a letter of intent to merge the two companies. Pending the completion of legal documents and government filings, the merger is expected to close by about March 10. All existing services of both companies will continue to be offered by the newly merged company.

Focused on increasing sales for its publisher customers, the merged company, to be named Infocon America Corp., offers both a comprehensive e-commerce and online delivery solution for digital content sales directly from a publisher's web site as a fully integrated aggregated vertical information portal web site for publishers to sell their premium content, according to company president and CEO Mark Hartsell.

"We have come together," Hartsell says, "to create a single source, cost-effective online publishing solution for b-to-b publishers and business professionals seeking premium content on the web."

Erik Muller, COO and executive vice president of the merged company--and founder and president of NewslettersOnline--adds, "By working together recently, we quickly realized that as one company we have the most powerful e-commerce solution and management team in the online publishing space." The merged company plans to increase its marketing efforts to drive increased traffic to the site for increased sales of digital content to business professionals.

Jim Swenson, also a founder of NewslettersOnline, will remain as the chief technology officer. Will Grupenhoff, a founder of Infocon America, will be promoted to senior vice president of sales and marketing.