Epoch Musical Instruments -

Epoch Musical Instruments was established by Southport, Queensland businessman Mark Mitchell as an adjunct to his successful vehicle after-market air conditioning, car alarm and accessories retail and wholesale importing businesses.

While violins and strings seem far removed from auto parts, it was the success of the distribution system which led to the formation of SCI International Pty Ltd and an alliance with long established public relations man Ken Newton, managing director of Newton's Pty Ltd, whose business has been operating out of the Gold Coast since 1975.

Between them, Mark Mitchell and Ken Newton have a strong interest in good music. Mark's daughter was a senior viola player in the Gold Coast Youth Orchestra and her own school orchestra and is now a graduate in music and drama from Griffith University and the Queensland Conservatorium of Music.

Mark Mitchell poses with a shipment of compressors just in from Japan.

SCI International has developed marketing and business skills perfectly adapted to product promotion, distribution and servicing.

Ken Newton is a documentary maker and script writer, working with clients in Australia and south east Asia. He is regularly called on to deliver papers on multimedia and its role in modern business communication.

He was selected in a panel of three for an Asian workshop at the 1998 Public Relations Institute of Australia National Convention. He was also opening paper at a leadership seminar in Kuala Lumpur in October 1998, sponsored by the Hans Seidel Foundation of Germany, dealing with Multimedia and its role in urban and environmental renewal programs.

SCI International Pty Ltd shareholders are Mark Mitchell, his wife Veronika Mitchell and Ken Newton.

The company has corporate offices in the SuperCool complex of buildings in Southport in Queensland, Australia.

Ken Newton

WEBSITES
www.supercool.com.au
www.sca-australia.com.au
www.newtons.net.au
www.goldenfiddleawards.org.au