CONRAC &lt;CAX> IN MERGER TALKS WITH SEVERALConrac Corp sait has started negotiations with several interested parties on its possible acquisition
    It said there can be no assurance that any transaction will result from the talks
 It gave no further details
    Mark IV Industries Inc &lt;IV> started tendering for all Conrac shares at 25 dlrs each on March 24 and owned 9.9 pct of Conrac before starting the bid
    Conrac is a producer and marketer of computer-related information display and communications equipment which also produces special purpose architectural and industrial products
    It owns Code-A-Phone Corp, a producer of telephone answering machines
    For 1986, the company reported profits of 7.8 mln dlrs, or 1.16 dlrs a share, on sales of 153.9 mln dlrs
It has nearly 6.8 mln shares outstanding
 Reuter
