January 27th, 2010
Industrie-Contact AG Awarded Quality Seal

Hamburg, January 27th, 2010 -- As one of the first communications agencies in Germany the Hamburg based Industrie-Contact AG has been awarded the VDWA Agency Quality Seal 2010. The agency had to pass through an assessment process including critical areas such as finance, experience, background, positioning and range of services, agency management and customers.

Martin Becker, spokesperson of VDWA, the independent directory of communications agencies in Germany: "For agency seeking companies it is difficult and often disappointing to find the right agency partner out of more than 20,000 communications agencies in Germany. Many firms look quite professional from the outside, but a closer look reveals a very different picture. " Therefore VDWA created an accurate profile of requirements. In a multistage process VDWA examines and analyses thoroughly agencies. Amongst others, customers are interviewed about the performance of the agency. "The quality seal will give more certainty in the selection of an appropriate agency. Selected agencies have to match that profile perfectly”, Becker underlines.

December 3rd, 2009
Public Relations Global Network (PRGN) Announces Addition of Two New Agencies:
New member agencies added in Germany and Canada

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, December 3, 2009 -- Public Relations Global Network (PRGN) (www.prgn.com), the international network of leading independent public relations agencies, today announced the addition of two new members in Germany and Canada. The worldwide network now numbers 40 independently-owned public relations agencies on six continents. The PRGN members approved the new agencies at its semi-annual meeting in New York late last month.

Joining the ranks of PRGN are cometis AG, a financial services and corporate communications consultancy near Frankfurt, Germany; and public relations agency Fantail Communications from Toronto, Canada.

"We are delighted to welcome cometis and Fantail to PRGN," said José Luiz Schiavoni, president of PRGN and chief executive of São Paulo, Brazil-based PR firm S2 Comunicação Integrada. "PRGN has experienced tremendous growth over the past few years and the addition of two new members further expands our global reach and will provide additional strategic resources for our members’ clients."

New PRGN member agencies are:

• cometis AG
  Frankfurt (Wiesbaden), Germany
  www.cometis.de
  
  Cometis AG is a consultancy focused on financial and corporate communication. Founded in 2000 and originally based in Frankfurt, the company is now based in Wiesbaden, the capital of the German state of Hesse. Cometis’ team of about 20 employees commands long-standing experience in capital markets, the foundation of cometis’ top-of-the-range strategic, operational and methodical consulting services. Cometis has realized 14 IPO projects and two additional stock market listings over the past four years and established itself as a leading IR consultancy in Germany and throughout Europe.
  
  Cometis also offers a broad range of services to clients for ongoing financial communication, including drafting content, designing quarterly and annual reports, investor presentations, press and ad hoc releases, corporate Web sites, organizing media and investor roadshows and preparing for annual shareholders' meetings. A key focus of the company’s consulting services is personal coaching for company representatives, including both individual media and financial coaching.
  
  "We are extremely honored to be invited to join PRGN as a new member," said CEO Michael Diegelmann. "This network brings together entrepreneurial communication specialists from all over the world. The experience they have already shared with us is invaluable for cometis and our clients. We look forward to offering our financial expertise for international companies that want to communicate in the heart of Europe."


• Fantail Communications, Inc.
  Toronto, Ontario
  www.fantailinc.com
  
  Fantail Communications Inc. is an award-winning Toronto-based public relations agency delivering results for growing and changing organizations. New challenges, clients with spunk and collaborative relationships are all cornerstones of the firm’s marketing and corporate communications practices. Fantail’s team of senior advisors has worked both on the big agency and client side, yet are truly entrepreneurs at heart. Clients range from a global bank and technology leader, to national food companies, the world’s leading book club, a university, regional health associations and local professional services firms. In all cases, the agency offers communications strategy expertise, inspiring ideas, quantifiable outcomes and a roll-up-the-sleeves work philosophy. In addition to traditional PR agency services, Fantail specializes in sponsorship activation, social media campaigns and corporate social responsibility programs.
  
  "At Fantail, we’re big believers in innovation and charting new territory for our clients. We are delighted with the invitation to join PRGN," said Jim Warrington, President of Fantail Communications. "What better way to give our clients greater reach and access to new markets and to a world of talent and ideas? And, other PRGN member agencies globally now have some firm feet on the ground in central Canada. It’s a win-win for all concerned."

May 4th, 2009
3 x 3:
Hamburg PR agency industry-Contact AG, with 3 new budget, 3 new partners in the U.S. and in search of 3 other international partners

That even in the economic crisis budget gains are possible, indicates the Hamburger PR Agency Industrie-Contact AG (IC). The agency just won the pitch to develop an international approach to a product of the Beiersdorf brand Eucerin. In addition, the Californian company Paramount Farms provides a bigger PR budget for the positioning of the brand Wonderful Pistachios on the German market. This was made available after IC launched successfully the brand during a test phase last year. Finally, the agency reports Luis AG as a new client, Europe's largest manufacturer of reversing down video control systems.

IC is at the international level member of the Public Relations Global Network (PRGN). In the network are now 3 new U.S. agencies from Dallas (The Harrel Group), Denver (Ground Floor Media) and the Consumer PR agency CooperKatz specialist from New York have been entered.

PRGN is with 40 agencies and approximately 800 employees on six continents and achieved a turnover of over 100 million U.S. Dollar. Currently the network is looking to complement the portfolio for new partners in 3 regions: a pure investor relations agency specializing in Frankfurt as well as a broad-established agency in Russia and the Middle East.

November 4th, 2008
Public Relations Global Network (PRGN) adds new agencies in London and Washington, D.C.
Network now has 40 member agencies on six continents with combined revenues in excess of $100 million (U.S.)

Public Relations Global Network (PRGN – www.prgn.com), the international network of leading independent public relations agencies (German member: Industrie-Contact AG) today announced a major expansion to its roster with the addition of two new agencies, in London and Washington, D.C. The worldwide network now comprises 40 independently-owned public relations agencies on six continents, with more than 800 people and revenues in excess of $100 million (U.S.). PRGN announced the new agencies following its semi-annual meeting in Boston earlier this month.

Joining the ranks of PRGN are:

• The SPA WAY (www.thespaway.com)
  The SPA Way is a London-based agency with the motto, "We get what others can’t, we do what others won’t." Founded by Sara Pearson in 1991 and now with a staff of 28, The SPA Way combines considerable experience and a proven track record in delivering high level, targeted and strategic public relations across all media. The agency’s key differentiating factor is that it is the only United Kingdom public relations agency to guarantee levels of coverage against its fee.


• Xenophon Strategies (Washington, D.C.) (www.xenophonestrategies.com)
  Xenophon Strategies is a full service public relations firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. Xenophone has practice areas in corporate communications, public affairs, crisis communications, government affairs and government services. The nine-year-old company has developed into one of Washington’s best known and most effective public relations firms. Among Xenophon’s clients are an impressive list of organizations to which the firm acts as Agency of Record, including Airbus North America, The Salvation Army, Midwest ISO and The Air Transport Association.

January 3rd, 2008
Agencies from Argentina and South Africa join the Public Relations Global Network
German partner Industrie-Contact in Hamburg strengthen its position as the communication gateway to the world

The international PRGN Public Relations Global Network now integrated two PR agencies from Argentina and South Africa. As of today, 36 independent owner-operated PR agencies from North and South America, West and East Europe as well as from Asia, Australia and Africa belong to the growing network.

IDENTIA/PR is the new agency in Argentina. Located in Buenos Aires IDENTIA/PR is one of the six largest agencies in the country. Half of their 39 customers are from out of the country. IDENTIA/PR possesses extensive contacts on the South American continent and can aid the PRGN working outside of Argentina.

New partner from South Africa is HWB Communications based in Kapstadt. HWB brings in excellent connections in different African countries.

The German PRGN partner Industrie-Contact AG in Hamburg sees this as a positive development, particularly since during the past years the international business has continuously kept growing. The same goes for other PRGN partners. Especially middle-sized customers are putting increasingly more importance on using press agencies with a perfect international network.
The next countries PRGN would like to cover are Korea, India and Russia.