Latest News from the Agency for Public Relations and Communications. http://www.publicrelations-germany.com/news/ en Hamburg-based IC AG was one of 45 members of the Public Relations Global Network (PRGN) that gathered in Cape Town, South Africa, to celebrate the Network's 20th anniversary and build a house for an impoverished family. ...

http://www.publicrelations-germany.com/news/2012-05-06-niall-mellon-township-trust.html Sun, 06 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT Industrie-Contact AG (IC AG) is happy to announce the market leader Trex Company from Winchester, Virginia (USA), as new client. ...

http://www.publicrelations-germany.com/news/2012-03-29-new-client-usa.html Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT We are happy to announce 2 new project clients from one of our favorite countries Finland: Neste Oil is the biggest Finnish oil refining and marketing company producing mainly transportation fuels and other refined petroleum products. [...] The second new client is Jujo Thermal, one of the world's leading suppliers of durable direct thermal papers for label, tickets & tags and point-of-sales use. ...

http://www.publicrelations-germany.com/news/2012-03-05-new-clients-finland.html Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT As one of the few communications agencies in Germany the Hamburg-based PR agency Industrie-Contact AG (IC AG) was awarded the VdWa seal for excellent quality for the 3rd consecutive year. The independent directory of German communications agencies (VdWa) gives this seal only to agencies after intense checks of critical areas ...

http://www.publicrelations-germany.com/news/2012-01-31-agency-quality-seal.html Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT With two attractive new customers, the IC AG started the new year: Zumba Fitness from Florida, currently one of the hottest fitness workouts in Germany has, after a six-month probationary period, a public relations plan for 2012 approved. Moreover, with the globally acknowledged microphone and headphone manufacturer Sennheiser from Wedemark near Hanover the IC AG could agree on a newsletter project.

http://www.publicrelations-germany.com/news/2012-01-11-start-2012.html Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT Also this year Industry-Contact AG (IC AG) supports the Initiative for Burned Children (www.paulinchen.de) with pro bono PR activities. This organization operates nationwide prevention campaigns in Germany to raise awareness about the potential hazards and consequences of thermal injury in childhood and their treatments.

http://www.publicrelations-germany.com/news/2011-12-14-initiative-burned-children.html Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT Finnair has won the category "B2C" in MTL Communications Awards with the "Rethink Quality" campaign. Although the award is Finnish, the jury specifically mentioned that the coverage both in Finland and internationally was remarkable. In Germany, IC AG was responsible for the campaign's public relations.

http://www.publicrelations-germany.com/news/2011-11-07-finnair-marketing-communication-award.html Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT The Conroy Martinez Group has joined the Public Relations Global Network (PRGN) as its new Miami, Florida member. PRGN is the world's fourth-largest network of independent public relations agencies. The Conroy Martinez Group is the 41st agency to join the worldwide network.

http://www.publicrelations-germany.com/news/2011-10-17-prgn-conroy-martinez-group.html Sat, 24 Sep 2011 12:00:00 GMT Our international Public Relations Global Network (www.prgn.com) arranged the first global twitter live chat on the topic "Social Media" yesterday. Thereby, not only those who participated in the fall meeting in Chicago but also all 43 partner agencies around the world including heads and staff could participate in the discussion. Indeed, a new way of future = present communication.

http://www.publicrelations-germany.com/news/2011-09-24-global-twitter-live-chat.html Sat, 24 Sep 2011 12:00:00 GMT Finnair has won a Silver Euro Effie award in recognition of its Local Heroes marketing campaigns in Germany and England. In Germany, IC AG is responsible for the “Litti” PR with media activities, travel agent event and blog activities.

http://www.publicrelations-germany.com/news/2011-09-19-littbarski.html Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:00:00 GMT Several German PR agencies have newly rejected the ad value equivalent (AVE) as method to measure PR. This resulted in the German PR Magazin survey of 16 service providers. The occasion was the announcement of Ogilvy PR, following the principles of Barcelona to use no longer the AVE for measuring PR results. However, we are not convinced by all the answers.

http://www.publicrelations-germany.com/news/2011-09-08-ad-value-equivalent.html Thu, 8 Sep 2011 12:00:00 GMT The IC AG organized an event with Mathias Will, the social media expert and operator of the well-known blogs netz-leben.org. The event worked out precisely what role social media play in modern public relations, which customers they serve and what time and financial commitment make sense.

http://www.publicrelations-germany.com/news/2011-08-25-social-media-pr.html Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:00:00 GMT Founded in 1992, Public Relations Global Network was recorded in 2010 a turnover of 110 million dollars. Compared with 2009 this represents an increase of 10 percent. Thus, it is according to the U.S. trade magazine O'Dwyer's the fourth largest network of independent PR agencies.

http://www.publicrelations-germany.com/news/2011-07-16-prgn-4-network.html Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:00:00 GMT Marketing and communications executives are "going global," with seven out of 10 saying their organizations currently have, or will have in the next five years, a global marketing function, based on the results of a study commissioned by the Public Relations Global Network (www.prgn.com), one of the top international networks of independent public relations agencies.

http://www.publicrelations-germany.com/news/2011-05-24-prgn-global-marketing-function.html Tue, 24 May 2011 12:00:00 GMT Public Relations Global Network (PRGN) (www.prgn.com), one of the top international networks of leading independent public relations agencies, today announced the election of Francine Robbens of PRP - Public Relations Partners in Brussels as president. Robbens will lead the worldwide network of 42 independently-owned public relations agencies on six continents. She takes over the helm from Patricia Pérez of Los Angeles, California-based PR firm VPE Public Relations.

http://www.publicrelations-germany.com/news/2011-04-20-prgn-francine-robbens.html Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:00:00 GMT For the second time after 2010 the Hamburg based PR agency Industrie-Contact AG has been awarded the VDWA Agency Quality Seal. 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. Only about 50 agencies are allowed to carry this seal.

http://www.publicrelations-germany.com/news/2011-01-23-agency-quality-seal.html Sun, 23 Jan 2011 12:00:00 GMT