For further information:
Carmen Müller
fischerAppelt Kommunikation GmbH
Tucholskystr. 18 | D-10117 Berlin | Germany
Tel. +49-30-726146-701 cm@fischerAppelt.de
The Holmes Report announces German
Consultancy of the Year:
fischerAppelt Kommunikation
fischerAppelt Kommunikation is Germany's PR Agency of the Year
according to a recent announcement by New York-based The Holmes Report .
According to Paul Holmes, fischerAppelt, which was founded in
1986 by brothers Andreas and Bernhard Fischer-Appelt, has grown to become the
largest and one of the most respected independent public relations firm in the
German market, with a staff of about 160 in five offices: Hamburg, Berlin,
Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich. Public relations revenues in 2005 were €15.2
million, up about 15 percent, with growth in corporate communications and
integrated branding work and financial communications.
New business came from clients such as Bundesministerium der
Finanzen (the German Federal Ministry of Finance), Bundesministerium für Bildung
und Forschung (German Federal Ministry of Research and Technology), BDTA (German
Association of the tobacco products wholesalers and cigarette machine
operators), Combots Product and Elixia Fitness & Wellness.
They join a client list that includes Fidelity Investments,
Gillette Group, Roche Diagnostics, Landesmarketing Sachsen-Anhalt and VDV
(association of German public transport companies).
fischerAppelt Kommunikation is a Partner firm of PROI, the oldest and largest, by
fee income per Agency, partnership of independent public relations firms in the
world. Andreas Fischer-Appelt is one of two Vice-Presidents, Europe for PROI's
Europe, Middle East and Africa Region.