HAMBURG: Multinational firms descended upon Germany last week, with both Hill & Knowlton and Ketchum ramping up their presence in the region.
HAMBURG: Multinational firms descended upon Germany last week, with
both Hill & Knowlton and Ketchum ramping up their presence in the
region.
H&K bought Hiller, Wuest & Partners, a 30-strong IT firm with fee income
of roughly dollars 2.2 million. Former owners Conny Wuest and Alois
Wollnick will stay with the organization, running the business from
Frankfurt suburb Aschaffenburg.
Ketchum upped its healthcare capabilities in Germany by agreeing to
affiliate with Medical Relations, the country’s largest healthcare shop.
Medical Relations’ clients include several pharmaceutical giants,
including Bayer and Hoffmann-La Roche, as well as local companies
Arzte-Zeitung (Doctor’s Journal) and Knoll Deutschland GmbH.
