ECCO signs up Pressman in India

Mumbai and London, 17 May 2005 – ECCO International Public Relations Ltd. announced today that it has appointed Pressman to be the ECCO member for India.  ECCO is one of the world’s leading international public relations and marketing services networks and ranks 4th in Europe (source: PR Week European league table 2004) with an overall fee income of over 18,268,833  million euros in 2003 and over 400 consultants.  The addition of Pressman expands ECCO’s membership to  35 PR agencies across 30 countries around the world.

Pressman PR is one of India’s best known and largest independent PR consultancies.  It offers a comprehensive range of public relations services including corporate and financial communications, media relations, investor relations, event management, crisis communications, and graphic and web design services.  The agency provides public relations services to over 50 clients and has a portfolio spanning diverse sectors including information technology, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, finance, manufacturing, travel and tourism and services. 

Kathryn Bishop, ECCO Operations Co-ordinator, comments “ECCO is pleased to welcome Pressman to the network.  We have focused efforts in the last 12 months on establishing client service facilities in the emerging economies of China, India and Eastern Europe and the addition of Pressman fills one of the last two gaps in network coverage.  In the last year we have seen increased demand for work in these regions, with briefs from the network going into China for the first time.  We expect a similar demand for support in India.”

Dr. Niren Suchanti, Chairman & CEO, Pressman says “The partnership with ECCO is an important step forward.  It offers us access to over 30 countries internationally and a set of first-rate clients.  We are now also able to offer our India based clients services in all of Europe, North America, the Middle East, Africa and key markets in Asia.”

Sara Render, ECCO Director and Executive Chairman of ECCO’s UK agency, Kinross + Render comments: “All our members are independent owner-managed businesses with a strong track record of good client retention and excellent work.  Pressman meets the criteria as well as, importantly, having principals with an international mindset and experience of running global programmes. We are pleased to have them on board.”

For further information:

Pressman Public Relations
Dr. Niren Suchanti
Chairman & CEO, Pressman Advertising & Marketing Ltd.
156, Maker Chambers VI
Nariman Point
Mumbai 400 021
India.
Tel:  +91 22 2281 8520 
Fax: +91 22 2204 2465
doctor@pressmanindia.com

ECCO International Public Relations
Sara Render
Director, ECCO International Public Relations / Executive Chairman, Kinross + Render, Ltd.
Tel:  +44 207 592 3105 
sr@kinrossrender.com
www.ecco-network.com

Notes to Editors

ECCO is a network of independently owned and operated PR and marketing communications consultancies located in over 30 countries and headquartered in London, ECCO member agencies are successful in their own right and are owner managed by senior people with big agency / big client experience.

The objective for ECCO is to offer the best services to the client, taking advantage of its international presence and of the full independence of its partners.  ECCO clients include BenQ,  ACR, Sanitec, Xerox, Crafts & Hobbies Association, MEGA. 

Pressman Advertising & Marketing Ltd. ranks among India’s leading independent agencies and has offices in 11 cities across India. The agency offers a wide range of services in public relations, design & print, advertising, media planning & buying and web design and development.