Hanmer MS&L India’s flurry of new business wins confirms expertise & excellence in B2B, Consumer, Finance, Healthcare and Technology space
Hanmer MS&L India, part of MS&LGroup, one of the world’s top three PR and events communications firms, today announced five new clients including, NIKE Inc, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), HCL Infosystems, United Technologies Corporations (UTC) and Fortis Healthcare reinforcing its growth and strength as one of India’s top specialty communications agency brands, delivering insights-driven and holistic communication solutions.
Hanmer MS&L will work with each of these clients to provide superior counsel and campaign management and strategic capabilities in the areas of corporate reputation, corporate responsibility, crisis and issues management, brand marketing and digital. Hanmer MS&L will draw on expertise and capabilities within MS&LGroup and will work with these national and multi-national companies to help expand their reach within India through Hanmer MS&L’s extensive India Network of nine large offices in eight key cities, and an additional 32 network agencies.
Spread across a variety of specialty communications, the new business wins also reiterate Hanmer MS&L’s strong expertise and growing presence within B2B, Consumer, Finance, Healthcare and Technology.
In the consumer space, the agency has been successfully using experience, insights and analytics to engage with consumers in real time to manage reputation, harness creativity and create powerful movements between people and brands both online and offline. In the past six months alone, Hanmer MS&L has dramatically expanded both its team and client base in several specialty communications areas and will also be supporting Nike India in optimizing their social media presence along with strategic brand communication consultancy.
Hanmer MS&L has always had a strong presence in the financial communication space and will be partnering with LIC (Life Insurance Corporation of India) to provide strategic financial communication consultancy, media relations and crisis communications. In order to align itself with unprecedented growth within the IT sector Hanmer MS&L will be collaborating with HCL Infosystems, one of India’s premier hardware, services and ICT systems integration company to create communication platforms to engage consumers in real time to manage reputation.
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Fortis Healthcare, one of the leading chains of Hospitals will partner with Hanmer MS&L to build a strong brand reputation for all their hospitals across the country by creating strong, strategic communication platforms. Most recently, Hanmer MS&L was awarded the ‘Stevie Distinguished Honoree’ medal in the ‘Communications or PR Campaign of the Year- Marketing and Consumer Services’ category, by the International Business Awards 2010 for its work with LifeCell which further demonstrates its excellence in healthcare communications and brand building.
United Technologies Corporation (UTC) in India identified the Publicis Groupe, of which MS&LGroup is a part of, as its key growth driver on the basis of its reputation as a truly global network. UTC will partner with Leo Burnett, Hanmer MS&L and Starcomm all part of the Publicis Groupe,the third largest communication group in the world, to drive its communications campaign. The three agencies will work together closely to outline a strategic communication roadmap for the national growth and development of UTC in India,showcasing a truly integrated approach encompassing all facets of communication under one banner.
Commenting on the new client wins, Jaideep Shergill, Chief Executive Officer, Hanmer MS&L said, “As Hanmer MS&L continues on its growth path, we as an agency are always focused on enhancing and improving our capabilities, providing our clients with a constantly broader range of knowledge and expertise. As part of this commitment, we are thrilled to be working together with companies that are considered to be some of the industry’s most respected and successful professionals.”
About Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)
For 54 for years Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has continued their vision of spreading and providing life insurance to the masses at a reasonable cost. The Corporation continues to script its success story of efficient customer service through its strong infrastructure of 2,048 branch offices, 1,042 satellite offices and a gigantic employee force of 1,15,000 employees and over 14 lakh agents. The performance of the Corporation has also been recognized through coveted awards such as Outlook Money-NDTV Profit ‘Best Life Insurer Award 2009’, ‘Top Brand’ in the Insurance Category by ET Brand Equity, ‘Most Preferred Life Insurance Company of the Year’ 2009 by CNBC Awaaz, Super Brand India 2009-10 by Superbrands, World Brand Congress Global Award for Brand Excellence (Banking and Financial Services Category), SKOCH Challenger Award for Micro Insurance, Readers Digest Trusted Brand Award 2010-Platinum Category, among many others.
About NIKE Inc.
NIKE, Inc. based near Beaverton, Oregon, is the world's leading designer, marketer and distributor of authentic athletic footwear, apparel, equipment and accessories for a wide variety of sports and fitness activities. Wholly-owned Nike subsidiaries include Cole Haan, which designs, markets and distributes luxury shoes, handbags, accessories and coats; Converse Inc., which designs, markets and distributes athletic footwear, apparel and accessories; Hurley International LLC, which designs, markets and distributes action sports and youth lifestyle footwear, apparel and accessories; and Umbro Ltd., a leading United Kingdom-based global football (soccer) brand. For more information, visit www.nikebiz.com.
United Technologies Corporations (UTC)
United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), a member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, is a diversified $52.9 billion global company made up of world-leading brands with histories of technological pioneering. United Technologies products include Carrier air conditioning equipment, Otis elevators, Sikorsky helicopters, Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines, UTC Fire & Security equipment, and Hamilton Sundstrand aerospace and industrial systems. United Technologies companies employ nearly 4,500 people in 113 offices, three factories and a research facility in 60 cities in India. To learn more visit www.UTC.com/India.
About HCL Infosystems Ltd.
HCL Infosystems Ltd, with revenue (LTM) of US$ 2.6 billion (Rs 12,159 crores) is India’s premier hardware, services and ICT systems integration company offering a wide spectrum of ICT products that includes Computing, Storage, Networking, Security, Telecom, Imaging and Retail. HCL is a one-stop-shop for all the ICT requirements of an organisation. India's leading System Integration and Infrastructure Management Services Organisation, HCL has specialised expertise across verticals including Telecom, BFSI, eGovernance & Power. HCL has India's largest distribution and retail network, taking to market a range of Digital Lifestyle products in partnership with leading global ICT brands, including Apple, Cisco, Ericsson, Kingston, Kodak, Konica Minolta, Microsoft, Nokia, Toshiba, and many more. HCL today has India's largest vertically integrated computer manufacturing facility with over three decades of electronic manufacturing experience & HCL desktops is the largest selling brand into the enterprise space. With India?s largest ICT services network that reaches to every corner of India, HCL’s award winning Support Services makes it the preferred choice of enterprise and consumers, alike. HCL Infosystems has a 100% subsidiary that addresses the physical security technology system integration market. The subsidiary leverages technology to build a security framework called Safe State that safe guards life, infrastructure & society. For more information please visit us at www.hclinfosystems.in
About Fortis Healthcare
Fortis Healthcare Limited is committed to clinical excellence and patient-centric healthcare, which is manifest in hospital design, patient services, medical programmes and the compassionate approach of medical and non-medical hospital staff. Fortis commissioned its first hospital in 2001 at Mohali, near Chandigarh, and has expanded its operations to become a network with an 8000 bed capacity across 48 hospitals. The Fortis network has a large number of international accreditations, including four JCI (Joint Commission International) and six NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals) certifications. The network’s capability covers multi-speciality hospitals and super-speciality centres that provide tertiary and quaternary healthcare to patients in the major medical specialties. http://www.fortishealthcare.com/
Hanmer MS&L India
Hanmer MS&L was founded in 1999 as Hanmer & Partners and in 2007 was acquired by Publicis Groupe. Today, Hanmer MS&L is part of the MS&LGroup and is one of India’s largest multi-discipline communications firms and a leader in the area of specialty communications services including financial communications, social media, crisis and issues management, corporate reputation, strategic public relations, events and activation and creative services. Through its powerful network of more than 400 staff across offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Pune, as well as the reach of the global MS&LGroup and Publicis Groupe network, Hanmer MS&L works with more than 150 leading Indian conglomerates and multi-national corporations to deliver world-class communications. Hanmer MS&L was selected by the Holmes Report as India’s “PR consultancy of the year” in 2009 and also awarded “regional product brand development campaign of the year” for LifeCell India in 2009 by PRWeek Asia Pacific. Website: www.hanmermsl.com
About MS&LGroup
MS&LGroup is one of the world’s top three PR and Events networks, offering the best in public relations, digital, social media, real-time communications, corporate and events communication. Operating in wholly owned and affiliate offices in more than 80 countries spanning the Americas, EMEA and Asia, MS&LGroup provides many of the world's largest companies and most recognized brands with best-in-class communication strategies to help them reach their business and communication goals.
MS&LGroup is part of Publicis Groupe [Euronext Paris: FR0000130577], the world's third largest communications group with activities spanning 104 countries and 43,000 professionals. Publicis Groupe offers a complete range of advertising services through three global advertising networks, Leo Burnett, Publicis, Saatchi & Saatchi, and two multi-hub networks, Fallon and 49%-owned Bartle Bogle Hegarty; media consultancy and buying offered through two worldwide networks, Starcom MediaVest Group and ZenithOptimedia; and interactive and digital marketing led by Digitas and Razorfish. Publicis Groupe recently launched VivaKi to leverage the combined scale of the autonomous operations of Digitas, Razorfish, Starcom MediaVest Group, Denuo and ZenithOptimedia to develop new services, tools, and next generation digital platforms. Web site: www.publicisgroupe.com