Keiler Awakens for Aerospace

Keiler & Co., quiet on the new-business front for more than a year, has picked up lead agency status for aerospace clients Lockheed Martin and BFGoodrich following separate reviews.

The victories represent the first major score for the agency’s second generation of managers, who for the past several years have been steadily acquiring more shares of the privately held independent shop from founder Dick Keiler.

“The wins help prove that we’re capable of handling clients of that size in other categories,” including aerospace, said Lynn Taylor, one of the five managing partners of the Farmington, Conn.,