ACCOUNT ACQUISITIONS



PORTLAND, ORE.

Strobeck Design has been chosen by Meridian Technologies to handle the packaging and collateral design for its ‘Stop’ anti-theft product line.
The Halton Co., Caterpillar equipment dealer for Northwestern Oregon and Southwestern Washington, has named Chan Clarkson & Associates to handle pr projects.
Prideaux Sullivan Pattison has been retained by The Focus Group, an association of eye care specialists, to create a public relations campaign, radio spots and a stationery series. Prideaux was also appointed agency of record for the Oregon Ballet Theatre and Peterson Pacific Corp., which manufactures machinery for the forest industry.
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
Battenberg, Fillhardt & Wright/San Jose, Calif., will release a new print campaign for its client, IBM subsidiary Metaphor Inc., Mountain View, Calif.
EvansGroup has acquired the Westin St. Francis food and beverage account. Initial assignments will focus on promoting Victor’s, Oz, The Compass Rose and the hotel’s on- and off-site catering service.
Kamer/Singer & Associates has added five accounts to its client roster: the Hospital Council of Northern and Central California, Pleasanton, Calif.; Berlex Biosciences, Cedar Knolls, N.J.; the American Red Cross Bay Area; St. Luke’s Hospital; and the Coalition of San Francisco Business, Social and Education Leaders for the Homeless.
Emulation Technology of San Jose, Calif., has named Hayes/Gardiner, Santa Clara, Calif., agency of record.
SAN DIEGO
Triad Marketing has been retained by Oakland Municipal Credit Union for marketing customer information file services and marketing design services.
Marketing communications firm Stock/Alper & Associates has been selected by Physicians’ Radiology Medical Group for the design and production of a new logo and stationery package, as well as the redesign of its bimonthly newsletter.
Time Buying Services has added OfficeMax, a subsidiary of the Kmart Corp., to its list of clients. TBS will handle electronic broadcast buying for OfficeMax.
ThinkTank/La Jolla, Calif., has been retained as agency of record for two shopping malls, Plaza Camino Real, Carlsbad, Calif., and The Plaza, West Covina, Calif. ThinkTank will design new campaigns involving TV, radio ads, print direct mail and in-mall collateral.
LOS ANGELES AREA
Ann Romano Associates/Lake Forest, Calif., has been named pr agency of record by the Sales & Marketing Council/Orange County, the marketing education arm of the Building Industry Association of Southern California.
L & M Marketing of Huntington Beach, Calif., has been retained by sports massage therapist Dr. Myk Hungerford of the Sports Massage Training Institute, Costa Mesa, Calif., to handle all local media and public relations.
Lee & Associates was retained by Norms Restaurants, Bellflower, Calif., to publicize its new non-smoking policy for all restaurants in L.A. and Orange County.
The Fontayne Group has added four travel-related accounts to its client roster: Maui resort Kapalua; travel newsletter Anthony Osborne’s ‘Discoveries’; Silversea Cruises; Montreaux (Switzerland) Tourist Office; and the pro-bono account Children as the Peacemakers.
Los Suenos, a resort community in Costa Rica, has named Redondo Beach, Calif.-based Nelson & Gilmore agency of record.
The public services division of The Holden Group has retained Rupert Public Relations/Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. Rupert will carry out corporate and marketing public relations assignments for the annuity marketing and administration company. Irvine, Calif.-headquartered investment banking organization Tuerk & Associates has also retained Rupert to handle its corporate and marketing public relations programs.
Hyundai Motor America, Fountain Valley, Calif., has awarded its public relations account to The Spindler Group. The agency will undertake a comprehensive communications campaign for Hyundai, placing an emphasis on dealer support and overall corporate image.
The Pollack PR Marketing Group has added French Rags and the Glendale College of Law, Glendale, Calif., to its client roster.
Runyan Hinsche Associates/Marina del Rey, Calif., has designed a new corporate identity program for Miami-based hospice company, VITAS.
ORANGE COUNTY
The Roxburgh Agency/Costa Mesa, Calif., has been retained by developer VED Corp., Yorba Linda, Calif., to handle marketing efforts for its new Oceanside, Calif., development, Encore.
Anaheim, Calif.-based Media Enterprises has added the California Operator & Door Association, Anaheim, Calif.
The Brogger Group/Newport Beach, Calif., has added two clients: Allredy Canopies, Newport Beach, and Liberty Capital Markets, Irvine, Calif.
J. Brooks Potter/Irvine, Calif., has been selected to design and produce a set of product data sheets for TRW Technar of Baldwin Park, Calif. The agency has also been hired by Moffatt & Nichol, Long Beach, Calif., to design and produce a new corporate image.
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