{"id":3340,"date":"2009-09-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icom.imagemakers-inc.com\/news-press\/helsinki-agency-avalon-appointed-to-represent-icom-in-finland\/"},"modified":"2025-03-05T10:30:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T10:30:18","slug":"helsinki-agency-avalon-appointed-to-represent-icom-in-finland","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/icomagencies.com\/news-press\/helsinki-agency-avalon-appointed-to-represent-icom-in-finland\/","title":{"rendered":"Helsinki agency Avalon appointed to represent ICOM in Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">ROLLINSVILLE, COLORADO (USA)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icomagencies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICOM,<\/a>\u00a0a leading global network of independent advertising and marketing communications agencies, has appointed Avalon, Helsinki, to represent the network in Finland.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Avalon (www.avalon.fi) joins ICOM\u2019s EMEA region, comprised of members in 28 countries. The agency serves a variety of clients and has especially strong digital marketing capabilities. Among the agency\u2019s key clients are Finnmatkat, a travel agency that is part of TUI, one of the world\u2019s largest tour operators; Tikkurila, market leader in paints in Finland expanding into international markets; Orion Pharma pharmaceuticals and tourism for the Levi ski resort and surrounding area.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt\u2019s important for ICOM and our roster of international clients to have agency representation in all markets in today\u2019s world,\u201d said ICOM Executive Director Gary Burandt. \u201cAvalon shares the values, goals and philosophy of our membership as well as provides high quality integrated services. The agency is a valuable addition to ICOM.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Pia K\u00e4rkk\u00e4inen, Avalon Helsinki unit director, said by joining ICOM the agency is looking to expand its international knowledge and facilitate access to European and global clients.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">ICOM is the most geographically balanced of the international independent advertising and marketing communications networks, with more than 70 member agencies in 50-plus countries. Founded in 1950 as the National Federation of Advertising Agencies, ICOM offers clients an alternative to the huge and increasingly similar agency groups. Today, the network has billings of US$2.4 billion and gross income exceeding US$390 million.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Contacts:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Nancy Giges<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">nancy@icomagencies.com<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">1-914-683-5108<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Gary Burandt<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">burandt@icomagencies.com<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">1-720-261-4829<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","news_category":[18],"class_list":["post-3340","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_category-press"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Helsinki agency Avalon appointed to represent ICOM in Finland - ICOM<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/icomagencies.com\/news-press\/helsinki-agency-avalon-appointed-to-represent-icom-in-finland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Helsinki agency Avalon appointed to represent ICOM in Finland - ICOM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ROLLINSVILLE, COLORADO (USA)&#8211;ICOM,\u00a0a leading global network of independent advertising and marketing communications agencies, has appointed Avalon, Helsinki, to represent the network in Finland. 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