May 7, 2004

MRP Scores Hat Trick in Spring Creative Competitions

Stamford, Connecticut — Marquardt & Roche and Partners won 16 creative awards for six clients in three separate competitions this spring, including five first place showings.

Work for clients FUJIFILM, JVC, Crowley Maritime, SCHOTT, Goodway Technologies and Nexstar Financial won awards in a wide range of categories including multi-ad campaigns, full-page print ads, fractional-page print ads, direct mail, brochures and logo design.

Nine of the awards were "Impact Awards" presented to the agency by the Business Marketing Association, which has now recognized work created by MRP for a record-breaking 11 consecutive years. MRP's work for JVC was particularly well received by the BMA, with every one of the ads the agency created during the past year for the electronics giant receiving an Impact Award.

Two of this season's awards included recognition for logo design, with the Medical Marketing Association awarding FUJIFILM Medical Systems an "IN-AWE" award for its DryPix Difference logo, and the Transportation Marketing & Communications Association awarding Crowley Maritime Corporation a "Tranny" award surrounding its "50 Years of Service in Alaska" logo.

In addition to the logo-related Tranny award, Crowley work won five additional Trannys in various advertising categories of the TMCA competition, making for the best showing in the contest in the company's history.

Fuji work won a total of four awards in the BMA and MMA competitions in the diverse categories of logo design, brochures, direct mail and advertising, with SCHOTT, Nexstar and Goodway each adding an additional award to the total.

When asked to comment about the agency's success in the various competitions, Chief Creative Officer Gerry O'Hara said, "It's good. The success I mean. I mean the success is good."

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