Ketchum Inc.

Ketchum Inc.

Ketchum is a global public relations firm, offering marketing, branding and corporate communications services. Founded on May 22, 1923 by George Ketchum as a Pittsburgh-based advertising company which later evolved to include a public relations practice, the firm currently has 23 offices and 46 affiliates and associations in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Ketchum covers five global practice areas: brand marketing, corporate communications, healthcare, food and nutrition, and technology. Since 1996, Ketchum is a subsidiary of the Omnicom Group. On June 16, 2009, Ketchum announced a merger with Pleon based in Düsseldorf, Germany and is known as "Ketchum Pleon" in Europe.