advertising agency digital agency industry communications founded 1962 headquarters columbus ohio key people h. smoot fahlgren founder ; neil mortine ceo products public relations advertising digital revenue approximately 20 million in 2010 number of employees 160 website 1 fahlgren mortine is an advertising agency in the united states . its headquarters is in columbus ohio with regional offices in boise dayton cleveland toledo and cincinnati ohio ; charleston and parkersburg west virginia ; and fort lauderdale florida . fahlgren mortine also has a presence in lexington kentucky and denver colorado . contents 1 history 1.1 founding and early expansion 1.2 acquisitions 1.3 2009 present 2 current operations and clients 3 awards 4 references 5 external links history edit founding and early expansion edit h. smoot fahlgren founded fahlgren & associates in parkersburg west virginia in 1962 . after expansion through west virginia and pittsburgh pa . the company merged with the advertising agency owned by cincinnati based david ferris in 1970 to create fahlgren & ferris . from there expansion continued to philadelphia toledo columbus washington d.c. new york city and atlanta . 1 acquisitions edit fahlgren & ferris and swink advertising merged to form fahlgren & swink on july 1 1984 . the merged companies together acquired atlanta based nucifora & associates . 2 in october 1988 fahlgren & swink was acquired by lintas new york inc. a subsidiary of the interpublic group of companies . at the time fahlgren had offices in parkersburg w. va. ; atlanta ; cincinnati cleveland columbus and toledo ohio ; greensboro n.c. and tampa . 3 when interpublic acquired another company ammirati & puris which was the lead national creative agency for burger king the conflict with fahlgren client mcdonald s presented the opportunity for the company to buy itself back from the holding company again becoming an independent company . 4 in 1989 fahlgren & swink acquired florida based benito advertising which had offices in tampa orlando and jacksonville and handled multiple florida co ops of mcdonald s. the resulting company was named fahlgren & swink benito . 5 in may 1990 fahlgren & swink bought hawley & martin and became known as fahlgren & martin with david n. martin serving as chairman . 6 in 1993 fahlgren martin sold hawley martin to arnold fortuna lawner & cabot again becoming known as fahlgren . 7 2009 present edit in 2009 neil mortine was named ceo of fahlgren . 8 throughout 2010 fahlgren mortine completed three acquisitions beginning in january with the acquisition of cleveland ohio based edward howard & co. 9 followed in march by the acquisition of columbus ohio based grip technology 10 and finally in november with the acquisition of certain assets of sabatino day of dayton ohio . 11 in 2010 fahlgren celebrated 35 years as agency of record for mcdonald s co ops across the country . currently the company handles advertising and public relations for multiple co ops in ohio and florida . 12 on march 29 2011 fahlgren announced it was changing its name to fahlgren mortine to honor the company s advertising and public relations founders . 13 current operations and clients edit medstar health mcdonald s panama city beach cvb west virginia lottery emerson liebert corporation elmer s products worthington industries kroger awards edit in 2007 fahlgren mortine public relations in partnership with the fraternal order of eagles won the silver anvil award of excellence sponsored by the public relations society of america and won prsa bronze anvil awards in partnerships with the ohio tourism division and columbus blue jackets foundation . 14 in 2008 fahlgren mortine public relations again won the silver anvil award of excellence this time in partnership with worthington industries and won another bronze anvil award for the ohio tourism division media relations program . 15 in 2010 fahlgren mortine was awarded two national addy awards from the american advertising federation . the two winning entries were word game and picture game from the 2009 napa nascar tv campaign . 16 in 2010 fahlgren mortine s media relations program with the ohio tourism division discover ohio deals was awarded the u.s. travel association s mercury award for the best public and media relations program for a state or territory tourism office nationwide . 17 in 2010 changing the meaning of organ donor among motorcyclists conducted in partnership with lifeline of ohio received a silver anvil from prsa in the public service category . 20 bringing logic to the data center energy discussion planned and executed in partnership with emerson network power received a silver anvil award of excellence in the brand reputation management category . 18 in 2011 two fahlgren mortine public relations campaigns were awarded sabre awards from the holmes report the media relations program with ohio tourism division discover ohio deals and the not for profit program with lifeline of ohio live on . ride on . 19 in september 2011 fahlgren mortine was named the bulldog reporter s gold small agency of the year in the category of agencies with revenue between 5 to 10 million . 20 references edit the state journal h. smoot fahlgren fahlgren inc. parkersburg . dougherty philip h. july 30 1984 . the new york times advertising ; fahlgren & swink adds nucifora of atlanta . barmash isadore october 12 1988 . the new york times the media business advertising ; interpublic group unit adds fahlgren & swink . elliott stuart august 18 1994 . the new york times the media business advertising addenda ; fahlgren sold back to its executives . millman nancy september 5 1989 . chicago sun times smaller ad shops catch merger fever . chicago sun times . rothenberg randall may 21 1990 . the new york times the media business advertising ; shift at lintas . kane courtney may 2 2003 . the new york times the media business advertising addenda ; miscellany . elliott stuart august 17 2009 . the new york times media & advertising ; accounts people & miscellany . the new york times media & advertising ; people & accounts of note . january 19 2010 . elliott stuart april 5 2010 . the new york times media & advertising ; accounts people & miscellany . dayton business journal fahlgren acquires sabatino day . november 15 2010 . mobile news and sentinel agency mcdonald s mark 35 years . the holmes report fahlgren rebrands ad pr and digital units as fahlgren mortine . prsa.org . prsa.org . aaf.org . odwyerpr.com . lifelineofohio.com live on . ride on . receives silver anvil . the holmes report north american gold and silver sabre winners . 2011 stars of pr awards . external links edit fahlgren mortine website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fahlgren mortine & oldid 647153048 categories companies based in the columbus ohio metropolitan areaadvertising agencies of the united statescompanies established in 1962 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 21 08 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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