The Skills Group becomes a member of Farner International
With Kobza Media Group and its new partnership with Skills Group, Team Farner is set to become Austria's largest communications group.
The Skills Group, its digital subsidiary Datenwerk and the marketing agency All Channels Communication Austria join "Team Farner". According to its own information, the growing European agency alliance thus represents the largest communications group in Austria after the merger last November with the Kobza Media Group, also based in Austria, and its agencies KTHE, Alpha_z, Massgeschneidert, Diego5 and Darwin's Lab. The move is intended to underpin Team Farner's ambition to build national champions in key European markets.
The Skills Group specializes in sensitive and complex topics and accompanies large companies, public bodies, institutions, start-ups and NGOs. According to its own information, the owner-managed full-service provider is one of the top 5 in Austria. Through its subsidiary Datenwerk, it also offers its customers all digital competencies from a single source. All Channels Communication Austria specializes in high-reach, target group-oriented and channel-independent marketing campaigns. With the merger, a team of 40 communications consultants, digital and marketing experts joins Team Farner.
Step towards market leadership in Austria
"We started less than a year ago with great ambitions. Of course, we are immensely pleased to deliver such rapid and strong results, especially in our German-speaking markets. Our idea of building and networking national champions to provide fully integrated communications solutions to our customers across Europe is being very well received in the market," Roman Geiser, Executive Chairman Farner International, is quoted as saying in a statement.
The previous Skills shareholders Jürgen Gangoly, Stefan Sengl, Jörg Wollmann and Helmut Stögerer join the Farner International partnership. Skills Managing Director Jürgen Gangoly will set up the "Farner Academy" at European level and manage this group-internal training and development institution.
In addition to Farner Consulting in Switzerland, Team Farner currently includes the Austrian communications and marketing group Kobza Media Group, the Vim Group in the Netherlands, Komm.passion and Kirchhoff Consult in Germany, Yoveo, Blueglass, Jim&Jim and Affective Advisory.
With 16 partner agencies and more than 600 employees, Team Farner currently has an agency fee volume of around 100 million euros per year. Further expansion steps are in preparation.
