Ohio-based international design agency Libby Perszyk Kathman (LPK) has established a presence in Frankfurt, Germany, and boosted the staff count in its Geneva, Switzerland office, to better serve its growing client base in Europe.

Combined staff at LPK's Cincinnati headquarters, San Francisco, Geneva and Frankfurt offices is projected to be 300 by year-end. 2004 billings will exceed $40 million, making LPK the largest independently owned design agency in the world.

"LPK's focus on building leadership brands in the self-select selling environment extends to markets beyond North America, and Western Europe is a hotbed of growth opportunity for us," noted John Recker, vice president of brand strategy and director of operations for LPK's Western Europe expansion. "Our Western Europe staff is composed of multi-lingual natives with diverse backgrounds in brand communication, which uniquely positions LPK as a competitive force there," continued Recker.

LPK (Libby Perszyk Kathman) is an international design agency who build leadership brands. As the world's largest employee-owned brand identity agency, LPK has developed and managed brand identity franchises for IBM, Pantene, Pampers, Olay, Hershey's, Valvoline, Quicken, Heinz, AT&T, Hallmark and Kellogg's.

To learn more about LPK, please go to the following web link:

www.lpk.com