Business Marketing Association Announces Winners of 32nd Annual 2007 Pro-Comm Awards Competition

Unique categories, including Blog and Online Mindshare, reflect changing business environment, drawing a new crop of entrants and winners.

Chicago, Ill. (PRWEB) May 3, 2007 -- The Business Marketing Association (www.marketing.org) (BMA) is proud to announce the 139 winners of its "B2BREAKTHROUGH" 2007 Pro-Comm Awards competition. A complete list of winners can be found at http://www.marketing.org/procomm.asp.

For work produced in calendar year 2006, 923 entries were submitted in 58 separate categories of business-to-business communication and judged by a panel of 25 distinguished business-to-business marketing and communications professionals.

"Best of Division" awards were bestowed upon 42 companies and 31 agencies for having the highest rated entry in a division. "Awards of Excellence" were handed out to 73 companies and 39 agencies for their outstanding efforts in various types of business-to-business communications.

The top winners among the marketers were Accenture, Cessna Aircraft Company, National Confectioners Association, Eclipse Aviation, Kronotex USA, Sherwin Williams, Time Warner Cable Business Class, USG and Zebra Technologies.

The top agency winners included Adcomm Group (Orland Park, IL), Bader Rutter & Associates (Milwaukee, WI), Davis Harrison Dion (Chicago, IL), and Eric Mower and Associates (Syracuse, NY), Fergus/Peters Group (Des Plaines, IA), HSR Business to Business, Inc. (Cincinnati, OH), Mobium Creative Group (Chicago, IL), Slack Barshinger (Chicago, IL), Sullivan Higdon & Sink (Wichita, KS).

A complete list of winners can be found at http://www.marketing.org/procomm.asp. The new and specially created 'Breakthrough' awards for "Best of Pro-Comm" and the "Best of Category" (Corporate/Brand/Integrated, sponsored by GBC; Print, sponsored by Kodak Graphic Communications Group; Trade Show/Special Event/Promotion, sponsored by BtoB Magazine; and, Online/Onair, sponsored by BusinessOnLine) winners will be announced at the BMA Annual Conference, June 12-15.

"The 32nd year of this program has been, as our theme indicates, a breakthrough event. We attracted a wide range of excellent brands and agencies whose work was as innovative as it was engaging, creating a highly competitive and stimulating recognition event," said John Favalo, chairman of the BMA. "The breakthrough creative work, coupled with increased participation from new and past entrants as well as sponsors, is another validation of the importance and popularity of the Pro-Comm Awards in the business-to-business marketing community."

The BMA serves the professional and educational development interests of business-to-business marketers and their partner suppliers.

Headquartered in Chicago, the BMA supports 22 chapters in major business centers throughout the United States and has membership in Canada and Europe. For more information, visit www.marketing.org

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