Facts and figures

Klaus-Peter Johanssen and Heiko Kretschmer set up 12Cylinders Corporate Strategies GmbH in 2000. The name was changed in 2003 to Johanssen + Kretschmer Strategische Kommunikation GmbH.

Management: 

• Heiko Kretschmer     
  
• Matthias Bischof
• Hauke Brekenfeld

Proven quality:

• December 2010: Gold Medal Winner at the Eurobest Awards in the category Public Relations for the “Snowmen against global warming” on behalf of ENTEGA.

• September 2010: Winner in the category Communication Controlling at the Internationale Deutsche PR-Preis 2010 for „Controllingsystem Mikromarketing“ on behalf of the Deutsche Bank distribution company Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH der Deutschen Bank Privat- und Geschäftskunden.

• June 2010: Gold Lion (PR) at the international advertising festival Cannes Lions 2011 for the “Snowmen against global warming” on behalf of ENTEGA.

• December 2008: Publication of the first CSR Report by J + K, 3rd place in the 2009 ranking of CSR reports by small and medium-sized companies.

• February 2009: Recognised as one of the 100 Best Employers in the German “Mittelstand” in the “Top Job” category, which compared companies from all industries.

Number of employees and locations:

• 50 employees on fixed contracts at the Berlin head office

• Project offices in Düsseldorf, Dresden, Hamburg and Wiesbaden

Industries covered:

• Energy

• Finance

• Food & Beverage

• Retail

• ITC & Web 2.0

• Culture & Tourism

• Pharmaceuticals & Health

• Public Sector

• Environment

Associations and involvement:

• GPRA, Gesellschaft Deutsche Public Relations Agenturen (Association of German PR Agencies)

• DPRG, Deutsche Public Relations Gesellschaft (German PR Association)

• Forum für Zukunftsenergien (Forum for energy sources of the future)  

• Heiko Kretschmer: Treasurer and Ethics Officer of de’ge’pol, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Politikberatung (German Association for Political Advisory). Delegate to the DRPR (German Council for Public Relations)