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Interbrand company history timeline

1979

1979: The name is changed to Interbrand, and an office opens in New York.

1984

1984: The firm develops the Prozac name.

1986

In 1986 Murphy hired Charles E. Brymer, an advertising veteran from the Batten Barton Durstine & Osborn agency, to serve as president, and he was instrumental in making the New York operation a success.

1988

The firm developed new award-winning packaging for the Boots United Kingdom drugstore chain in 1988, the same year that it named Land Rover's Discovery sport-utility vehicle.

1996

He resigned as Interbrand's chairman in April 1996.

Interbrand bought a 40 percent stake in Design Counsel, then in 1996 bought the rest of the company.

Also in 1996 Interbrand opened an office in Osaka, Japan; added a branch in Zurich, Switzerland, through the purchase of identity group Zintzmeyer & Lux; and acquired the New York design firm of Gertsman & Meyers.

1997

In 1997 the firm opened offices in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Mexico City.

1999

Some of the noteworthy work conducted by Interbrand during this transitional period included the positioning of the Deutsche Telekom brand, and the valuation of the Guinness brand. Its founder, Alvin H. Schecter, would succeed Murphy as Interbrand's chairman, a post he held until retiring in 1999.

2000

Also in 2000 Interbrand acquired Cincinnati-based Hulefeld Associates, a 70-year-old design firm boasting major Midwest clients such as Procter and Gamble and the Kroger supermarket chain.

2004

2004: A Moscow office opens.

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