Public Affairs
Bank helps low-income “Iowans Save”
Situation: American family has only $3,700 in net worth, which means it is only about three monthly paychecks away from financial ruin. Des Moines-based Bankers Trust Company (BTC) resolved to help low-income Iowans by teaming with the Institute for Social and Economic Development (ISED) to promote the Iowans Save program, matching dollar-for-dollar money saved by [...]
Energy company expands in Midwest
Situation: Privately held MidAmerican Energy Company (MEC) is the Des Moines-based subsidiary of Omaha, Neb.-based MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, a Berkshire-Hathaway company. MEC is the largest utility in Iowa and serves more than 680,000 electric customers and more than 660,000 natural gas customers from Sioux Falls, SD to the Quad Cities area of Iowa and [...]
President announces United States’ energy policy
Situation: An historic event was planned at Ames, IA-based Iowa Energy Center when President George W. Bush agreed to announce the Bush administration’s new Energy Policy May 17, 2001 at IEC’s biomass energy conversion (BECON) complex, the only facility of its kind in the U.S. IEC’s mission is to improve Iowa’s total energy picture via [...]
Engine manufacturer increases presence through media relations
Situation: Algona, Iowa-based Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc. (HEC) designs, manufactures and distributes flex-fuel internal combustion engines for the industrial and power generation markets. The engines are capable of running on a multitude of fuels, including hydrogen, gasoline, propane, natural gas or ethanol. Publicly traded HEC produces engines that can fill the demand for cleaner burning [...]
Food production organization tunes into Americans’ opinion
Situation: Washington, D.C.-based CropLife America (CLA), established in 1933, is a national trade association whose member companies produce, sell and distribute nearly all of the crop protection and biotechnology products used by America’s farmers. CLA is the voice of the industry that ensures the responsible use of pesticides in order to provide a safe, affordable [...]