Company – designer of Euro-2012 offers its services for Universiade branding
19 June 2012, Tuesday
One of the world’s leaders in the sphere of brand creation and exterior design of sport events - Icon company offers its services in the context of preparation for Universiade 2013. The company’s officials have made a presentation for the Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov.
Director of the Department for external relations under the RT President – Aide to RT President Iskander Muflikhanov, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, Minister of youth affairs, sport and tourism Rafis Burganov, Minister of construction, architecture, housing and utilities Irek Faizullin, Chief of Executive office of Universiade-2013 Vladimir Leonov watched the presentation at the RT Government House.
According to the Icon’s Managing Director Mark Savage, the company is one of the world’s leaders in the sphere of creation and promotion of brands of sport events. Icon deals with exterior design of sport buildings, cities and organization of sport events.
The company’s portfolio includes such events as the Football Champions League, forthcoming Olympic Games in London and Euro-2012, Mark Savage informed.
Icon offers services for Kazan as the city to host World summer Universiade 2013.
Rustam Minnikhanov thanked the company’s officials for presentation and suggested discussing issues of cooperation with ministers and top managers of Executive office of Universiade-2013.
“You are the internationally recognized company and we are interested in your activity. On the other hand, Kazan may attract you as a place to display yourself in the Russian market. Let us combine our interests and our cooperation will be successful,” the Tatarstan President addressed officials of the Icon company.
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