Putzmeister America, Inc. Wins International Award for Holiday Video

Putzmeister America, Inc. received a Telly Award for its 2011 holiday video in the 33rd annual Telly Awards contest, which received more than 13,000 entries from around the world.

A play off of “Twas the Night Before Christmas” with a Putzmeister twist, the video was filmed by Putzmeister’s branding agency, Pewaukee, Wisconsinbased Z2 Marketing, on location at Putzmeister’s headquarters in Sturtevant, Wisconsin. It won a bronze Telly Award in the category of art direction.

“We’re thrilled to have been recognized at such a high level for our work on this video,” said Bill Dwyer, vice president of sales and marketing for Putzmeister. “We’d like to thank everyone, especially our agency, Z2, and all of our Putzmeister employees—including Santa—who worked hard to make the shoot and video such a success.”

Founded in 1978, the Telly Awards is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional and cable TV commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions, and web commercials, videos and films. More information on the Telly Awards can be found at www.tellyawards.com.