Kolb+Co. Announces Expanded Global Resources for Its Clients through Membership in IGAF Polaris

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April 2011

Kolb+Co.  is pleased to announce that the firm now has significant new global resources to offer its clients through its membership in IGAF Polaris, the powerful new global accounting association forming out of the merger of Polaris International, Fidunion, and IGAF Worldwide.

The firm's membership in IGAF Worldwide has allowed it to better serve clients' out-of-state and out-of-country needs for the past 15+ years. Additionally, firm clients have had the opportunity to utilize specialty resources within the IGAF Worldwide network. IGAF Worldwide's recent merger expands these existing resources and membership. 

"We have leveraged IGAF Worldwide members when specific expertise or experience has been needed by our clients. The ability to provide a seamless delivery of services that is responsive, timely and adheres to our quality control standards has allowed us to address any client issue. The additional resources of the merged association, IGAF Polaris, allow us to offer even more expertise and services to meet the growing international and domestic needs of our clients," stated Tom Luken, Kolb+Co. president.

The independent member firms of the merged IGAF Polaris will have combined annual revenue of over $1.82 billion, with 2,400 partners, 16,300 employees, and 843 offices in 89 countries around the globe, making the combined group one of the largest associations of independent accounting firms in the world. The substantial increase in size for the merged association will enhance Kolb+Co.'s ability to provide expertise and resources to meet growing client needs, both internationally and domestically.

"We are pleased and proud to have Kolb+Co. as our member firm in Brookfield, Wisconsin," said IGAF Polaris CEO Kevin Mead. "Many of IGAF Worldwide's member firms and their clients have relied on Kolb+Co.'s expertise and quality service over the years, and we eagerly anticipate the contributions they will make on a global scale to the new, much larger association. In turn, I know that Kolb+Co. will benefit from the significant additional expertise and resources being extended to their clients from their peer member firms around the globe."

Kolb+Co. featured IGAF Polaris members in June 13, 2011 seminar, "It's a Small World: Doing Business with our European Neighbors." For more information about the discussion topics at the seminar, take a look at the article  "Doing Business Abroad" featured in the July 2011 edition of The Adviser.