Downtown-owned music distributor FUGA is opening a new Berlin office that will become its hub for the Germany, Switzerland and Austria region, where the firm says it has seen a 30% increase in clients in the last year.

Curt Keplin – appointed as the company’s Business Development & Marketing Manager for the GSA region last year – has been promoted to Head Of Business Development GSA. Meanwhile there are plans to recruit a Berlin team in the months ahead, with Bernd Harbauer already on board as the firm’s GSA Digital Accounts & Marketing Strategy Manager.

Commenting on his new job, Harbauer says: “FUGA’s expansion across the GSA region has been exciting to watch and I look forward to joining the global marketing team and Curt in the new Berlin office. It’s clear that FUGA has become an important player in the region, and the expanded suite of marketing services that it now offers will be very beneficial to music companies across GSA”.