Business Services

Writing instruments manufacturer Pilot Pen has signed up as the latest sponsor of the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, which gets underway in Singapore next month.

Japanese printing and business solutions brand Brother is paying a six-figure sum per year for sponsorship rights to the German national handball team and professional club-based handball events, excluding matches in the domestic league, the German Handball Bundesliga (HBL).

Kings XI Punjab has secured a sponsorship agreement with banking group DCB Bank, while fellow Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket team SunRisers Hyderabad has partnered with stationary suppliers Linc Pen & Plastics.

Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket team Rajasthan Royals has reached a commercial agreement with surveillance and security systems company CP Plus.

Japanese printing and technology brand Epson, this month, signed a three-year Official Team Partner deal, from 2015 to 2017, with the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team.

Printing and technology brand Epson sponsors two major football properties, including English Premier League giants Manchester United, that “provide the strategic and geographical coverage the brand requires from its portfolio”.

Environmental solutions company Waste Management has announced a 10-year extension to its title sponsorship of annual PGA Tour golf event, the Phoenix Open.

The Ladies Professional Golf Association has signed safety consulting and certification company Underwriters Laboratories as the title sponsor of the next two editions of the International Crown national team tournament, adding the event will leave the US for the first time in 2018.

Business solutions group Nashua Limited has signed up as the principal sponsor of South African cricket team Cape Cobras for the 2014-15 season.

The Brazilian Basketball Confederation (CBB) has announced that domestic stationery company Kalunga has agreed to sponsor the national team at a number of International Basketball Federation (Fiba) events.

Australian A-League football team Adelaide United has announced a two-year extension to its shirt sponsorship deal with recycling and waste management company Veolia.

UK recycling company Powerday has agreed a two-year sponsorship deal with London Irish to continue as the English Premiership rugby union team’s principal sponsor until the end of the 2015-16 season.

Australian A-League football team Sydney FC has reached a technical sponsor agreement with wastewater specialist Hitec Drainage for the 2014-15 season.

US security, health and engineering solutions company Leidos has become the new main shirt sponsor of Major League Soccer team D.C. United.

Home and business security monitoring specialist SecurTek has expanded its sponsorship of the Canadian Curling Association’s Season of Champions series.

English Premiership rugby union team London Wasps has announced a sponsorship deal with packaging and recycling company DS Smith.