The country’s second biggest print group has made a regular event of the Sydney to Wollongong MS Bike Ride, having raised more than $100,000 last year.
This year’s effort has been scaled back, said IPMG boss Stephen Anstice. “The effort is smaller this year. We felt that the industry was weathering some pretty tough business conditions and did not feel comfortable to be pursuing sponsorship. So our sponsorship this year is one of personal rather than corporate effort.”
[Gallery: 2011 Gong Ride sponsors cocktail party]
Along with Anstice, riders include Hannanprint chief financial officer Adrian O’Connor, Sinnott Bros general manager Stephen Cuthbert, Offset Alpine general manager Craig Dunsford and IPMG Digital managing director David Burkett.
They are riding under the ‘Team Sinnott’ banner, which has so far raised $15,035. Click here to donate.
Last year, IPMG received strong support for the fundraiser, with all of these companies sponsoring the effort:
- Spicers Paper
- Sappi
- Muller Martini
- Graph-Pak
- Strap & Wrap
- Australian Paper Web
- ProPrint
- Ferrostaal
- Ferag
- Manroland
- AGFA
- UPM
- Bluestone Recruitment
- Kayell Australia
- Goss International
- Storaenso
- Kodak
- Plunkett and johnson
- Burgo
- Epson
- IPMG
[Related: Ups and downs of IPMG]
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