Ricoh today announced their continued support for the Visa Paralympic World Cup as official supplier technical office equipment and print services.

The second Visa Paralympic World Cup is taking place in Manchester from 1st – 7th May and Ricoh will be the exclusive official copier for the event which will see 360 athletes from 40 countries, competing for 179 medals across seven days of competition.

Chas Moloney, associate director marketing at Ricoh, said: “We are proud to be continuing our support of the Visa Paralympic World Cup and we wish all participants the very best of luck.”

The Visa Paralympic World Cup was created to provide an annual world-class multi-sport disability event, to give elite athletes more opportunity to compete with their international counterparts in between the four yearly Paralympic Games and showcase elite disability sport around the world.

The Visa Paralympic World Cup is hosted by the British Paralympic Association. It is being supported by the IPC, Visa, BBC, UK Sport, Manchester City Council and the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA).

For further information about Ricoh , please contact:
Laura Scott
Berkeley PR
Tel: +44 (0)118 988 2992

Tickets for the Visa Paralympic World Cup in Manchester from 1st – 7th May 2006 are available via telephone on +44 (0)870 165 2005 or online at http://www.visaparalympicworldcup.com/

For further information about the Visa Paralympic World Cup contact Fast Track:
Lisa Harper 
+44 (0)7881 822 161