Main sponsor

In April of 2005 the team signed a 4 year contract with the Industrial painting company Lainisalo Oy as main sponsor of the team.

Lainisalo Oy is a producer of industrial painting services, with 15 years of experience in this field. Because of good occupational skills and reliability the company has been able to increase its market shares at a steady pace from year to year.

In addition special skills and qualitative work has guaranteed the company pleased customers and long lasting customer relations.

The founder of the company, Pertti Lainisalo still works in the company as general manager.

The main products of Lainisalo Oy are painting services for the medical-, vehicular-, hifi-, and military industries.

Lainisalo competitively works with both small and large series of production.

Skilled painters paint small series of 1-200 by hand, larger series are painted on two fully automated powder-painting lines or on two half automated wet-painting lines, where the series can consist of as many as 100.000 painted objects.

'Lainisalo Oy also offers printing services for both painted and unpainted objects.

Co-sponsors

Also in April of 2005 the team signed a co sponsorship contract with the Industrial warnings systems company Liitin Oy.

Liitin Oy has been working in the security technology business since 1945.The company has through the years more and more focused on lifesaving and health protection against for example dangers threatening in industrial environments. Typical for the products represented by Liitin Oy in the fields of work-security, environmental protection and fire/rescue work is the latest technology and newest innovations.

In May of 2005 the team signed a co sponsorship contract with the finish Importer of Brynje, sports underwear from Norway.

The team has been extremely pleased with their Brynje underwear during the somewhat cold weather of the early season in Finland, we really recommend Brynje to everyone sailing on our latitudes.

Since the early fifties the Brynje Net concept has undergone steady changes and improvements made possible by specially designed knitting machines and the use of high quality yarn, which makes it very suitable for any outdoor activity.

All of the approximately 20 different products are produced in Larvik Norway, from traditional cotton underwear to highly sophisticated underwear made of synthetic fishnet garment.

Brynje exports to more than 20 countries, with Italy and Japan being the main export markets. Many of our products have been tested during professional expeditions to the North Pole and South Pole.

Interested in sponsoring?

The team can still offer marketing space on the mast and rudder, for 1-4 seasons.

The rules allows advertising on the mast on an area 3,2 meters high, the rudder is completely free for advertising. Also the rules leaves the keel free for advertising, although we have had a hard time finding companies wanting to advertise to fish and scuba divers under water :).

If interested in a co sponsorship contract please contact Martin Finell at info@melges319.com