Würth

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Würth, The Wurth Group
Industry Fasteners, chemicals, safety products, tools, inventory management
Founded 1945
Headquarters Künzelsau, Germany
Website wurth.com

The Würth Group is a worldwide wholesaler of fasteners, screws and screw accessories, dowels, chemicals, furniture and construction fittings, tools, machines, installation material, automotive hardware, inventory management, storage and retrieval systems. Würth was founded in 1945 by Adolf Würth in Künzelsau, Germany. Eighty years later and still today, the company is led by his son Prof. Dr. h.c. Reinhold Würth.

Würth Foundation

The Würth Group established the non-profit Würth Foundation (Stiftung Würth) in 1987 to support cultural and scientific goals. The organization gives many types of awards, including the Würth Prize for European Literature (Würth-Preis für Europäische Literatur), the Würth Prize of German Musical Youths (Würth-Preis der Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland), and the Würth Literature Prize (Würth-Literaturpreis).

Würth and sports

Professional cycling

Since 2000, Würth has been a strong supporter of professional bicycle road racing. Prior to 2005, Würth helped sponsor the ONCE-Eroski Pro Cycling Team. Then in 2005, Würth became one of the team's primary sponsors for the Liberty Seguros-Würth Cycling Team. In 2006, the company continued its support through the Astana-Würth Cycling Team.

In addition, the Würth Group has served as the presenting sponsor for the 2005 and 2006 Tour de Suisse (Tour of Switzerland).

Football

Würth has been sponsor on the uniforms of referees and their assistants in La Liga, Spain's premier football league for the last several years. Würth is also official Loftus Road repair kit partner of Queens Park Rangers F.C..

Basketball

Würth has been sponsor of Virtus Roma in Italy, in 2001-2002 season for the Italian League of Basketball.

Ice hockey

Würth has sponsored various ice hockey team and events, in particular Italian league mainstays HC Bolzano, who won the 1994-95 Cup of the European Leagues as HC Bolzano Würth. Würth also sponsored the Canadian team at the 2013 Spengler Cup hockey tournament.

Formula 1

For the 2008 season, Würth supplied tools and fasteners to Panasonic Toyota Racing and the company's logo featured in the pit garage, on team trucks and on all official communication. Würth is also official supplied tools, brake fluids, radiator fluids and fasteners partner of Vodafone McLaren Mercedes and Caterham F1 Teams.

DTM

Since 2000 season, Würth is an official brake fulid, radiator fluid, supplied tools and fasteners of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters from 2000 to present and exclusively Audi Sport DTM's brake fulid, radiator fluid, supplied tools and fasteners supplier since 2000.

NASCAR

Beginning in the 2012 season, Würth is a primary sponsor in seven Nationwide Series races on the #12 Penske Racing Dodge. Beginning in the 2014 season, Würth is a primary sponsor in four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races on the #2 of Brad KeselowskiPenske Racing Ford.

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