The Würth Group is a worldwide wholesaler of fastener

Fastener

A fastener is a hardware device that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together.Fasteners can also be used to close a container such as a bag, a box, or an envelope; or they may involve keeping together the sides of an opening of flexible material, attaching a lid to a container,...

s, screws and screw accessories, dowel

Dowel

A dowel is a solid cylindrical rod, usually made of wood, plastic or metal. In its original manufactured form, dowel is called dowel rod.Dowel rod is employed in numerous, diverse applications. It is used to form axles in toys, as detents on gymnastics grips, as knitting needles, as structural...

s, chemicals

Chemical industry

The chemical industry comprises the companies that produce industrial chemicals. Central to the modern world economy, it converts raw materials into more than 70,000 different products.-Products:...

, furniture

Furniture

Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping in beds, to hold objects at a convenient height for work using horizontal surfaces above the ground, or to store things...

 and construction

Construction

In the fields of architecture and civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the building or assembling of infrastructure. Far from being a single activity, large scale construction is a feat of human multitasking...

 fittings, tool

Tool

A tool is a device that can be used to produce an item or achieve a task, but that is not consumed in the process. Informally the word is also used to describe a procedure or process with a specific purpose. Tools that are used in particular fields or activities may have different designations such...

s, machines, installation material, automotive hardware, inventory management, storage and retrieval systems. Würth was founded in 1945 by Adolf Würth in Künzelsau

Künzelsau

Künzelsau[p] is a town in Baden-Württemberg, in south central Germany. It is the capital of the Hohenlohe district. It is located on the river Kocher, 19 km north of Schwäbisch Hall, and 37 km northeast of Heilbronn....

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. Eight years later and still today, the company is led by his son Prof. Dr. h.c. Reinhold Würth

Reinhold Würth

Reinhold Würth is a German businessman. He took over his father's tiny wholesale screw business at 19 and built it into the Adolf Würth Group, which posted record $8.2 billion in sales in 2004.- Honors and awards :...

.

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

Tour de Suisse 2005

These are the results for the 2005 edition of the Tour de Suisse cycling race. Australian Michael Rogers wasn't able to defend his lead on the last day against Aitor González's attack.-11-06-2005: Schaffhausen-Weinfelden, 170 km.:-12-06-2005: Weinfelden, 36 km...

 and 2006

Tour de Suisse 2006

The 70th edition of the Tour de Suisse took place from June 10 to June 18, 2006. It consisted of nine stages covering a total of 1,468 km, starting in Baden and finishing in Bern....

 Tour de Suisse

Tour de Suisse

The Tour de Suisse is a UCI World Tour stage race held annually in June. The race debuted in 1933 and has evolved in timing, duration and sponsorship. With the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is a proving ground for the Tour de France, and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar...

 (Tour of Switzerland).

Football

Würth has been sponsor on the uniforms of referees and their assistants in La Liga

La Liga

The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...

, Spain's premier football league for the last several years.

Basketball

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

Formula 1

For the 2008 season

2008 Formula One season

The 2008 Formula One season was the 59th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It began on 16 March and ended on 2 November with eighteen Grand Prix races....

, Würth will supply tools and fasteners to Panasonic Toyota Racing and the company's logo will feature in the pit garage, on team trucks and on all official communication. The partnership with Würth will be showcased in public for the first time at the team's pre-season event on 10 January in Cologne

Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...

. Würth also supply radiator fluid and tools to McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 team.

DTM

On January 2000, Wurth will supply radiator fluid for Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters is a touring car racing series based in Germany, but also with rounds elsewhere in Europe....

from 2000 to present.

External links

• Official Site
• Wurth USA
• Wurth Turkey
• Wurth Armenia
• Wurth Georgia
• Baer Supply Company, a member of the Würth Group
• McFadden's Hardwood & Hardware Inc., a member of the Würth Group