ABOUT WUERTH GROUP
World market leader in the trade with connecting materials.
The Würth Group is world market leader in its core business, the trade in assembly and fastening material. It currently consists of over 400 companies in more than 80 countries and has 71,000 employees on its payroll. More than 31,500 of these are permanently employed sales representatives. The Würth Group generated total sales of EUR 11.8 billion in 2016.
In the core business, the Würth Line, the product range for craft and industry comprises over 125,000 products: From screws, screw accessories and anchors to tools, chemical-technical products and personal protection equipment. The Allied Companies of the Würth Group, which either operate in business areas adjacent to the core business or in diversified business areas, round off the range by offering products for DIY stores, material for electrical installations, electronic components (e.g. circuit boards) as well as financial services.
We are a family business.
More than 3 million customers all over the world trust in Würth today. Human beings and a very special corporate philosophy are the driving forces of the long-standing success enjoyed by the Würth Group. Würth is a family business that was founded by Adolf Würth in 1945. Prof. Reinhold Würth, today’s Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Würth Group’s Family Trusts, took over the business at the age of 19 after his father had passed away and developed it further in the following years. Starting from the early years of the company in post-war Germany, he turned the former two-man business into a worldwide operating trading group.
WUERTH GROUP HISTORY
Adolf Würth, who has already worked in the industry for 20 years, founds a wholesale company for screws and nuts in Kunzelsau. The company is entered in the commercial register on 16 July 1945. Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG is the parent company and the largest individual company of the Würth Group. This date marks the beginning of the global enterprise.
Adolf Würth, founder of the business, passes away at the age of 45. His 19-year-old son Reinhold takes over the company
The annual sales volume amounted to around EUR 80,000 at that time.
Reinhold Würth sets up Würth Nederland B.V, the first company outside of Germany. Companies in Switzerland and Austria are added in the same year.
With the acquisition of a company in Japan and the establishment of its own company in Malaysia, Würth is now also represented in Asia, in addition to America, Africa, Europe, and Oceania.
On 1 January 1994, Prof.Dr. h. c. mult. Reinhold Würth resigns from operative management and takes over the Chair of the Advisory Board of the Wurth Group.
The Wurth Group closes an outstanding business year with new records. The company surpasses the five-billion-euro sales mark, thus fulfilling Prof. Reinhold Wurth's "Vision 2000," which he had formulated in 1987, at a time when Group sales still amounted to EUR 700 million.
Two special milestones in the Würth Group: Prof. Dr. h. c. mult. Reinhold Würth celebrates his 75th birthday in April and Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG, the parent company and largest individual company of the Würth Group, celebrates its 65th anniversary.
The Würth Group receives a new logo.
Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG opens one of the world's most sophisticated test centers for fastening technology, including an anchor laboratory. At the Reinhold Wurth Innovation Center CURIO, product designers from the Würth Group work on product and system innovations.
PHILOSOPHY
Würth stands for high product quality and excellent service. Nevertheless, the Würth Group is not just a business trading in assembly and fastening material. A very special corporate philosophy and shared values has helped the company into longstanding success, be it in Germany, the birthplace of the Würth Company, or in any of its more than 400 companies all over the globe.
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RESPONSIBILITY
ECOLOGICAL AWARENESS
At Wuerth ecological awareness and environmental management are lived and practiced in many different ways. We work hard on ensuring our products are as environmentally friendly as possible.
COMPLIANCE
Mutual trust, reliability, honesty and straightforwardness, both inwards and outwards, are the fundamental principles deeply ingrained in the Würth Group’s corporate culture. Our commitment to these values was first laid down in the Corporate Philosophy which was written by Reinhold Würth in the 1970s.
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WUERTH SUPPORTS DIVERSITYWuerth is committed to high quality products and service right across the globe; however we don’t just finish there, Wuerth goes the extra mile. Art, literature, music, education, sports, politics and business are pillars of importance in the lives of many, because aspects such as these can bring people together, light up imaginations, create dreams, spark interest, carry success, thrill and generate happiness.
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