60 Würth volunteers help at 2022 Special Olympics in Berlin
4,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities competed at the Special Olympics National Summer Games in Berlin from 19 to 24 June 2022. 60 Würth Group volunteers supported athletes in table tennis. Whether as referee, squad leader or supervisor, volunteer work is versatile. The national games are an important milestone on the road to Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023, the world’s largest inclusive sports event.
The volunteers of the Würth Group come from different Group companies: Würth Elektronik Group, Würth Industrie, Reca Norm and Würth IT.
Since spring 2008, Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG has been premium partner of Special Olympics Germany. It is all about people helping others. Since the beginning of the collaboration, more than 1000 employees of the Würth Group have been working as volunteers. Carmen Würth is particularly involved: She worked as Vice President of Special Olympics Deutschland for six years until November 2011.
About the Würth Group
The Würth Group is the global market leader in the development, production, and sale of fastening and assembly materials. Other trading and production companies, known as the Allied Companies, operate in related business areas, including electrical wholesaling, electronics and financial services. The Group employs more than 83,000 employees in over 400 companies operating 2,500 shops across 80 countries. According to its audited annual financial statements, the Group generated consolidated sales of EUR 17.1 billion and an operating result before tax of EUR 1.27 billion in the 2021 fiscal year.
