French ambassador visits Würth Group
Künzelsau. The French ambassador, Anne-Marie Descôtes, and Consul General Nicolas Eybalin visited the Würth Group in Künzelsau and at Kunsthalle Würth in Schwäbisch Hall on Wednesday, 16 May 2018.
Prof. Dr. h. c. mult. Reinhold Würth, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Würth Group's Family Trusts, warmly welcomed the visitors from France. After a guided tour through the exhibition “As Far as the Eye Can See. New Insight into the Würth Collection”, Robert Friedmann, Chairman of the Central Managing Board of the Würth Group, outlined the company’s business activities in a presentation.
About the Würth Group
The Würth Group is the world's market leader in its core business, the trade in assembly and fastening materials. It currently consists of more than 400 companies in over 80 countries with more than 75,000 employees on its payroll. Approximately 32,000 of those employees are salaried sales representatives. In the business year 2017, the Würth Group attained a worldwide sales volume of EUR 12.7 billion.
In its core business, the Würth Line, the sales range for trade and industry comprises over 125,000 products: from screws, screw accessories and anchors to tools, chemical-technical products and personal protective equipment.
The Allied Companies of the Würth Group, which either operate in business areas related to its core business or in diversified business areas, round off the range by offering products for DIY stores, material for electrical installations, electronic components such as circuit boards, and financial services. They account for more than 40 percent of the Würth Group's sales volume.
