ART AND CULTURE
Making the customer‘s life easier
Our customers concentrate on their work – the rest is done by Würth.
With more than 400 branch offices, Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG
is closer to the customer than any competitor. Our aim is that no
customer should need more than 10 minutes to the next branch
office. Customers can cover their immediate demand in more than
1,500 branch offices all over the world. Service technicians and
fitters can buy our products directly on their way to the customer
or construction site. The new Würth Express Service guarantees
same-day deliveries. The world’s largest sales organization for permanently employed sales representatives (about 30,000) guarantees professional advice and fast deliveries to the customer. We
are always within reach for our customers. This is why Würth has
Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall
The exhibition “Modern Times. The Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche
Museen zu Berlin as Guest of Kunsthalle Würth in Schwäbisch Hall“
turned out to be a veritable show-stopper, showing main works from
Expressionism, Dadaism, New Objectivity, Bauhaus and Surrealism.
The exceptionally diverse collection of Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin –
known as one of the most significant treasures of classical modern art
– reflects the years between 1900 and 1945 with 200 world-famous
works of art, an eventful period during which works of art were created
that continue to have a significant impact until today. This exhibition
will be followed by another top-flight art collection: The exhibition
“The Victoria & Albert Museum at Kunstkammer Würth“ presents this
museum‘s famous silver collection at Kunsthalle Würth from mid-May.
Würth expands e-business: The customer uses the Würth app to order
products directly on the construction site.
A great success: “Modern Times. The Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche
Museen zu Berlin as Guest of Kunsthalle Würth in Schwäbisch Hall”
strongly expanded its e-business sector. Besides our online shop,
e-procurement, scan-supported ordering systems like ORSY®scan
and the Würth app are answers to the changed order behavior of
our customers. The one thing that never changes is quality. Over
three million customers in trade and industry attest that Würth is on
the right track.
Museum Würth, Künzelsau
During all his life, the Vienna representative of Fantastic Realism
Rudolf Hausner (1914–1995) searched the depths of existence
through what he called his “Adam consciousness“. He was a good
friend of the entrepreneur and art collector Reinhold Würth. On the
occasion of the 100th birthday of the artist last December, Museum
Würth dedicated the retrospective exhibition “RUDOLF HAUSNER.
I am ID. Würth Collection and Loans“ to him in Künzelsau.
Würth Group
Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG, Reinhold-Würth-Straße 12–17, 74653 Künzelsau, Germany
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FACTS
AND FIGURES
The Würth Group 2014
1GFU–SC–LA–3‘–05/15 © by Würth Group, Künzelsau
THE STRATEGY
According to Financial Statement 2014
Sales
WÜRTH GROUP in millions of EUR
10,000
9,699
9,985
9,745
10,126
2011
2012
2013
2014
8,633
7,500
5,000
2,500
2010
Operating result before taxes
WÜRTH GROUP in millions of EUR
400
395
THE CORPORATE GROUP
The Würth Group achieved a sales record in 2014: with sales growth
of 3.9 percent, the business year could be closed with total sales of
EUR 10.13 billion (2013: EUR 9.75 billion). In local currency, growth
comes to 4.8 percent. The companies in Germany reported growth of
4.2 percent, closely followed by the international part of the Group
with 3.6 percent. The situation in Southern Europe, an important market
for the Würth Group, stabilized as well after two years of negative
sales growth: the companies operating in this region grew by 5.5 per­
cent. The companies outside Europe also developed positively: after
adjusting for exchange rates, the North American Group companies
reported growth of 8.6 percent.
Building-up the Würth Group is the life’s work of the entrepreneur Prof. Dr. h. c. mult. Reinhold Würth. The Chairman of the
Supervisory Board of the Würth Group’s Family Trusts turned the
hardware wholesale business, which was founded by his father in
1945, from a two-man business into today’s Würth Group. Today,
the world market leader in the trade with assembly and fastening
materials is represented by more than 400 companies in over 80
countries.
515
500
385
THE BUSINESS YEAR 2014
415
The operating result 2014 amounts to EUR 515 million, which constitutes a 15.7 percent increase over last year (2013: EUR 445 million)
and an improvement of the return on sales to 5.1 percent, as profits
outgrew sales.
445
300
200
The number of employees grew from 63,571 to 66,044 in 2014.
This increase was above all reported in the areas related to sales.
100
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
The consolidated financial statement of the Würth Group is prepared
in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
For more detailed information on the Würth Group and its business units,
please visit our website www.wuerth.com.
Employees
WÜRTH GROUP as of 31 December 2014
62,433
66,113
65,169
63,571
2011
2012
2013
66,044
60,000
45,000
30,000
15,000
2010
thereof sales representatives
2014
Würth administration building in Künzelsau
Anniversary trilogy
Together with 500 guests, friends as well as personal and business
acquaintances, Reinhold Würth celebrated his 80th birthday on
20 April 2015. Among the speakers were Günther H. Oettinger,
European Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society, and
Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the Federal Foreign Minister. Together
with his 65th employment anniversary and the 70th company
anniversary of Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG, the Group’s parent
company, this event forms part of an anniversary trilogy, which
will culminate in an open day at Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG in
Künzelsau on 21 June 2015.
The global trade with fastening and assembly materials
is the core business of the Würth Group. Würth’s classic product
range, which is distributed through an international network of
Würth Line companies, comprises more than 100,000 products
for craft and industry: from screws, screw accessories and anchors,
to tools, chemical-technical products and personal protective
equipment. The Allied Companies of the Würth Group are trading
or production companies operating mostly in similar or diversified
business fields. They sell products for markets related to the Group’s
traditional core business such as products for DIY stores, material
for electrical installations, electronic components (e.g. circuit boards)
and financial services.