Many small parts become a whole: employees have been working together in a number of different activities and events, growing closer together in the process.
LOOKING AFTER TEAMS, ACTING AS BALL BOY AND OPERATING THE LIVE TICKER
Würth Finance Group employees and other Würth volunteers from all over Europe worked as helpers at the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin in June 2023. Würth acts as a partner to this, the world’s largest inclusive sporting event. “An unforgettable experience,” is how Felix Jerg from IT Management sums it up. It was particularly inspiring for him to see how Special Olympics breaks down barriers and gives people with learning difficulties and multiple disabilities the chance to enjoy sports and realise their potential.
SAWS, ROPES AND WOOD
It was off to the forest on Rorschacherberg for Swiss employees at Würth Finance. Equipped with saws, wood and ropes, colleagues built bridges with commitment and creativity – a strenuous task, but also an exciting one that everyone took to with gusto on this glorious summer’s day. Participants voted for the bridge that was the most aesthetically pleasing. The winning team then closed the event by leading in a sing-along – about bridges.
AN AWARD FOR REINHOLD AND BETTINA WÜRTH
Global management consultants EY (Ernst & Young) presented Reinhold and Bettina Würth with an honorary award for their exceptional entrepreneurial and social commitment at the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2023 awards ceremony in Germany. “It gives me great joy to receive this honorary award. The fact that the Würth Group is so successful around the world today is thanks to all of its 87,000 hard-working employees. I am very grateful for this,” said Prof. Reinhold Würth following the award ceremony in Berlin at the beginning of November 2023.
INDUSTRY NEWS AND NETWORKING
Discussion among specialists, new input and passionate debate in the electronic payments industry: attending the Merchant Payments Ecosystem (MPE) trade fair was a wonderful opportunity for the Würth Finance ePayments-Team to meet other e-payment experts and companies, and to share knowledge – whether about the seamless design of e-payment solutions, new trends or evolving security requirements. MPE 2023 in Berlin offered three full days of lively panel discussions and presentations, innovations and trends that will change payment transactions for merchants in both the short and the long term.
Merchant Payments Ecosystem is the largest event for the business of payment acceptance in Europe, connecting the entire payments value chain. Merchants, acquirers, payment service providers and providers of card systems are re presented at the trade fair, along with regulatory authorities, fintech companies, start-ups, blockchain companies and other providers from rel ated sectors.
