Sponsoring of sports, culture and education

Life Aid for People with Disabilities Main-Tauber-Kreis e.V.: The association has been caring for people with disabilities and their families since 1964. With 80 volunteers, leisure activities are realized for about 180 disabled children, adolescents and adults.

A tablet for the Bieberehren kindergarten: The proceeds of a donation appeal by one of our employees were used to purchase two tablets and new play materials.

Reinsbronner Bühnenzinnober & Tanzvilla Creglingen: Initiated by Sparkasse Tauberfranken, a community of donors collected donations from regional companies. To promote culture in Corona times, the dance association “Tanzvilla Creglingen” and the theater association “Reinsbronner Bühnenzinnober” received a check.

Set of jerseys for TSV Kriegshaber: We sponsored a set of jerseys for the E-youth sports team in the Kriegshaber district of Augsburg which was handed over by HR manager Petra Dintner (left) and plant manager Ferdi Ercan (right). Our deputy head of toolmaking, Peter Depner (2nd from left), trains the successful youngsters in his spare time.

TC Pöhlde: Sophie Schirmer is a design engineer at the Osterode plant and an active player at the Pöhlde Tennis Club in her spare time. As a youth coach, she looks after around 20 children in junior training. Her father Heiko is the first club chairman. To support this commitment, we sponsored new nets for the three tennis courts.

PC donation to Romania: Hermann Gazke is a complaints officer at Wirthwein Medical and an active member of the “Evangelical Christians Baptists”. The church supports children’s homes in Romania. Our Group IT provided 30 PC´s with equipment worth over 8,000 euros. The computers are a valuable aid in learning and in everyday life at the children’s homes.

Support for the “Young Opera” in Weikersheim: The sponsors took over the sponsorship of a performer; our choice fell on the Polish artist Bogna Bernagiewicz (right). As we are also partners of the Realschule Creglingen, we organized a guest performance of two opera singers for the music lessons.

Tablets for the next generation: At the Çerkezköy site in Turkey, we provided tablets to the families of our employees to help the children with corona-related homeschooling.

Food donation: In September, we collected four full boxes of non-perishable food items to donate to Harvest Hope Food Bank in Greenville, SC. The non-profit organization provides 50,000 meals each week to those in need.