This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page the global market leader for trading in assembly and fastening materials generated sales of €6.4 billion in the first half of 2017 which corresponds to an increase of 7.8% on last year The development in southern and eastern Europe is especially pleasing Giving an example for the strategic orientation of the trading group chairman of the central managing board of the Würth Group opened its 450th branch office in Horb am Neckar No matter if it is our brick-and-mortar business our e-shop or our many sales representatives even the tiniest unit influences the Group’s clout Our challenge is to show the added value that we offer with each of our distribution channels and to motivate the customer to make use of them The development of the operating result is pleasing the Würth Group reports an operating result of €335 million in the first half of 2017 the number of employees worldwide also increased by 2.5% to 73,172 (December 2016: 71,391) The Würth Group employs 32,034 people in the sales force worldwide Will joined Fastener + Fixing Magazine in 2007 and over the last 15 years has experienced every facet of the fastener sector - interviewing key figures within the industry and visiting leading companies and exhibitions around the globe Will manages the content strategy across all platforms and is the guardian for the high editorial standards that the Magazine is renowned Medievalists.net You might think that the sport of jousting had long ago gone the way of round tables, serfdom, and tall, pointy hats. Or that the only place to see a modern version is at ye olde Renaissance faire or Medieval Times replicating the skill and intensity of its medieval original In fact, the world’s biggest annual tournament is held in Bavaria – the Kalbenberg Ritterturnier. Or, should you be passing through the small town of Horb am Neckar, you can attend the Maximilian Ritterspiele (‘knightly games’ – a common German term for tournaments) named after that ultimate of hardcore tournament fans: Maximilian I (1459-1519) To further illustrate the parallels between the fitness required for jousting and that required of an Olympic athlete gold medalist Victoria Pendleton even tried her hand at the sport Pendleton is not the only woman to take part in the competitions, however. Last summer also saw two women making them the first female jousters to compete in the UK (the two were While it is impossible to fully recreate a tournament as it would have been conducted five hundred or more years ago, modern jousters take their efforts seriously. Jousting organisation Destrier follow a scoring system based on Sir John Tiptoft’s tournament rules its demarkation of its transition from contemporary competition to nostalgic one is blurry Tournaments were already being romanticised as a representation of a mythical ‘golden age of chivalry’ as early as the fifteenth century becoming more and more separated from its original incarnation giving it a long and complex history as a form of athletic competition Click here for more from Natalie Follow Natalie on Twitter: @DrMcAnderson Top Image: The Maximilian Ritterspiele in Horb am Neckar We've created a Patreon for Medievalists.net as we want to transition to a more community-funded model We aim to be the leading content provider about all things medieval podcast and Youtube page offers news and resources about the Middle Ages We hope that are our audience wants to support us so that we can further develop our podcast and remove the advertising on our platforms This will also allow our fans to get more involved in what content we do produce Member Login Plasteurope.com is a business information platform for the European plastics industry It is part of KI Kunststoff Information and PIE Plastics Information Europe one of the leading content providers for the European plastics industry We offer daily updated business news and reports polymer prices and other services for the international plastics industry News | Polymer Prices | Suppliers Guide | Jobs | Register | Advertising Rochdale winger Kwadwo Baah is in the midst of an impressive season for the English League One side and has apparently attracted the interest of some of Europe’s biggest clubs in the process.  According to a report in The Athletic Rangers and West Ham are all monitoring the 18-year-old’s situation at the club and could be tempted to try and sign him Baah’s contract is set to expire at the end of the season Which means any of the aforementioned interested parties could approach the young player and offer him a move next season.  So who exactly is Baah and why are so many clubs showing a sudden interest in a League One winger?  Although Baah was born in the small town of Horb am Neckar in the southwest of Germany the player grew up in London and was quickly incorporated into Crystal Palace’s youth academy.  the player’s time at the club was perhaps marred by an incident as a ball boy when Baah tried to stop West Ham goalkeeper Adrian from time wasting by placing the ball in the six yard area for the keeper.  The clip of Baah went viral on social media but fast forward four years and the young player’s name now tends to pop up on Twitter Facebook or YouTube alongside a compilation of his skills and talent for Rochdale.  Baah joined the club in September 2019 after signing a scholarship contract at the age of 16 One month later he was already making his first team debut appearing as a late substitute in an EFL Trophy clash with Bolton Wanderers Although the winger picked up sporadic appearances last season it’s been this current campaign that has seen the best of Baah at Rochdale Baah has already picked up three goals and two assists and has since started five of his team’s last seven games in League One.  While there’s little doubt that Baah is still learning his trade at Rochdale the speed with which the winger has established himself as a first-team regular is undoubtedly what has attracted a number of bigger clubs.  Whether the young player decides to stay put in League One or sings for the likes of Juventus or Bayern Munich remains to be seen but he undoubtedly looks like a player with a very bright future.  Get the latest transfer insights and analyses directly in your mailbox Our goal is simple - to become the #1 multi-language transfers source in the football world serving the football fan their direct desire for everything around the most popular subject in football: Football Transfers FootballTransfers (FT) is a project designed to fulfill the massive interest in the transfer market and provide a realistic, algorithmically-driven valuation of football players. 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