
The Toyota Formula 1 team announced on Wednesday the first new sponsor of the year. The team came to an agreement with global fixings and assembly specialists Würth as a new Official Supplier to the Panasonic Toyota Racing team.
Würth is the largest trading company of fasteners and assembly technology in the world, with over 100,000 products, and the Würth Group is represented by 30,000 sales representatives in 386 companies in 86 countries.
For the 2008 season, Würth will supply tools and fasteners to Panasonic Toyota Racing and the company's logo will feature in the pit garage, on team trucks and on all official communication. The partnership with Würth will be showcased in public for the first time at the team's pre-season event on 10 January in Cologne.
Throughout the season, Würth will bring their expert knowledge of fixings and assembly to Panasonic Toyota Racing's Formula 1 challenge, providing the team with high performance fixings for use on the TF108 car as well as in the pits and at the factory.
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