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Empowering young people – with heart, integrity, and vision
HEIDENHEIM | GERMANY

Empowering young people – with heart, integrity, and vision

Kasongo Mokwa, an employee at Voith Hydro, founded the nonprofit association Living Together e.V. to open up new opportunities for young people in the Heidenheim district. The organization builds bridges between schools and businesses, inspires through local role models, and strengthens young people’s personal development through mentoring. Thanks to #VoithCares, Living Together e.V. is able to expand its programs – from career orientation and application training in schools to a “mobile trial workshop”, where teens can gain their first hands-on experience.

New Rescue Drone for the Water Rescue Service
ULM | GERMANY

New Rescue Drone for the Water Rescue Service

Thanks to a #VoithCares donation, the Neu-Ulm Water Rescue Service was able to acquire a state-of-the-art rescue drone. It assists in missing-person searches, flood situations, and emergencies, enables rapid situation assessments, and enhances the safety of emergency personnel. With this donation, Voith is strengthening disaster relief efforts in the region.

Emergency Power Generator for Ukraine
HEIDENHEIM | GERMANY

Emergency Power Generator for Ukraine

As part of #VoithCares, an emergency power generator was delivered in early 2025 to the family practice of Dr. Zuyenko Halyna Vsylivna in Nikopol/Pridniprovsk – located just about 10 kilometers from the front line. The clinic serves around 3,000 people in the region and, thanks to the generator, can now bridge power outages and protect sensitive medical equipment. The delivery, along with additional medical supplies, was organized in cooperation with the association Heidenheim für Ukraine, which has coordinated around 173 relief shipments to particularly affected regions since its founding.

Voith Supports Equestrian Athletes with Disabilities
HEIDENHEIM | GERMANY

Voith Supports Equestrian Athletes with Disabilities

The Reitsportgemeinschaft Ugenhof e.V. offers people with and without disabilities the opportunity to learn horseback riding and develop their skills. This inclusive instruction fosters self-confidence, respect, and a mindful approach to horses. Thanks to #VoithCares, essential expenses such as stable fees, fuel, and entry fees for the Special Olympics State Games in Heilbronn, Germany were covered. The participants won ten gold, eight silver, and three bronze medals and qualified for the 2026 National Special Olympics in Saarland, Germany.

Voith awards donation to Friends & Neighbors of Pennsylvania
York | Pennsylvania | USA

Voith awards donation to Friends & Neighbors of Pennsylvania

Voith awarded a $2,000 #VoithCares donation to the Friends & Neighbors of Pennsylvania, a nonprofit that operates the Beacon Resource Center, a part-time day shelter in York, Pennsylvania.

Ladson Youth Organization awarded $2,000 #VoithCares donation
Ladson | South Carolina | USA

Ladson Youth Organization awarded $2,000 #VoithCares donation

Voith was proud to award a $2,000 #VoithCares donation to Ladson Youth Organization, a nonprofit in Ladson, South Carolina, that empowers youth through sports, promoting health, teamwork, and leadership skills, regardless of economic background. The #VoithCares donation was used by Ladson Youth Organization for needed repairs to a baseball field.

Panther Pantry receives donation from Voith
York | Pennsylvania | USA

Panther Pantry receives donation from Voith

Voith was proud to award a $2,000 #VoithCares donation to the Panther Pantry in York, Pennsylvania. The Panther Pantry is a food pantry operated by teachers and staff in the Central York School District. The pantry provides food and household items to families in need within the School District.

Voith supports Sleep in Heavenly Peace in Appleton, Wisconsin
Appleton | Wisconsin | USA

Voith supports Sleep in Heavenly Peace in Appleton, Wisconsin

Voith awarded a $2,000 #VoithCares donation to the Appleton, Wisconsin chapter of the Sleep in Heavenly Peace nonprofit. The nonprofit’s goal is to build beds for children in need in communities around the U.S. The #VoithCares donation was used to fund a bed-building event. During the event, 21 employees from Voith Meri Environmental Solutions volunteered their time to transform lumber and hardware into 25 beds for children in need around the Appleton, Wisconsin area.

Active Together! Bridging the Gap with Autism
Ipoh | Malaysia

Active Together! Bridging the Gap with Autism

Voith partnered with NASOM Ipoh, a center under the National Autism Society of Malaysia, dedicated to supporting children with autism. Through initiatives such as Mini Sports Day, creative activities, and facility improvement, Voith employees built meaningful connections with autistic children and their families. These efforts helped promote inclusion, boost confidence, and strengthen community support.

"Eco Guardians" Unite Voith Families to Protect the Yangtze River
Shanghai | China

"Eco Guardians" Unite Voith Families to Protect the Yangtze River

Voith China hosted "Eco Guardians" program at the Yangtze River No. 11 Post Office in Shanghai's Wusong Paotaiwan Wetland Park. The program combined environmental education with family engagement and youth development. Nineteen employee families joined this, which helped deepen their understanding of environmental protection and further underscored Voith’s commitment to operating as a sustainability-focused organization.

Port-au-Prince | Haiti
Port-au-Prince | Haiti

Social security and sustainable climate protection for Haiti

Children and adolescents in Haiti receive financial funding as part of the #VoithCares program for a tree planting project to plant a total of 1,000 trees. The trees are valuable for the local population for several reasons: They serve as erosion control and help mitigate the impacts of climate change in Haiti. Additionally, children and adolescents can finance their education through the later sale of the planted trees.

Water and electricity for Kokwobanga school
Kokwobanga | Kenya

Water and electricity for Kokwobanga school

In the economically underdeveloped East Pokot region of Kenya, educational opportunities for children and young people are scarce. However, education is key to breaking the cycle of poverty and improving prospects for employment and income. Voith supported the school in the village in 2023 to improve the water supply for the 120 students. The following year, with the help of a Voith employee on-site, a solar panel was installed at the school to ensure availability of electricity and lighting.

Support for school children and village communities in Malawi
Ulongwe | Malawi

Support for school children and village communities in Malawi

The Njobvu Cultural Village Lodge is a communal initiative of several surrounding village communities to generate income and raise awareness about the importance of preserving the valuable resources of the Liwonde National Park for tourism. The #VoithCares donation was used to provide meals for the kindergarten, where 150 children eat daily, and to repair houses for elderly people to prevent water intrusion during the rainy season.

Voith in pole position in supporting STEM education
Ulm | Germany

Voith in pole position in supporting STEM education

Voith supports Einstein Motorsport, a dynamic team of students from the Ulm University of Applied Sciences that develops a racing car with an electric drivetrain and competes in international contests. In this way, we foster the innovative spirit of young adults – particularly in the area of sustainable and future-oriented technologies – and contribute to the development of their practical skills as well as to the promotion of science and research in the STEM field.

Go green together with aquaponics in Malaysia
Ipoh | Malaysia

Go green together with aquaponics in Malaysia

Voith in Ipoh organized an event to donate a sustainable aquaponics system to a special education school in Malaysia. Fifteen intellectually challenged students actively participated in the event, engaging in hands-on activities such as transplanting plants and feeding fish. These activities aimed to familiarize them with concepts of sustainable development, healthy eating and STEM education while highlighting the significance of urban agriculture and its positive impact on environmental protection.

Inspiring young minds with STEM workshop at an orphanage
Chemor | Malaysia

Inspiring young minds with STEM workshop at an orphanage

Employees from Voith in Ipoh organized a STEM workshop for children and young adults at a local orphanage in Chemor, Perak. The event aimed to ignite curiosity and passion for STEM through interactive, hands-on activities. Additionally, Voith donated essential supplies to support the orphanage. The project engaged 40 children ages 5 to 19.

Preventing child labor: the Catavento Project
SÃO PAULO | BRAZIL

Preventing child labor: the Catavento Project

Located in São Paulo's Jaraguá district, the Catavento Project is committed to combating child labor by offering educational activities to children and teenagers ages 7 to 16. The project's team actively reaches out to children engaged in child labor. With the consent of their families, the project provides after-school activities while also assisting families through a monthly stipend and helping them secure employment opportunities. Sponsored by Voith since 2023, this project serves over 80 children in the district.

Shanghai | China

Caring for children with autism

In 2023, Voith China collaborated with the Ed-Ability Center for Child Development and the Shanghai Pudong New Area ZhongBang Public Service Center to launch a series of initiatives to support children with autism.

Voith employees in India support the education of children
Delhi NCR | India

Voith employees in India support the education of children

In 2022, Voith in India dedicated their efforts to supporting children's education. In collaboration with the Shri Adwait Pariwar Foundation, they funded the construction of three classrooms at the Adwait School and a lecture hall featuring desktop computers, laptops, and specialized equipment to enhance the learning experience of children with disabilities. These facilities have added qualitative momentum to the holistic development of the children, empowering them to reach their full potential.

Voithians hold donation campaign for food bank in Ravensburg
Ravensburg | Germany

Voithians hold donation campaign for food bank in Ravensburg

"Collect together, help together." With this motto, Voith employees in Ravensburg, Germany held a donation campaign for a local food bank in December 2022. The number of people who visit the food bank to cover their daily needs has increased noticeably, and our Voith colleagues were eager to help. Food, hygiene products, and monetary donations were collected. After the success of the previous year, the initiative was repeated with equal enthusiasm in 2023.

Social responsibility Voith - #VoithCares - Voith awards partial scholarships for a school year abroad for 2022/23
Heidenheim | Germany

Voith awards partial scholarships for a school year abroad

The Voith Scholarship aligns with Voith's efforts to support young people in their development. In cooperation with AFS Intercultural Programs, Voith offers an international scholarship program for children of Voith employees. The aim of this scholarship program is to encourage and promote young people to gain intercultural experience and practice inclusion at an early age.

Social responsibility Voith - #VoithCares - Voithians make children's eyes light up
Heidenheim | Germany

Voithians make children's eyes light up

For the fifth year in a row, Voithians supported a holiday project to help children in need. In 2023, Voith employees once again volunteered to fulfill holiday wish lists for children from low-income families in Heidenheim. Over the past five years, Voithians have made 700 children's dreams come true by providing items such as toys, school supplies, clothing and more.

Social responsibility Voith - #VoithCares - Hanns Voith Foundation sponsored “Nurture the Future” book donation campaign in Voith China
Zasak Town | Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region | China

“Nurture the Future” campaign in China

Sponsored by Hanns Voith Foundation, Voith China launched the “Nurture the Future” campaign. More than 1,400 books and sports equipment were donated to an elementary school in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China, with strong support from Voith China employees.

Social responsibility Voith - #VoithCares - Photo: Wissensfabrik/Häckl
Heidenheim | Germany

A strong network for a strong society

Voith is a founding member of the association Wissensfabrik - Unternehmen für Deutschland e.V. (Knowledge Factory - Companies for Germany). Together with more than 130 companies and foundations nationwide, Voith is committed to making Germany ready for the future. How do we do this? By promoting innovative start-ups and by getting children and young people excited about Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), as well as economic thinking and action. 

Social responsibility Voith - #VoithCares - Project sponsored by the Voith Brazil Foundation brings young people closer to classical music
São Paulo | Brazil

Voith brings young people closer to classical music

Since 2006, the music project “A Música Venceu” (“Music Won”) has offered violin lessons as a music introduction course for students of the Friedrich von Voith State School, located in the Jaraguá neighborhood, near Voith’s plant in São Paulo. The project gave rise to the first classical music school founded by the Fundação Bachiana Filarmônica (Bach Philharmonic Foundation). The Voith Brazil Foundation is proud to be a sponsor of this project.

Social responsibility Voith - #VoithCares - Friedrich von Voith School embodies Voith’s bond with local Brazilian community
São Paulo | Brazil

Friedrich von Voith School is Voith’s bond with local community

The public school's history is closely connected to the social responsibility and cultural inclusion initiatives sponsored by the Voith Brazil Foundation near Voith’s plant in Jaraguá.

Formare Program promotes the inclusion of Brazilian youth
São Paulo | Brazil

Formare Program promotes the inclusion of Brazilian youth

The Voith Brazil Foundation sponsors the Voith Formare program, which annually offers apprenticeships and professional training to financially disadvantaged teenagers enrolled in public high schools from the Jaraguá neighborhood. Since 2006, more than 300 students have benefited from this social program which prepares young people for their first job.

Social responsibility Voith - #VoithCares - Help for children and young people in Nepal

Support for Children and Youth in Nepal

Since 2009, Herwig Jantschik and Petra Pachner have been committed to helping disadvantaged children in Nepal. About 80 kilometers from Kathmandu, a children’s village was established for 73 homeless children, giving rise to the initiative “Voithians for Nepal”: To provide the children with vocational opportunities after school, the association Zukunft für Nepal Ostwürttemberg e.V. founded a training workshop, which Voith initially supported by providing woodworking machines.

After the devastating earthquake in 2015, Voith assisted with rebuilding efforts in Nepal. Since then, Voith and its employees have continuously provided funding and equipment to support the education of orphans.

As part of the #VoithCares program, the project in Dhunibesi, Dhading District, received a donation of 2,000 euros in 2025. The goal is to equip schools and training centers: classrooms have been supplied with computers, internet access, materials, and tools; ongoing costs have been covered; and training in future-oriented professions such as carpentry has been advanced. The approved follow-up funding enables the further expansion of educational and vocational programs, reaching around 160 socially disadvantaged children and youth.

Opening of the New DHBW Building in Heidenheim
Heidenheim | Germany
Opening of the New DHBW Building in Heidenheim

On the occasion of its 150th anniversary in 2017, Voith donated 12 million euros toward the expansion of the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) in Heidenheim, Germany. The new building offers approximately 4,600 m² of space for around 800 students in business, engineering, and social studies, with a focus on digital degree programs. The building was officially handed over on May 19, 2025, and started to be occupied on July 1, 2025. The construction costs of around 39 million euros are shared by the state of Baden-Württemberg (10 million euros), the city of Heidenheim, the district of Heidenheim, and various companies, including Voith (20 million euros).

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Voith Kids Camps 2025: Triple the Holiday Fun!
Heidenheim | Germany
Voith Kids Camps 2025: Triple the Holiday Fun!

Together with its long-standing sponsoring partners – Fechtzentrum Heidenheim, Heideköpfe Heidenheim, and Kunstmuseum Heidenheim – Voith once again offered three free holiday camps for the children of Voith employees in 2025. Whether practicing fencing at the Fechtzentrum in Heidenheim, hitting balls at the HellensteinEnergie Ballpark of the Heideköpfe in Heidenheim, or crafting at the Kunstmuseum Heidenheim, the children were able to let off steam and have plenty of fun. This year, there were new highlights: a small theater workshop at the Kunstmuseum gave children the chance to try their hand on stage, and a mini soccer tournament rounded off the sports program. The camps offered plenty of physical activity, creativity, and fun – and the beaming faces of the children showed that the Voith Kids Camps 2025 were once again a complete success!
 

Social responsibility Voith - #VoithCares - Voith Brazil Foundation: Building a better future
São Paulo | Brazil
Voith Brazil Foundation: Building a better future

The Voith Brazil Foundation was founded in 2004. Since then, the Foundation has managed Voith's social investments in Brazil and has coordinated the company’s social responsibility and internal volunteer initiatives. These efforts are focused on promoting the sociocultural inclusion of the community living in the vicinity of the Voith plant in the Jaraguá neighborhood, in São Paulo.

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Sports sponsorship

Staying active is important for a healthy mind and body. Voith sponsors sports clubs that are flagships in their communities and that many Voith employees are personally connected to.

Social responsibility Voith - #VoithCares - Voith Is Principal Club Sponsor of 1. FC Heidenheim 1846
Voith Is Principal Club Sponsor of 1. FC Heidenheim 1846

It all began with Voith employees: in 1910, Voith engineers came together under the name VfB Heidenheim to establish the first organized structures in Heidenheim football. Today, 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 is the sporting flagship for the entire Ostwürttemberg region. From 2014 to the 2022/23 season, 1. FC Heidenheim played successfully in the 2nd Bundesliga, before reaching the pinnacle of its recent history in 2023: as 2nd Bundesliga champions, the FCH was promoted to Germany’s top division, the Bundesliga! In the 2023/24 season, FCH impressed with a strong performance, finishing 8th in the table – qualifying for a European competition for the first time: the UEFA Conference League. In the 2024/25 season, FCH continues to compete in the Bundesliga and remains among the top 18 football clubs in Germany.

www.fc-heidenheim.de
Social responsibility Voith - #VoithCares - Voith Sponsors the Heidenheim Heideköpfe
Voith Sponsors the Heidenheim Heideköpfe

The Heidenheim Heideköpfe were founded in 1992 as the baseball division of Heidenheimer Sportbund 1846 e.V. In 2009, they became German Baseball Champions for the first time, a title they successfully defended in 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2023. In 2024, they won the German Cup, and in 2025, they crowned their success story by becoming Baseball European Cup Champions (BECC). Voith supports the internationally successful club as a top sponsor.

www.heidekoepfe.de
Social responsibility Voith - #VoithCares - Hakro Merlins
Voith Sponsors Hakro Merlins in Crailsheim

The basketball division of Crailsheimer Sportverein was founded in 1986 as a student club. Until 1994, the Crailsheim basketball team played in lower leagues. In 2018, they were promoted to the Basketball Bundesliga, reaching the playoffs for the first time in 2021. After being relegated in 2024, the Merlins currently compete in the 2nd Bundesliga (Pro A), where they most recently finished in 3rd place. Voith sponsors the club.

www.hakro-merlins.com
Social responsibility Voith - #VoithCares - Voith serves as sponsor of fencing in Heidenheim
Voith Supports Fencing in Heidenheim

At the Heidenheim Cup, one of the world’s most prestigious épée tournaments and part of the FIE World Cup, as well as at the Coupe d'Europe, the international fencing elite come together in Heidenheim. The Fechtzentrum Heidenheim hosts a national épée training center and the Baden-Württemberg state performance center. Voith has been a long-standing main sponsor of the fencing division of Heidenheimer Sportbund.

www.hsb1846.de
Social responsibility Voith - #VoithCares - Voith runs at Heidenheim city run
Voith Participates in the City Run in Heidenheim

Running keeps you fit and healthy! Voith supports its employees’ participation in the Heidenheim City Run, held every year in June. The event offers a 10 km and a 5 km run, as well as a 1 km children’s run.

www.stadtlauf.heidenheim.com
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Sponsored by Hanns-Voith-Foundation, Voith China launched the “Nurture the Future” book donation campaign. More than 1,400 books were donated to an elementary school in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China, with strong support from Voith China employees.
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On the occasion of its 150th company anniversary in 2017, Voith donated twelve million euros for the expansion of DHBW in Heidenheim. The building was officially inaugurated in May 2025.
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Voith supports the voluntary engagement of its employees through the #VoithCares program. In the 2025/26 fiscal year, 12 projects worldwide will each receive a donation of €4,000. The total donation of €48,000 is provided by Voith and the Hanns-Voith Foundation. To date, a total of 125 projects have already been supported.
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For the past five years, Voith employees at the Heidenheim site have supported the “Snowflake” initiative during the pre-Christmas season. So far, a total of 700 heartfelt wishes from children in low-income families have been fulfilled.
Photo: Wissensfabrik/Häckl
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