Sponsoring + Commitment

Although we think and act on a global scale, we feel a special commitment to our home in Eislingen/Fils. This is where Zeller Gmelin has flourished over the course of its 160-year history—this is our home. It is therefore part of who we are to give back a portion of our success. We regularly support local initiatives in the areas of sports, social welfare, and culture.

Sponsoring

Frisch Auf Göppingen – Handball Bundesliga

After many years as a B sponsor, we will become an A sponsor of the Bundesliga handball club in this year’s 2024/2025 handball season. The focus of the sponsorship is on employer branding and regional responsibility. For the coming season, Zeller+Gmelin will receive television-relevant advertising space on digital boards, interview walls and the coaching team’s jerseys. Zeller+Gmelin will also become a member of the business community.

1st Göppingen Sports Club – the leading soccer team in the district

For decades, the 1st Göppingen Sports Club has stood for passion, team spirit and honest soccer in the region. The club is highly committed to promoting young talent and cohesion in local sport.

After being relegated from the regional league by the narrowest of margins, we want to contribute with our commitment to ensuring that 1. Sportverein Göppingen gets a new lease of life in the coming season – and perhaps soon achieves promotion again.

We support them in this.

Social commitment

Good deeds

Zeller+Gmelin supports the NWZ (Neue Württembergische Zeitung) charity campaign “Good Deeds” for social projects in the district of Göppingen. The NWZ’s “Good Deeds” are a success story. Since 1974, more than five million euros in donations have been passed on to needy people in the district and to social associations and organizations.

Cultural commitment

Filseck Castle Summer Festival

The summer festival is the cultural highlight of various music events at Filseck Castle. A particular concern is to give young musicians from the region the opportunity to perform alongside well-known and established artists. This festival has quickly established itself in the Göppingen district and beyond, attracting an increasing number of visitors to the castle year after year.

Staufer Festival

The Staufer Festival stands for authentic art and cultural formats that you can touch and identify with, true to the motto: “By people from the region, for people from the region” – and has been doing so for over 15 years.

Internationally active professionals from the world of opera and theater work together with amateurs from the region to create professional musical theater at the highest artistic level.

Tour de Kreisle

The Tour de Kreisle combines physical activity with social engagement. During this charity bike ride through the Göppingen district, numerous cyclists pedal together to raise funds for hospice care in the region.

The routes, which can be completed in several day-long stages, follow bike paths and forest trails through the district. The proceeds will benefit the hospice in Faurndau and the hospice in Geislingen.

Zeller Gmelin has been supporting the Tour de Kreisle for many years and is pleased that this commitment allows it to contribute to the important hospice work in the Göppingen district.

Mini World Cup Soccer Tournament

Playing in the World Cup right on their own doorstep: At the Mini World Cup hosted by 1. Göppinger Sportverein 1895 e.V., this dream becomes a reality for countless young soccer players. The E-Youth teams don the jerseys of international soccer nations and compete against each other in a World Cup-style tournament.

For the young players, it’s not just about the score. The focus is on shared experiences, fair play, and the joy of soccer. With jerseys, a tournament atmosphere, and plenty of matches, the Mini World Cup is a special experience for the young athletes and the entire club community.

As a partner of the tournament, Zeller Gmelin supports youth sports in the region, thereby promoting physical activity, team spirit, and a vibrant club culture.