The greatest Olympic commitment in the history of Bauerfeind AG from Zeulenroda in the German state of Thuringia came to an end today: with its very own team of orthotists, the medical product manufacturer was on hand to provide medical care for all 10,500 athletes from 204 nations competing at the Games in London. Bauerfeind supports, orthoses, medical compression stockings, and orthopedic insoles came to the aid of athletes on more than 700 (!) occasions.

Physicians and physiotherapists from Poland will be paying regular visits to the Thuringian town of Zeulenroda from now on. They will be undergoing further training at the Bauerfeind Academy as part of a cooperation agreement signed in February by the manufacturer of medical products and the Medical Commission of the Polish Olympic Committee.

"Sports Orthopedics" is the title of the English edition of the official manual of the German Society for Orthopedic Traumatologic Sports Medicine (Gesellschaft für Orthopädisch-Traumatologische Sportmedizin - GOTS). The book, which runs to nearly 800 pages, was presented to the public for the first time in September during the second orthopedics and sports orthopedics conference in Zeulenroda. Almost 100 authors helped compile the book. It is edited by PD Dr. med. Martin Engelhardt, a former President of GOTS, and science writer Alexander Dorr.

The University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, polled Bauerfeind's employees and analysed its human resource management (HRM) policies in May 2010. The outcome of this survey is that the firm will receive the prestigious Top Job award from project mentor Wolfgang Clement in Duisburg on 27 January this year and will therefore officially be recognised as one of Germany's best employers.