Robert Bosch GmbH is in the year 1886 an enterprise created of Robert Bosch. It is:

• Supplier of the car industry,
• Manufacturer of consumer durables (electric power tools, household appliances),
• Industrie and building engineering (safety engineering), as well as
• Packing method

By relatively high increases in sales in the years 2003 and 2004 Bosch is meanwhile the largest automobile supplier world-wide. In Germany the enterprise has approximately 112,000 coworkers on over 80 locations (2005: 110500), world-wide (in more than 50 countries) at 236 locations of approx. 250,000 coworkers (conditions 01/2006 - January 2005:242000). The conversion amounted to 2005 world-wide 42 (2004: 40; 2003:36,4) billions euro. The head office is in Gerlingen with Stuttgart. Since 1 July 2003 is Franz Fehrenbach of chairmen of the management.

Ownership structure

Robert Bosch donation holds 92% of the portions Robert Bosch GmbH, has however no being correct rights. Robert Bosch industrial trust kg (Bosch and of the economic life occupy such as Hans's Peter Stihl with active and former members of the management, representatives of the family) has 93% of the being correct rights, but no Beteiligung.Die of remaining portions and being correct rights is practical in the possession of the descendants of the firm founder Robert Bosch. Due to this construction between participation and right to vote, as well as - for an enterprise of this order of magnitude atypical - the company form of the GmbH the Unternehmensgewinne Robert Bosch GmbH flow to non-profit Robert Bosch donation or remain in the enterprise.

According to data of the manager magazine from the year 2004 the fortune of the bosch family on 3,1 billion euro becomes estimated and was thereby because of 23. Place on the list of the richest German families.

Important steering wheels of the enterprise are Hans Lutz Merkle, which had the management from 1963 to 1984 or Hermann Scholl, which was afterwards from 1993 to 2001 managing directors and 2003 the Bosch industrial trust took over the presidency.

Substantial societies of the group of bosch in Germany

• Point of blue GmbH (100%)
• Bosch engineering GmbH (100%)
• Bosch Rexroth AG (100%)
• Bosch Packaging Technology (100%)
• BSH (Bosch and Siemens domestic appliances) GmbH (50%)
• Bosch safety systems GmbH (100%)
• BT magnet technology GmbH (50%)
• Buderus AG (100%)
• ETAS GmbH (90%)
• Hawera rehearses GmbH (100%)
• Robert Bosch electrical equipment of vehicle iron oh GmbH (100%)
• VB car battery GmbH (20%)
• ZF of steering systems GmbH (50%)

Arrangement of the enterprise

Automotive technology

The group of bosch became 2004 for the first time world-wide turnover-strongest automobile supplier. In the year 2005 Bosch with its largest division automotive technology obtained 26 billion euro conversion - those are 61.9% of the gross income 2005. The range subdivided itself into the business fields of gasoline systems and Diesel systems with the Hauptprodukten injecting technology and motor control, chassis of system control (e.g. ABS, ESP) and chassis of system Brakes (among other things Bremsassistenzsysteme), energy and body systems (e.g. generators), Car Multimedia (mark: Point of blue), automotive electronics (controllers and semiconductor components) and automotive engineering trade (spare parts). In the year 2004 the Diesel portion rose with newly certified passenger car in Western Europe to 48%. Bosch coined/shaped this trend considerably. With the 3. Generation Common Rail has Bosch at present most progressive system at the market, which improves achievement, consumption and cleanliness again. Beyond that Bosch works on the development of a particle filter, which goes to 2006 into production. Before ten years Bosch brought as first offerers the electronic stability program (ESP) on the market. The portion of the passenger cars equipped with ESP reached 2004 in Europe with the newly certified vehicles 36 per cent.

Industrial technology

To this range, which contributes 14.3% (6 billion euro) to the conversion (2005), belongs:

• the subsidiary Bosch Rexroth AG as world-wide offerers of industrie and automatic control engineering
• the packing method with solutions for the sweet goods and packaging industry.

Bosch Rexroth belongs to the prominent offerers on the world market for industrial technology. With this division Bosch offers all substantial technologies for propelling, taxes and moving machines. Bosch serves the two core markets factory automation and mobile hydraulics. The division packing method plans, designed, manufactures and installs entire packing concepts and - systems for sweet goods, food and luxury manufacturers as well as for the pharmaceutical industry. The moreover one the assembly plants & special purpose machines of the Bosch group belong to this division.

Consumer durables and building engineering

With 23,8% of the conversion (2005), thus 10 billion, is divided this division euro into electric power tools (marks among other things Bosch, Skil, Dremel), thermal technology (Junkers, Buderus) and safety engineering (Bosch safety systems GmbH). Further to it the 50-prozentige participation in the domestic appliance manufacturer BSH Bosch and Siemens domestic appliances GmbH belongs with marks such as Bosch, Siemens, Constructa, Neff, Gaggenau and other one. With the marks Bosch, Skil and Dremel Bosch one is the world-wide largest manufacturer of electric power tools with a variety for handicraft, industry and do-it-yourself enthusiast. Among the product program rank also accessories such as drills and saw blades as well as garden devices. In the year 2003 Bosch introduced as first offerers the modern lithium ion technology with akkubetriebenen electric power tools. In such a way equipped Akkuschrauber Ixo was in important European countries 2004 the best-selling electric power tool. The technology is transferred gradually to ever more Akku devices. In the thermal technology Bosch is in the meantime a prominent European manufacturer of heater products and warm water devices. Meanwhile the BSH of domestic appliances GmbH belongs to the three leading enterprises of the domestic appliance industry world-wide. The Portfolio covers the chief brands Bosch and Siemens, the marks Gaggenau, Neff, Thermador, Constructa and ufesa as well as six regional marks. With electronic safety systems Bosch is a prominent offerer.

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