Bosch

Bosch is a German multinational engineering and technology company headquartered in Gerlingen Germany. The company was founded by Robert Bosch in Stuttgart in 1886. The Robert Bosch Foundation owns 92%. Bosch’s core areas are spread across four business segments: mobility (hardware and software) consumer products (including home appliances and electrical products) industrial technology (including drive and control) and energy and building technology.

Bosch Company History

1886 – 1920

• The company’s history began in a backyard in western Stuttgart as a workshop for precision mechanics and electrical engineering (German: Werkstätte für Feinmechanik und Elektrotechnik) on November 15 1886. One year later Bosch introduced the first low-voltage magnetos for gas engines.
• Since 1897 Bosch has been fitting better-designed magnetic ignition devices into automobiles and has become the industry’s only supplier of truly reliable ignition.
• In 1902 Gottlob Honnold Bosch’s chief engineer unveiled a high-voltage magnetic ignition system with a spark plug. This product paved the way for Bosch to become a leading supplier of auto parts.
• Bosch opened the first factory in Stuttgart in 1901. In 1906 the company produced the one hundred thousandth magnet. In the same year Bosch workers’ working time became 8 hours.
• In 1910 the Feuerbach factory near Stuttgart was built and built. In this factory Bosch began producing light bulbs in 1913. In 1917 Bosch became the company

Until the year 2000

• After World War II Bosch entered into a partnership with the Japanese company Denso.
• In 1964 the Robert Bosch Foundation was established. Bosch established a new development center in Schwerdingen in 1968 and the headquarters moved to
• In 1981 the company acquired a stake in Telefonbo & Doria which was renamed Telenorm in 1985 and fully acquired in 1987.
• In 1994 this part of the company was renamed Bosch Telecom.
• The company’s most significant inventions until 2000 were the oxygen sensor (1976) electric motor control (1979) anti-lock braking system (1986) automotive xenon headlights (1991) electronic stability control (1995) and direct fuel injection (2000). ).

21st century

• In 2001 Bosch acquired Minnesota Rexroth which was later renamed Bosch Rexroth. In the same year the company opened a new test center in Betden near Iflog in northern Sweden. The new development center in Epstadt Germany continued in 2004.
• In 2002 Bosch acquired Philips CSI which at that time produced a wide range of professional communications and security products and systems.
• Important inventions in these years were the electro-hydraulic brake in 2001 the digital drive-in car radio and the lithium-ion battery cordless screwdriver in 2003.
• Bosch was awarded the German Future Award by the German President in 2005 and 2008. A new development center is planned for 2008 in Reiningen. In 2014 the first divisions moved to the new centre while the remaining divisions followed

عام 2015

• In 2006 Bosch acquired Telex Communications and Electro-Voice.
• In 2009 Bosch invested around 3.6 billion euros in development and research. About 3,900 patents are published each year. In addition to increasing energy efficiency through the use of renewable energy the company plans to invest in new areas such as biomedical engineering.
• China has developed into an important market and production base for Bosch. In 2012 Bosch had 4,000 employees and revenues of 41.7 billion yuan (about 5 billion euros) in China alone.
• 2012 – Purchase of SPX Solutions
• 2012 – Busch sells its brake business to KBS Capital Partners creates Chase’s Brix International
• 2013 – Bosch announces he is exiting his solar energy business
• 2014 – Bosch enters negotiations to buy Red Band.
• 2014 – Bosch acquired more than 100% of the shares from the former joint venture Bosch (BSH) and Siemens AG (home appliances)
• 2014 – Bosch received the 2014 American Smart Partner Award for Physical Security from Ingram Micro.
• 2015 – Bosch acquired 100% of the shares of the former joint venture ZF Steering Systems (half of it was with ZF Friedrichshafen)
• 2015 – Bosch buys SiO Corporation a startup working on solid state lithium-ion batteries.