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Ideas Management at Homburg Plant:
Bosch Receives German Ideas Award 2012
Award for communication on energy efficiency
- Award presented by the German Institute for Business Administration
- Energy management at Bosch plant in Homburg receives award
- Communications model raises consciousness of workforce
Bosch to build automotive technology plant in
Romania
- New manufacturing and engineering site for electronic control units
- 340 jobs to be created and 77 million euros invested by end of 2013
Injection-pump and small-series production specialist
Bosch plans takeover of Koller + Schwemmer’s
business operations
- Diesel product portfolio to be broadened
- Parts to be available longer, improved remanufacturing possibilities
- Operations to be continued by a separate Bosch subsidiary
Award conferred by Federal Chancellor Merkel
Bosch is Germany’s most family-friendly large enterprise
Exemplary support for associates
- Family-friendliness is a strategic component of HR policy
- Modern work arrangements based on telecommuting or part-time schemes
- Board of management member Christoph Kübel: “Everyone benefits from flexible work arrangements”
- Bosch to hire more than 13,000 university graduates in 2012
German Touring Car Masters 2012
DTM relies on Bosch technology once more
- In 2012, DTM will once again feature Bosch engine management, displays, and other standard components
- MS 5.1 engine control unit and DDU 8 display used for the first time
- Bosch Motorsport supplies both series technology optimized for racing cars and technology specially developed for motor racing
Changes at Robert Bosch GmbH and
Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG
- Following 50 years with Bosch, Hermann Scholl to retire on June 30, 2012
- Franz Fehrenbach to succeed Scholl
- Volkmar Denner to be new chairman of the Bosch board of management effective July 1, 2012
Article Dr. rer. nat. Volkmar Denner
We want to connect the virtual and the physical world
Many companies still vastly underestimate the power of the global trend toward networking over the internet.
Preventing microsleep
Bosch Driver Drowsiness Detection
Now also featured in the Volkswagen Passat Alltrack
- Fatigue is one of the main causes of serious accidents
- Characteristic steering movements indicate fatigue
- Driver drowsiness detection now a standard feature in Volkswagen’s Passat Alltrack
Anuga FoodTec 2012
Bosch Packaging Technology’s
strategy is producing rapid growth
Innovations are setting new standards
- Expansion of international presence is paying off
- New developments for filling of liquid foods
- New SurePOUCH packaging styles create flexible packaging options
Anniversary for a life saving technology
75 million Bosch ESP® systems
ESP® in nearly every second new car worldwide in 2012
- ESP® can prevent up to 80 percent of all skidding accidents
- Since 2010 Bosch has been producing more ESP® than ABS units
- ESP® is mandatory in many countries
- Many driver assistance systems are based on ESP®
Bosch named world's most admired automotive supplier
Fortune magazine cited company as most admired in motor vehicle parts industry
- Ranked first in motor vehicle parts industry globally
- Especially valued for innovation, people management, quality of management, quality of products and services, and global competitiveness
- Ranked fifth in Germany, 11th in India and 14th in Europe among all companies
New company creates basis for
customer-friendly electromobility
- hubject GmbH joint venture set up
- Development of an open data platform for roaming and clearing starts
- Compatibility logo as distinctive identification feature for charge spots
Bosch and University of St. Gallen collaborate
Innovation lab to develop business models
related to the internet of things and services
Think tank starts work in Switzerland
- Goal is to develop specific applications and business models
- First project to network users of electric vehicles
- “Bosch IoTS lab” seeking additional PhD students
Preliminary figures for fiscal 2011
Bosch exceeds growth target
Further sales increase expected in 2012
- Sales up by nearly 9 percent to 51.4 billion euros
- More than 300,000 Bosch associates for the first time
- Special burdens keep pre-tax result down to roughly 5 percent of sales
- International presence further strengthened
- All business sectors expanded
Results of the “Imageprofile 2012” study
Bosch is the most respected industrial enterprise
in Germany
Strong focus on sustainability and innovative strength
- Among top five companies in overall ranking
- Representative survey of more than 4,000 executives
Microelectromechanical components
Two billion Bosch MEMS sensors
Production volumes growing steadily since 1995
- 13 years for the first billion, just three for the second
- Bosch is the global market leader in MEMS sensors
- Main customers in the automotive and consumer-electronics industries
Bosch Packaging Technology opens new state of
the art manufacturing facility in Goa
- New facility gives Bosch greater access to customer base in Goa/India
- Bosch focus on pharma, confectionery and food processing industries
