Bosch

The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. In the areas of mobility solutions and industrial technology, consumer goods, and energy and building technology, some 375,000 associates generated sales of 70.6 billion Euros in fiscal 2015. Bosch considers occupational training an integral part of its social responsibility. Worldwide more than 6,100 young people, of whom around 4,000 are in Germany, receive high-quality training of this kind. In the field of research and development with some 55,000 associates, Bosch’s expenditure totals 6.3 billion euros (8.9 % of sales). In 2015 we applied for over 5,422 patents worldwide. At Bosch, the way we do business is in tune with environmental protection. Already back in 1973, the Bosch Group specified protection of the environment as being one of its business objectives – it is therefore assigned the same high importance as the quality of Bosch products and the efficiency with which¬ the company does business. Bosch is determined to enhance the quality of life of people all around the world with solutions that are both innovative and beneficial. Bosch celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2011. The company was set up in Stuttgart in 1886 by Robert Bosch (1861–1942) as “Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering.” The special ownership structure of Robert Bosch GmbH guarantees the entrepreneurial freedom of the Bosch Group, making it possible for the company to plan over the long term and to undertake significant up-front investments in the safeguarding of its future. Ninety-two percent of the share capital of Robert Bosch GmbH is held by Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH, a charitable foundation. The majority of voting rights are held by Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG, an industrial trust. Bosch is one of the world-wide largest electronics manufacturing service provider with an emphasis on automotive supplier industry. Coming already from semiconductor and chip level technologies, e.g. for MEMS and power semiconductors, and going further to board and aggregate level, e.g. pcb and module process technologies, Bosch covers an extreme range of electronics’ process, analyzing and methodology landscape in its business.

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