BOSCH

The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services.

With some 395,000 associates (as of December 31, 2020) worldwide, working in the four business segments Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology, the Bosch Group has sales of 71.5 billion euros in 2020. As a leading IoT company, Bosch offers innovative solutions for smart home, smart city, Industry 4.0, and connected mobility.

In addition, it pursues the vision of sustainable, safe and exciting mobility. Bosch uses its expertise in sensor technology, software and services, as well as its IoT cloud, to offer customers connected, cross-domain solutions from a single source. The Group’s strategic objective is to provide innovative solutions for a connected life that contain artificial intelligence (AI) or are developed or manufactured using it. Under the slogan “Technology for Life,” Bosch improves the quality of life with its products and services by offering innovative solutions worldwide.

The Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 440 subsidiaries and associates in some 60 countries. Including business and service partners, the Bosch engineering, manufacturing, and sales network covers almost every country in the world.

With more than 400 locations worldwide, the Bosch Group has been carbon-neutral since the first quarter of 2020. The basis for the company’s future growth is its innovative strength. At some 129 locations worldwide, 73,000 Bosch associates are engaged in research and development, including around 34,000 software engineers.

The company was founded in Stuttgart in 1886 by Robert Bosch (1861-1942) as a “Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering”. The corporate structure of Robert Bosch GmbH ensures the entrepreneurial independence of the Bosch Group, enabling the company to pursue long-term strategies and new investments that will secure its future.

The Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH charitable foundation holds 94 percent of the shares of Robert Bosch GmbH. The remaining shares are held by a company owned by the Bosch family and by Robert Bosch GmbH. The majority of the voting rights are held by the trust company Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG, which manages the entrepreneurial functions of the company.