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Bosch commercial-vehicles business grows by more than 10 percent

Bosch commercial-vehicles business grows by more than 10 percent

Hannover – With sales growth of more than 10 percent, Bosch’s commercial-vehicles business is making a major contribution to growth in the company’s Automotive Technology business sector. Overall, Bosch’s automotive business is set to register growth of 7 to 8 percent in 2014. In the cur-rent year, the company will generate one-quarter of its automotive technology sales with equipment for trucks, vans, and buses. “Bosch’s commercial-vehicle growth is in the fast lane,” said Wolf-Henning Scheider, member of the board of management of Robert Bosch GmbH and spokes-person for the Automotive Group, at the 2014 IAA Commercial Vehicles in Hannover. Diesel technology continues to be the main driver of growth. In this regard, Bosch is benefiting from ever stricter emissions standards for trucks and buses, as well as for off-highway vehicles such as tractors and construction machinery.

Emissions standards boost global sales of diesel systems

China4 is one current example of such standards. As a result of this new emissions standard, electronically controlled high-pressure injection systems and exhaust-gas treatment will be mandatory for new commercial vehicles. Bosch is benefiting from this. The company has sold twice as many common-rail systems as in 2013. Consequently, this year will see the opening of a second Bosch manufacturing site for commercial-vehicle technology in China.

But China is not the only country in which exacting standards are boosting sales figures: worldwide, nearly a million Denoxtronic exhaust-gas treatment systems for trucks and buses will be delivered this year.

Web-enabled trucks: operating efficiency is top priority

Particularly in Europe and the U.S., Bosch is focusing on connectivity in commercial vehicles alongside diesel technology. “We expect that by as early as 2016, every new commercial vehicle in Europe and the U.S. will be web-enabled,” said Wolf-Henning Scheider. Bosch is already the European market leader for truck and bus infotainment systems. Bosch is also using this connectivity to enhance commercial vehicles’ fuel economy. One example of this is Eco.Logic Motion – a system that uses a navigation data-based electronic horizon to calculate an efficient driving strategy. To achieve this, Bosch connects the powertrain and the transmission with the navigation system. This alone results in average fuel savings of 5 percent – according to measurements made by Bosch customers, the saving can even reach 9 percent. In the future, Bosch will also be connecting the engine management and transmission control systems with web-based real-time data. This will allow the commercial vehicle’s powertrain to adapt not only to the topography and geometry of the road network, but also to speed limits and road works. To quote Scheider, the result is an optimization “based on live information.”

Bosch Automotive Technology - close to the customer worldwide

In order to be able to supply customers in China, Europe, and the United States, Bosch relies on local partnerships and local manufacturing. Outside Germany, the company has manufacturing operations for commercial-vehicle diesel systems in the U.S., Brazil, China, the Czech Republic, Japan, and India. The expansion of global competence in the automotive sector is also reflected in headcount: by the beginning of 2015, Bosch Automotive Technology will employ a good 193,000 associates, almost 13,000 more than at the start of 2014. This increase will mainly take place in Asia. In addition, the Automotive Technology business sector will see its research and development workforce grow from almost 35,000 to more than 37,000 associates.

About Bosch

Bosch has been present in Belgium since 1907. The Bosch Group employs approximately 1,050 associates in Belgium. The main sites are located in Tienen, Anderlecht and Mechelen.

The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 428,000 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2023). According to preliminary figures, the company generated sales of 91.6 billion euros in 2023. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. As a leading IoT provider, Bosch offers innovative solutions for smart homes, Industry 4.0, and connected mobility. Bosch is pursuing a vision of mobility that is sustainable, safe, and exciting. It uses its expertise in sensor technology, software, and services, as well as its own IoT cloud, to offer its customers connected, cross-domain solutions from a single source. The Bosch Group’s strategic objective is to facilitate connected living with products and solutions that either contain artificial intelligence (AI) or have been developed or manufactured with its help. Bosch improves quality of life worldwide with products and services that are innovative and spark enthusiasm. In short, Bosch creates technology that is “Invented for life.” The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 470 subsidiary and regional companies in over 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. The basis for the company’s future growth is its innovative strength. At 136 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 90,000 associates in research and development, of which roughly 48,000 are software engineers.

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 upfront investments in the safeguarding of its future. Ninety-four percent of the share capital of Robert Bosch GmbH is held by Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH, a charitable foundation. The remaining shares are held by Robert Bosch GmbH and by a corporation owned by the Bosch family. The majority of voting rights are held by Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG, an industrial trust. The entrepreneurial ownership functions are carried out by the trust.

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