Robert Bosch Automotive Steering

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Robert Bosch Automotive Steering GmbH

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founding January 1, 1999
Seat Schwäbisch Gmünd , Baden-Wuerttemberg
management Christian Sobottka
Number of employees approx. 13,750 (2014)
sales 4.38 billion euros (2014)
Branch Automotive suppliers, steering systems
Website www.bosch.com

Logo until 2015
Parking lot and entrance area of ​​Robert Bosch Automotive Steering, Schwäbisch Gmünd Schiessal

The Robert Bosch Automotive Steering GmbH (to 30 January 2015: ZF Lenksysteme GmbH ), headquartered in Schwabisch Gmund is a German automotive supplier and one of the world leading companies in the field of steering technology . In 1999 the company was supported by a subsidiary of ZF Friedrichshafen AG, a joint venture of Robert Bosch GmbH and ZF Friedrichshafen AG, each held half of the company. The company currently has 20 locations in 8 countries. On January 30, 2015, the company was completely taken over by Bosch.

history

After inflation and the economic crisis of the 1920s , Schwäbisch Gmünd had hit an economic low. The city's traditional silver and jewelery trade barely brought in any sales, with 45 RM per person per year, the tax income was still well below the already weak national average, the city was an economic emergency area. When the special representative of the Reich Aviation Ministry Richard Bullinger, as part of his order to relocate industrial production to the hinterland, considered Schwäbisch Gmünd as the new location for ZF's transmission production , hope was great and all paths were paved. On January 7, 1937, the contract between the city administration and Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen AG for the purchase of a piece of land in Ziegelwiesenstrasse to build a new factory was signed in the rococo palace of the city of Schwäbisch Gmünd . The mayor Franz Konrad in particular tried to settle here because he wanted to make the city more independent of the troubled jewelry and silverware factories. The production of transmissions for special vehicles, limited-slip differentials and engine brakes began on June 15 of the same year . In the following year, the Schwäbische Zahnradwerke GmbH was founded and began producing aircraft gearboxes for the Air Force in 1940 in the militarily favorable Schiessal valley . After the end of the war in 1945, the production of ZF steering systems for the civilian market began there, which is still the core business today.

On January 1, 1999, the production of ZF steering systems was transferred to a separate company. In the newly founded joint venture , Robert Bosch GmbH holds 50 percent of the company and is supposed to contribute its expertise in the fields of electronics , electrics and sensor technology , which is particularly important for the development and further development of the new electric steering systems . In the course of this, the new company logo is also introduced, which is supposed to represent a wheel as it rolls towards the viewer in a descriptive curve to the left. In 2001, Plant 7 Gügling in Schwäbisch Gmünd was awarded the Factory of the Year award. As a wholly-owned subsidiary , ZFLS founded ZF Commercial Vehicle Steering Co. Ltd. in 2006 . in Jinan , China . On October 24, 2019, Robert Bosch AS GmbH informed the employees at the Schwäbisch Gmünd site that they would cut an additional 1,000 jobs at the site by the end of 2022, after having signed a site agreement with the works council and IG Metall in 2017, the cost reductions and (also by the end of 2022) plans to cut 760 jobs.

Locations

Robert Bosch Automotive Steering GmbH currently has 16 locations in eight countries. The locations are in America , Asia and Europe :

Location plant founding Companies Employee production
Belo Horizonte , Brazil Belo Horizonte plant 1997 ZF Sistemas de Direção Ltda. 200 Steering columns
Berlin , Germany Berlin plant 1926 Robert Bosch Automotive Steering GmbH 700 Steering pumps
Bietigheim-Bissingen , Germany Bietigheim plant 1965 Robert Bosch Automotive Steering GmbH 450 Servo and sensor units of the electric steering, hydraulic pumps
Bremen , Germany Bremen plant 1969 Robert Bosch Automotive Steering Bremen GmbH 300 Steering columns, steering shafts, universal joints
Eger , Hungary Eger plant 2003 Robert Bosch Automotive Steering Kft. 600 Development, hydraulic steering, steering columns, steering shafts
Florence , USA Florence plant 1994 Robert Bosch Automotive Steering LLC 800 Hydraulic steering, electric steering, steering pumps
Jinan , China Jinan Plant 2004 ZF Commercial Vehicle Steering (Shandong) Co. Ltd. 200 Hydraulic steering
Marignier , France Marignier plant 1990 Robert Bosch Automotive Steering Marignier SAS 300 Steering pumps, steering systems
Nanjing , China Nanjing plant 2001 ZF Steering Jincheng Co. Ltd. 200 Steering pumps
Penang , Malaysia Penang plant 1984 ZF Steering (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. 400 ZF servo electronics, hydraulic steering
Pune , India 2007 Robert Bosch Automotive Steering India Pvt. Ltd. Servocom power steering, electric steering
Schwäbisch Gmünd , Germany Plant 2 Schiessal 1937 Robert Bosch Automotive Steering GmbH 4,500 Head office, development, test track, hydraulic steering, electric steering
Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany Plant 4 Lorcher Strasse 1978 Robert Bosch Automotive Steering GmbH 500 Gear racks, electric steering
Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany Plant 7 Gügling 1993 Robert Bosch Automotive Steering GmbH 700 Steering valves, racks, hydraulic steering, electric steering
Shanghai , China Shanghai plant 1994 ZF Shanghai Steering Systems Co., Ltd. 1,200 Hydraulic steering, electric steering, steering columns
Sorocaba , Brazil Sorocaba plant 1959 ZF Sistemas de Direção Ltda. 700 Hydraulic steering systems, steering pumps
Vendôme , France Vendôme plant 1972 Robert Bosch Automotive Steering Vendôme SAS 600 Steering columns
Yantai , China Yantai plant 2011 ZF Shanghai Steering Systems Co., Ltd. Hydraulic steering

The steering column factory in Gwent , United Kingdom , founded in 1972, closed in 2011. The ZF Steering Systems Nacam Ltd. in 2010 employed around 50 people. Production at the Bietigheim location will be discontinued at the end of 2021, but the development department will remain there.

Web link and source

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b [1] . Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ Inge Nowak: The contract has been signed - ZF Lenksysteme will in future belong to Bosch alone , Stuttgarter Zeitung from September 15, 2014, accessed on September 16, 2014
  3. ↑ a b Ulrich Müller: The Development of Schwäbisch Gmünd from 1933 to 1992 Part 1 (1932–1945), p. 2 (as of May 1, 2014)
  4. ↑ See article on Richard Bullinger at the Left in Schwäbisch Gmünd
  5. ↑ We have reason to celebrate: 75 years of the Schwäbisch Gmünd site ( memento from April 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved April 26, 2012.
  6. ↑ Locations of Robert Bosch Automotive Steering (no longer available, as of October 17, 2018)
  7. ↑ Imelda Flaig: Bosch closes production in Bietigheim. In: Stuttgarter-Zeitung.de. June 17, 2020, accessed June 18, 2020 .


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