utions division, responsible for assistance systems and automated driving, will be most affected. Around 3,500 jobs worldwide, half of them in Germany, will be cut by 2027. 1,300 jobs at the Schwäbisch Gmünd plant, representing one-third of the workforce, will be cut between 2027 and 2030. At the Hildesheim plant which produces components for electromobility, 750 positions will be cut, with 600 planned by 2026. These plans will not affect opera...

News  Updated at: 2024/11/25

es are demanding alternatives to the planned job cuts, as well as the continuation of future technologies such as electromobility, hydrogen, and autonomous driving in Germany. Bosch employees organized rallies in Bosch headquarters on Schillerhöhe, Ansbach, Bamberg, Blaichach/Immenstadt, Eisenach, Hildesheim, Homburg, Nuremberg, and Salzgitter. They were supported in solidarity by IG Metall representatives from other companies. IG Metall said th...

News  Updated at: 2024/03/26

Bosch to cut around 1,200 jobs in Cross-Domain Computing Solutions division by 2026 Multiple media sources reported that Bosch plans to cut around 1,200 jobs in the Cross-Domain Computing Solutions division by 2026, of which 950 jobs are in Germany. According to the company, this involves employees at the Abstatt, Hildesheim, Leonberg, Renningen, and Schwieberdingen locations. The division has around 20,000 employees. It develops and provides veh...

News  Updated at: 2024/01/19

g performance in every situation. Bosch derived the design of the electric motor and inverter from passenger car technology.  The water-cooling circuit has been merged with that of the battery. There is no need for an oil-based cooling circuit. The drive module will roll off the production line in Hildesheim, Germany, the Bosch lead plant for electric drives.  (From a press release dated September 15, 2022)...

News  Updated at: 2022/09/15

intensive testing on engine test benches and in trial vehicles – with consistently positive results. Bosch will debut Blue Gasoline at its company filling stations as early as May 2021, starting with its Schwieberdingen site, with a rollout to the company’s filling stations at its Feuerbach and Hildesheim sites scheduled for the course of 2021. The supply of conventional Super 95 E10 gasoline will then be gradually phased out. For Bosch, rene...

News  Updated at: 2021/05/03

ed to promote strategic investments in future technology areas such as e-mobility in particular. The investments are intended to strengthen the competitiveness of KSM‘s German locations in the long term. The negotiated compromise includes location guarantees for all four German operating sites in Hildesheim, Radevormwald, Wuppertal and Wernigerode. After the planned reduction of 328 jobs, which will be spread over several months, redundancies f...

News  Updated at: 2020/11/20

ound 1,800 jobs are to be eliminated in the coming months. In addition, a new restructuring collective agreement is to be negotiated with IG Metall for the remaining employees. KSM Castings Group GmbH is not planning to close any sites as part of its restructuring. All four KSM sites in Germany in Hildesheim, Wernigerode, Wuppertal and Radevormwald are affected by the job cuts. At the largest production site and headquarters in Hildesheim, aroun...

News  Updated at: 2020/08/13

KSM Castings applies for protective shielding process in Germany On July 3, KSM Castings Group GmbH filed an application for a protective shielding process with the Hildesheim district court. The management will develop a concrete restructuring plan together with the restructuring and insolvency experts in the next few weeks. The protective shielding process does not affect the automotive supplier’s operating business. The production and delive...

News  Updated at: 2020/07/06

With its partner Powercell, Bosch is already preparing the industrialization of the stack of a mobile fuel cell for use in vehicles. The market launch is planned for 2022. For electric vehicles, it is investing around EUR 100 million in the production of electrical drive systems at its Eisenach and Hildesheim plants. Bosch is investing an additional EUR 100 million in the heat pump business and wants to expand its development and double its marke...

News  Updated at: 2020/04/29

Bosch produces the ten millionth start-stop starter motor Robert Bosch GmbH announced that the ten millionth start-stop starter motor produced by the Bosch global manufacturing network recently rolled off the line at its Hildesheim site in Germany. The company began series production in 2007. (From a press release on July 31, 2013)...

News  Updated at: 2013/07/31

Bosch supplying components for Peugeot 3008 Hybrid4 Robert Bosch GmbH supplies the components for the electrical power­train of the Peugeot 3008 Hybrid4, which combines a diesel engine and electric motor. The two electric motors, one of which acts as a high-voltage generator, were developed in-house at Bosch and are manufactured at the Hildesheim plant in Germany. Bosch developed the extremely compact power electronics, comprising DC/DC converte...

News  Updated at: 2012/01/31

Bosch produces five million start/stop starters The Bosch Group announced that its plant in Hildesheim, Germany has produced five million start/stop starters since the production began in 2007. In the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC), start/stop systems reduce fuel consumption, and thus CO2 emissions, by up to 5 percent. In the NEDC urban cycle, the saving is as much as 8 percent. (From a press release on December 19, 2011)...

News  Updated at: 2011/12/19

Citic Dicastal acquires German-based KSM Castings Based on an agreement it made in July 2011, Citic Dicastal Wheel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has acquired KSM Castings of Germany, and held a ceremony in Hildesheim, Germany to celebrate the completion of the share transaction. The acquisition marks the largest in scale in Germany conducted by a Chinese company. KSM is one of the leading suppliers of chassis and powertrain products in Europe, operatin...

News  Updated at: 2011/12/06

mpleted their negotiations and signed agreements on the establishment of a 50:50 joint venture, which will develop, produce, and market electric motors for electric vehicles. The company, which is to be set up under the name EM-motive GmbH, will have its headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Hildesheim, Germany. The joint venture's engineering site will be located close to the parent companies in the Stuttgart area. Some 100 employees are ...

News  Updated at: 2011/07/14

r of intent and begun negotiations to establish a 50:50 joint venture, which is likely to be concluded in the first half of 2011, to cooperate in the development and production of electric motors for all-electric vehicles in Europe. The joint activities are planned to be located in Stuttgart and in Hildesheim, Germany. The joint production should start in 2012. It is envisioned that the electric motors developed will be used in Mercedes-Benz and ...

News  Updated at: 2011/04/12

ng alliance to develop diesel hybrids with electric four-wheel drive in December 2008. Assembly lines for products for hybrid and electric powertrains are under construction at its German facilities to prepare series production of power electronics components in Reutlingen and of electric motors in Hildesheim. (From a press release on July 8, 2010)...

News  Updated at: 2010/07/08