Bosch Rexroth

Bosch Rexroth AG is an industrial company in the field of drive and control technology ( advertising slogan: The Drive & Control Company). It was created on 1 May 2001 by the merger of Mannesmann Rexroth AG with the automation technology of Robert Bosch GmbH and is now a 100 - percent subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH. The company, with its well-known individual brands is a global technology leader.

The known individual brands were eg: Bosch Automation, Brueninghaus Hydromatic, Indramat, Lohmann GmbH & Stolterfoht, Mecman, Rexroth Hydraulics and Star.

2012, the company achieved a turnover of 6.5 billion Euros with over 37,500 employees ( including more than 28,000 in Europe). In total there are 18 locations in Germany, with the main facility in Lohr am Main. In addition, subsidiaries in 38 countries and sales and service partners in 80 countries in the world.

The technology fields Electric Drives and Controls, Industrial Hydraulics hydraulics and mobile hydraulics, Linear Motion and Assembly Technologies, Pneumatics and support services.

History

In 1795 the family Rexroth acquired with roots in the Spessart the " Hell Hammer", a water-driven hammer mill, in Elsavatal. 1850 Stein iron foundry in Lohr am Main was purchased. In the same year the plant was connected to the railway and inland waterway transport. 1930, the company developed a new cupola and put special cast of outstanding quality here.

In 1945 the production after the war with cooking pots, pans and irons, later re-recorded and Meat Processing Machinery. 1952 began the production of standardized hydraulic components. In 1965 the acquisition of Indramat GmbH in Lohr. The product range was supplemented by electric control technology. 1968 Mannesmann AG increased the participation in a Rexroth. 1972 Hydromatic GmbH in Elchingen was a manufacturer of axial piston pumps and motors purchased. 1976 Rexroth became the 100 percent subsidiary of Mannesmann AG. In the same year the acquisition of Brueninghaus GmbH in Horb am Neckar, a producer of axial piston pumps and axial piston was. A year later, in 1977, was the Lohmann & Stolterfoht GmbH in Witten, a manufacturer of transmission and clutch technology acquired.

In 1987 he was the takeover of Deutsche Star GmbH in Schweinfurt, a manufacturer of linear technology. 1989, the operation was extended by the Rexroth Pneumatics GmbH in Hannover to the business pneumatics. In 1998, the Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH was converted into a public limited company. 2000 REFU elektronik GmbH in Metzingen, a manufacturer of frequency inverters and solar inverters has been purchased. 2001 witnessed the divestment of automation technology from Robert Bosch GmbH and the merger with Mannesmann Rexroth AG as the new company Bosch Rexroth AG. In 2005, the robotic division was sold to Stäubli International. 2008, the acquisition of Interlit GmbH took place in Cologne, a manufacturer of MWF filters instead. 2008, the merger of the two service organizations mobile hydraulics (SVM ) and industrial hydraulics ( SVI ) was the new product group Hydraulics Service ( SVH ). In September 2013, the Bosch Rexroth AG sold its pneumatic division to the financial investor Triton. The company name was to " Aventics " changed in 2014.

2013 Bosch Rexroth the Hermes Award was awarded for the Open Core Engineering project.