BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte

BSH Bosch and Siemens Home Appliances Group is the largest home appliance manufacturer in Europe and one of the world's leading companies in the industry. The Group is a joint venture between Robert Bosch GmbH and Siemens AG and generated 2012 sales of around 9.8 billion euros. BSH has 42 factories in 13 countries in Europe, USA, Latin America and Asia. Together with a network of sales and customer service companies are about 70 companies in 50 countries with over 46,000 employees, BSH operates over 70 percent in Europe.

The product portfolio covers the full spectrum of modern home appliances. It ranges from stoves, ovens and range hoods dishwashers, washers, dryers, refrigerators and freezers to small home appliances ( Consumer Products) such as vacuum cleaners, coffee machines, kettles, irons and hairdryers.

Brands

It sells in addition to the main brands Bosch and Siemens also a number of specialty brands: Gaggenau, Neff, Thermador, Constructa, Viva, Ufesa, Junker and Zelmer. BSH in different countries also sells regional brands. The Regional BSH brands are Pitsos, Coldex, Balay and Profilo.

History

BSH Bosch and Siemens Home Appliances (then Bosch Siemens Home Appliances - Federal Social Assistance Act ) was founded in 1967 as a joint venture by Robert Bosch ( Stuttgart) and Siemens ( Munich). At this time had the BSH factories in Berlin, Giengen and Traunreut. 1976, BSH involved in Pitsos, Athens in Greece (BSH Ikiakes Syskeveses ABE ) and expanded the number of production sites around the factories Dillingen and Athens.

In 1982, BSH the Neff brand and founded the Neff GmbH in Munich. The factory sites have been added to the plant in Bretten. In Spain, BSH involved the 1988/89 Balay in Zaragoza and earned Safel in Pamplona and thus the factories in Estella, Pamplona, Santander and Zaragoza.

In the area of ​​small home appliances, BSH Nazarje extended in 1993 with the takeover of small appliances factory, MGA Mali Gospodinski aparati, in Slovenia. In 1994, the BSH in China BSW Household Appliances Co., a joint venture with the ' Wuxi Little Swan' group and began the manufacture and sale of washing machines in Wuxi. In addition, the Gaggenau domestic appliances was acquired in Germany. In Brazil, BSH took over this year and the voting capital of the Brazilian household appliance manufacturer, Continental, 2001, São Paulo, henceforth BSH Continental Eletrodomésticos (sale of subsidiary in 2009).

In 1995, the majority of the Turkish BSH Profilo PEG Elektrikli Gereçler Sanayii A.Ş. in Istanbul. This was another production site in Turkey ( Cerkezköy ) of the portfolio. In Germany, the factory was added in Nauen (Brandenburg). In 1996, the BSY Cooling Appliances Co., Ltd. in China, established; today it is called BSH Home Appliances Co., Ltd. .. In Chuzhou in China refrigeration products were manufactured and distributed. In Peru, the home appliance Coldex, SA, Lima has acquired a majority stake in this year. The manufacturing sites Chuzhou (China), Lima (Peru ) and Bad Neustadt ( Germany ) were added. 1997/98 expanded BSH mainly in the USA. It was the BSH Home Appliances Partnership in New Bern, today BSH Home Appliances Corporation, at that time, since 2012 Irvine founded in Huntington Beach. Thus, the production site New Bern was added to the factories. The takeover of the American heating appliances manufacturer Thermador in Huntington Beach followed in 1998. In Regensburg / Michalovce was ' EDS Electronics, Drives and Systems' taken. In Spain Ufesa was a manufacturer of small home appliances taken. Other factory locations in Poland ( Łódź ), Russia ( Chernogolovka ), Slovakia ( Michalovce ), Spain ( Vitoria, Echarri - Aranaz ) and the USA (La Follette, Vernon ) followed.

In Thailand in 2001 was the BHST Washing Appliances Ltd.. , Kabinburi, founded as a joint venture with Hitachi Group. In 2002, the factory was opened in Thailand. In New Bern (USA), the cornerstone was laid for a new washing machine factory and opened a new production facility for dishwasher in Poland ( Łódź).

2003 was the herd production in the U.S. start, as is the production of washing machines and dryers. In addition, BSH moved into a new corporate headquarters in Munich- Neuperlach. 2004 shares of Fedders in the production of room air conditioners in Spain were taken ( Estella ). For a dryer factory in Poland ( Łódź), the foundation stone was laid this year.

2005 bought BSH in Russia ( Strelna near St. Petersburg ) a plot of land for a refrigeration equipment factory. Similarly, in China ( Nanjing) laid the foundation stone for the Appliance Park and the new dryer factory in Poland ( Łódź) opened. Expired in 2006 in Turkey ( Cerkezköy ) to the production of dishwashers. 2007, a refrigeration equipment factory was opened and laid the foundations for a washing machine factory in Russia (Saint Petersburg ).

2011, the newly built technology center in Berlin ( Techno Park ) was opened. The technology center will replace the location in Berlin- yard box. In November 2012, BSH announced its intention to want to take over the Polish home appliance Zelmer through a public tender offer. The transaction was completed in March 2013 with the acquisition of more than 97 % of the capital at Zelmer.

2013, the BSH by the CRF Institute as "Top Employer for Engineers " and was awarded for the seventh time in a row as "Top Employer " Germany. Also in Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain, BSH was able to maintain a "Top Employer " and so list the international award " Top Employers Europe" for themselves.

Recall of Dishwashers

End of August 2013 announced BSH with that in Germany some two million dishwashers brands Siemens, Bosch, Neff, Constructa and Junker Ruh from the years 1999 to 2005 because a faulty component (which in the worst case could have caught fire) would be recalled. Worldwide, approximately five million units had been sold. In Germany, 69 incidents were known to become according to the company until then.

Innovation

2012, the company has invested 326 million euros in research and development. In Patent Ranking 2011 of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office BSH occupied by more than 900 new patent applications on the 6th place (previous year: 6th place ). 2009 won the BSH Innovation Prize for Climate and Environment ( IKU ) in the category "Product and service innovations for climate protection" for the zeolite dishwasher, which consumes 20 % less power compared to previous dishwashers.