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Board of Management of GmbH

Chairman Deputy Chairman

p p Dr. Siegfried Dais

Members

p Dr. Bernd Bohr p Dr. Rudolf Colm p Dr. Volkmar Denner

p Gerhard Kümmel p Dr. Wolfgang Malchow p Peter Marks

p Uwe Raschke p Peter Tyroller

Visual materials | 1 Automotive Technology

Gasoline Systems As the leading automotive supplier, Bosch believes that the internal-combustion engine will continue to be the dominant automotive powertrain over the next 20 years. Despite this, Bosch is also working intensively on the electrification of the powertrain.

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The electric motor develops power in a minimum of space. It In the Electric Vehicles and performs two functions: as a motor, it allows electric driving Hybrid Systems business unit, over short distances; as a generator, it feeds braking energy some 500 Bosch specialists are back into the battery. currently developing solutions both for hybrid applications and for purely electric driving.

The SB LiMotive joint venture’s first major order was to supply lithium-ion battery cells for installation in BMW’s Megacity Vehicle. The company was established by Bosch and SDI in 2008, and currently employs some 500 associates.

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At the Stuttgart-Feuerbach At the Stuttgart-Feuerbach location, SB LiMotive location, SB LiMotive associates associates test a battery assemble a lithium-ion battery in the climate chamber. system.

Visual materials | 2 Diesel Systems In modern diesel engines, Bosch diesel injection systems make a significant contribution to reducing fuel consumption as well as CO2 emissions. The CP4 common-rail pump, for example, builds up pressure especially fast, and so is suitable for economical start-stop operation. With solutions like this, diesel consumption can be further reduced by some 30 percent over the next few years. By the beginning of 2010, Bosch had manufactured three million CP4 pumps.

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At the Stuttgart-Feuerbach At the Bosch plant in Bamberg, , a finished solenoid-valve location, Bosch associates test injector for the common-rail diesel injection system is inspected. the function and tightness of the CP4 pump, which is used in the common-rail system.

Chassis Systems Bosch further expanded its international ABS manufacturing network in 2009: It was the first automotive supplier to open an ABS manufacturing facility in India – at its Chakan (Pune) location. Up to now, the company has manufactured more than 200 million brake control systems at eight sites worldwide.

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Here we can see an associate Here we can see an associate In 2007, Bosch was the first inspecting an ABS hydraulic testing the tolerance of an automotive supplier to set up block at the Chakan ABS hydraulic block at the a local ABS manufacturing site manufacturing site in Pune, Chakan manufacturing site in in Brazil. India. Pune, India. Here we can see an associate at the Campinas plant in Brazil inspecting an ABS hydraulic modulator.

Visual materials | 3 Automotive Electronics In March 2010, Bosch opened a new wafer fab for eight-inch wafers in Reutlingen, Germany. In the future, the plant will manufacture semiconductors and micromechanical components. With a total volume of 600 million euros, the new wafer fab is the largest single investment in the history of the Bosch Group. When construction is completed (scheduled for 2016), as many as one million microchips will be made every day. By this time, approximately 800 people will be employed in the new factory.

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Under laboratory conditions in At Bosch in Reutlingen, At a measuring instrument, a our corporate sector Research Germany, an associate charges Bosch associate in Reutlingen, and Advance Engineering, we a cleansing station for silicon Germany, examines the layers are improving materials and wafers. deposited on the wafers. processes in order to make MEMS sensors for cars even smaller and more robust. This will provide the basis for control processes that further reduce fuel consumption.

Automotive Aftermarket With its exchange program, Bosch is the world’s leading supplier of remanufactured parts. Remanufactured parts mean that auto parts dealers and vehicles repair garages can offer their customers an economical alternative – with the same guarantee as for new parts. Apart from economic aspects, remanufactured parts have the benefit of being eco-friendly. The exchange program, with its Bosch Exchange and HC-Parts brands, currently comprises some 9,000 parts from 27 product groups.

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Visual inspection of the An associate repairing an Bosch associates assemble slip-ring end-frames from alternator at the Bosch plant in remanufactured starters at the dismantled alternators at the Göttingen, Germany. Göttingen plant in Germany. Bosch plant in Göttingen, Germany.

Visual materials | 4 Industrial Technology

Drive and Control Technology AG is one of the world’s leading specialists in drive and control technologies. With more than 500,000 customers, the products made under the Rexroth brand include customized solutions to drive, control, and move.

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Bosch Rexroth’s IndraDrive A gearbox assembly A mechanical manufacturing electric drives with integrated associate at Bosch Rexroth in associate at Bosch Rexroth control function make for Nuremberg, Germany, lowers in Nuremberg, Germany, simple, reliable, and cost- the huge spur-gear stage of a examines the internal teeth of effective automation. wind-turbine gearbox. the hollow wheel of a wind- turbine gearbox.

Solar Energy To allow photovoltaics to contribute a substantial share of a future renewable energy mix, and so that it can generate electricity at prices that can compete with conventional forms of energy, is continuously improving the efficiency of its cells and modules. At the company’s German locations in Erfurt and Arnstadt, Bosch Solar Energy covers the main stages of the photovoltaic value-added chain – from the manufacture of monocrystalline ingots and wafers to the production of mono- and polycrystalline solar cells and thin-film solar modules.

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Between two production 2.30 meters long, The solar panel array on the stages, an associate at Bosch 21 centimeters thick, over roof of the Bosch parking Solar Energy examines a solar 170 kilograms in weight – an garage at Stuttgart airport, cell. ingot of monocrystalline silicon installed by Bosch Solar manufactured at Bosch Solar Energy AG, generates Energy in Erfurt, Germany. 870,000 kWh of “green” Sliced into wafers, it is electricity per year. This is fabricated with the help of enough for roughly 250 four- MEMS technology into person households. 6,000 solar cells that can produce 24 kilowatts of electricity. Here we can see an associate measuring an ingot. Visual materials | 5 Packaging Technology Bosch Packaging Technology is a globally leading supplier of packaging machinery. One of its strengths is the filling of liquid pharmaceuticals into syringes, ampoules, injection vials, or syringe cartridges. In the pharmaceuticals industry, safety is particularly vital. Clean-room technology allows medicines and other pharmaceutical products to be filled under sterile conditions.

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In a sterile room, an associate Bosch Packaging Technology checks a liquid-filling machine supplies tailor-made filling lines for syringes. at which product and operating personnel are separated by a glass barrier with built-in glove ports. These optimum filling conditions are further supported by advanced filtration equipment and sterile process technology.

Consumer Goods and Building Technology

Power Tools In 2009, as in previous years, Bosch Power Tools again generated around 35 percent of its sales with products that had been on the market for less than two years. The company launched more than 120 new and improved power tools last year, complemented by numerous new accessories.

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Bosch is one of the pioneers With its AKE 30 LI, Bosch is of cordless power tools that launching the world’s first use lithium-ion technology. chainsaw to feature a 36V This technology means that lithium-ion battery. This saw’s the new generation of the energy consumption is ten Isio grass and shrub shears is times less than that of a significantly lighter and more gasoline power saw. compact.

Visual materials | 6 At the Bosch Power Tools service center in Willershausen, Germany, some 1,300 repairs are carried out every day.

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Function and safety check of Repair of a cordless drill/driver an angle grinder following at the Bosch service center in repair. Every day, as many as Willershausen, Germany. 200 angle grinders are repaired at the Bosch service center in Willershausen, Germany.

Thermotechnology By 2015, Bosch wants to double the share of Thermotechnology sales accounted for by solar thermal systems, electric heat pumps, and solid-fuel boilers to 30 percent. In addition, following the acquisition of the large-scale boiler manufacturer Loos Deutschland GmbH, the company wants to further expand its position on the commercial and industrial heating systems market and strengthen its competence in project business for industrial premises. This was also the reason for the acquisition of Köhler & Ziegler Anlagentechnik GmbH, a manufacturer of cogeneration plants.

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In 2009, Loos generated At its location in Lollar, Extracting energy from the sales of approximately Germany, Köhler & Ziegler ground – this is made possible 90 million euros with its employs some 140 associates, by the electric heat pumps Bosch roughly 530 associates. and generated sales of roughly Thermotechnology produces in Here we can see a large 24 million euros in 2009. Florida (USA) and Sweden. The boiler being manufactured. Here we can see a cogeneration heat pumps not only provide unit being loaded. highly energy-efficient support for heating but also, whenever necessary, for cooling buildings.

Visual materials | 7 Security Systems The Bosch Security Systems division employs some 11,600 associates worldwide. The company supplies high-quality security and communication products, solutions, and services.

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In the testing laboratory, an An electrician installs the At its location in Zhuhai, associate tests the durability Praesidio digital public- China, Bosch has been of the MIC series 500 address and evacuation manufacturing security and camera. With their sturdy system. This system is used, communications systems since aluminum housing, these for example, in the World 2008. The Zhuhai plant is the cameras are especially Financial Center in largest manufacturing site of suitable for surveillance in Shanghai, which, at the Bosch Security Systems inner cities and pedestrian 492 meters, is one of the manufacturing network. precincts. world’s highest buildings. Here we can see an associate soldering an electronic component for the Series 5000 modular fire-alarm system.

Bosch Household Appliances In household appliances, the Bosch name has stood for engineering competence, technical quality, and reliability for more than 75 years. Today, Bosch is one of the leading household-appliance brands in Europe.

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At the plant in Nauen, At the Bosch plant in Dillingen, Germany, an associate works Germany, an associate fits trim on the final assembly of strips to dishwashers. washing machines.

Visual materials | 8 Research and development

Despite the difficult conditions last year, the Bosch Group kept its activities clearly focused on innovation. At 3.6 billion euros, research and development expenditure remained on a high level. And with some 3,800 patent applications, the company again filed an average of 15 patents per working day. Worldwide, Bosch currently employs 33,000 associates in research and development.

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Bosch is developing laser Bosch is setting up a Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems processes to manufacture solar laboratory to research into GmbH currently employs 150 modules. Finer structures and innovative technologies for associates. Development work enhanced electrical properties lithium-ion batteries. focuses on exhaust-gas increase efficiency, allowing The picture shows the turbochargers for spark-ignition more sunlight to be converted examination of a paste used engines and on turbochargers into electrical energy. to manufacture electrodes for with variable turbine geometry batteries. for diesel-engine applications. Here we can see an associate balancing the core assembly of an exhaust-gas turbocharger.

Training

In Germany, Bosch currently has more than 4,400 young people in its occupational training programs, and a total of roughly 6,500 worldwide. At Bosch, technical-industrial apprentices learn how to practically apply their sound theoretical knowledge. Apart from specialist skills and knowledge, they also receive training in methodological competencies and social skills. Here, Bosch places special importance on apprentices’ team spirit. To win over more young women for technical careers, Bosch supports initiatives such as “Girls’ Day,” which give young women an impression of technical trades, or femtec, a university career center for women studying engineering and science.

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An apprentice mechatronics An apprentice industrial A student taking part in a engineer at the Bosch location mechanic at the Bosch course of training with in Abstatt, near Stuttgart. location in Stuttgart- integrated practical Feuerbach. components. Here, training as a mechatronics engineer is followed directly by a course of study at a university.

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