Visual materials You can find reproducible visual materials in the press forum at www.bosch-presse.de/pressebilder/bpk10. All photographs can be reproduced free of charge provided they are furnished with the credit “Photo: Bosch.” Board of Management of Robert Bosch GmbH Chairman Deputy Chairman p Franz Fehrenbach 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. p 2-GS-16485 p 2-GS-16444 p 2-GS-16445 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 Samsung SDI in 2008, and currently employs some 500 associates. p 2-GS-16446 p 2-GS-16447 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. p 2-DS-16448 p 2-DS-16449 p 2-DS-16450 At the Stuttgart-Feuerbach At the Bosch plant in Bamberg, Germany, 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. p 2-INT-16475 p 2-INT-16476 p 2-INT-16477 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. p 2-AE-16451 p 2-AE-16452 p 2-AE-16453 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. p 2-AA-16454 p 2-AA-16455 p 2-AA-16486 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 Bosch Rexroth 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. p 2-BR-16456 p 2-BR-16457 p 2-BR-16458 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, Bosch Solar 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. p 2-SE-16459 p 2-SE-16460 p 2-SE-16461 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. p 2-PA-16462 p 2-PA-16487 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. p 2-PT-16467 p 2-PT-16468 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. p 2-PT-16469 p 2-PT-16470 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. p 2-TT-16465 p 2-TT-16466 p 2-INT-16479 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.