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Robert Bosch GmbH (/ b ɒ ʃ /; German: ⓘ), commonly known as Bosch (styled BOSCH), is a German multinational engineering and technology company headquartered in Gerlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The company was founded by Robert Bosch in Stuttgart in 1886. [2] Bosch is 94% owned by the Robert Bosch Stiftung, a charitable institution. [3]
Bosch was born in Albeck, in the Swabian Highlands near Ulm. He was one of twelve children born to Servatius Bosch and Maria Margarita Dölle. Servatius ran a large progressive farm that included a brewery. Robert Bosch's nephew was future Nobel laureate Carl Bosch. Robert Bosch attended the 'Realanstalt' in Ulm until 1879, that included an ...
Bosch (company), full name Robert Bosch GmbH, a German engineering and technology company Bosch (home appliance brand) , a brand of BSH Hausgeräte , a joint venture between Bosch and Siemens Bosch Brewing Company , a small beer brewery founded by Joseph Bosch in Michigan, USA
Carl Bosch was born in Cologne to a successful gas and plumbing supplier. [5] His father was Carl Friedrich Alexander Bosch (1843–1904) and his uncle was Robert Bosch, who pioneered the development of the spark plug and founded the multinational company Bosch.
Founded in 1924 in Berlin as "Ideal," [4] the company was acquired by Robert Bosch AG in 1933. [5] In 1938 it changed its name to "Blaupunkt", German for "blue point" or "blue dot", after the blue dot painted onto its headphones that had passed quality control. After World War II, Blaupunkt moved its headquarters and production to Hildesheim.
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH (formerly Bosch-Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH – BSHG) was founded in 1967 as a joint venture between Robert Bosch in Stuttgart and Siemens Munich. At that time, BSH maintained factories in Berlin, Giengen, and Traunreut, Germany.
Pronounced , boche is a derisive term used by the Allies during World War I, often collectively ("the Boche" meaning "the Germans"). It is a shortened form of the French slang portmanteau alboche, itself derived from Allemand ("German") and caboche ("head" or "cabbage"). The alternative spellings "Bosch" or "Bosche" are sometimes found.
The Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH (German for 'Robert Bosch Foundation') is a German foundation that owns a majority shareholding in Robert Bosch GmbH, from which it derives its funding. The foundation was established in accordance with the wishes of Robert Bosch , who died in 1942, and conducts and finances social, cultural and scientific projects.