DRIVING FUEL INJECTION
TECHNOLOGY FURTHER The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services for a broad range of industries. Bosch India is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bosch Group, which continues to dominate the domestic marketplace with its advanced technologies in the automotive and energy sectors. Philip Yorke takes a closer look at a company that continues to drive technology forward in Asia and throughout the world.
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osch is one of the world’s best known brands in the technology sector and in 2015 the group employed over 375,000 people and generated sales of more than €70 billion. Its operations are divided into four distinct business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods and Energy and Building Technology. Bosch’s global manufacturing and sales network covers more than 150 countries worldwide. The company bases its future growth on its innovative strength and high-tech manufacturing facilities. To help achieve its objectives, it employs almost 60,000 people in research and development in 118 locations across the Globe. Bosch established its first plant in India in 1953 and recently the company’s state-of-the-art diesel systems manufacturing facility at Bidadi, Bengaluru in India was inaugurated. The Bidadi plant is the 14th manufacturing facility the company has established in India. The total investment in the new plant is approaching €50 million since the project was begun in 2013. The second construction stage is due to be completed by 2018. The new plant will produce diesel products that were previously manufactured at its Adagodi plant, which is also located in the south of India and will employ over 2600 people when
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