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| location_city = ] | location_city = ]
| location_country = ] | location_country = ]
| key_people = Rolf Najork <br><small>Chairman of the Executive Board</small> | key_people = Dr. Steffen Haack <br><small>Chairman of the Executive Board</small><ref name="Board">{{cite web| url=https://www.boschrexroth.com/en/dc/company/executive-board/| title=Executive Board {{!}} Bosch Rexroth AG| accessdate=2023-02-13}}</ref>
| industry = Mobile applications, machinery applications and engineering, factory automation | industry = Mobile applications, machinery applications and engineering, factory automation
| products = Hydraulics, Electric Drives & Controls, Tightening Systems, Linear Motion, Assembly Technologies | products = Hydraulics, Electric Drives & Controls, Tightening Systems, Linear Motion, Assembly Technologies
| revenue = {{increase}} €6.2 billion (2019) <ref name="Facts and Figures">{{cite web| url=https://www.boschrexroth.com/en/xc/company/about-bosch-rexroth/facts-figures/facts-and-figures| title=Facts and Figures {{!}} Bosch Rexroth AG| accessdate=2020-11-13}}</ref> | revenue = €6.2 billion (2021) <ref name="Figures">{{cite web| url=https://www.boschrexroth.com/en/dc/company/figures/| title=Figures {{!}} Bosch Rexroth AG| accessdate=2023-02-13}}</ref>
| num_employees = 31,000 (2019) <ref name="Facts and Figures" /> | num_employees = 31,100 (2021) <ref name="Figures">{{cite web| url=https://www.boschrexroth.com/en/dc/company/figures/| title=Figures {{!}} Bosch Rexroth AG| accessdate=2023-02-13}}</ref>
| parent = Robert Bosch GmbH | parent = ]
| homepage = | homepage = {{url | https://www.boschrexroth.com/en/dc/|boschrexroth.com}}
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'''Bosch Rexroth AG''' is an engineering firm based in ] in ]. It is the result of a ] on 1 May 2001 between ] Rexroth AG and the Automation Technology Business Unit of ], and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH.<ref name="History">{{cite web | url=https://www.boschrexroth.com/en/xc/company/about-bosch-rexroth/facts-figures/history/history|title=History {{!}} Bosch Rexroth AG|accessdate=2020-11-13}}</ref> Bosch Rexroth employs over 31,000 people worldwide, and achieved total revenue of 6.2 billion euro in 2019.<ref name="Facts and Figures" /> '''Bosch Rexroth AG''' is an engineering firm based in ] in ]. It is the result of a ] on 1 May 2001, between ] Rexroth AG and the Automation Technology Business Unit of ], and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH.<ref name="History">{{cite web | url=https://www.boschrexroth.com/en/dc/company/our-history/|title=Our History {{!}} Bosch Rexroth AG|accessdate=2023-02-13}}</ref> Bosch Rexroth employs over 31,000 people worldwide, and achieved total revenue of 6.2 billion euro in 2021.<ref name="Figures" />


In 2011 Bosch Rexroth acquired the hydraulic motor business formerly owned by ]. The company maintains a manufacturing base in the Swedish town of ] that was the home of Hägglund & Söner, and still manufactures products using the Hägglunds brand.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.controlengeurope.com/article/42139/Bosch-Rexroth-completes-H%C3%A4gglunds-acquisition.aspx |title=Bosch Rexroth completes Hägglunds acquisition |work=Control Engineering Europe |publisher=IML Group plc |access-date=31 January 2024 |archive-date=31 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131141122/https://www.controlengeurope.com/article/42139/Bosch-Rexroth-completes-H%C3%A4gglunds-acquisition.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=HDS>{{cite web |url=https://www.boschrexroth.com/en/gb/products/product-groups/hagglunds/ |title=Hägglunds Drive Systems |publisher=Bosch Rexroth Ltd |access-date=2 February 2024 |archive-date=2 February 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202134802/https://www.boschrexroth.com/en/gb/products/product-groups/hagglunds/}}</ref><ref name=ghfhist>{{cite web |url=https://www.gostahagglund.se/history/ |title=Hägglunds Historia |trans-title=Hägglund's History |language=sv |publisher=Gosta Hägglund Foundation |access-date=31 January 2024 |archive-date=31 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131134924/https://www.gostahagglund.se/history/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
==Brands==
Rexroth in turn consisted of a number of individual brands that were the result of acquisitions. They include:
* Indramat GmbH
* Mannesmann AG
* Rexroth AG
* Hydromatik GmbH
* Brueninghaus GmbH
* Lohmann & Stolterfoht GmbH
* Deutsche Star / Star Linear
* Mecman Pneumatics
* Uchida
* Hägglunds


==Products and markets== ==Products and markets==
Bosch Rexroth's slogan is "The Drive & Control Company". It manufactures products and systems associated with the control and motion of industrial and mobile equipment.<ref name="Products">{{cite web | url=https://www.boschrexroth.com/en/xc/products/index|title=Products {{!}} Bosch Rexroth AG|accessdate=2020-11-13}}</ref> Bosch Rexroth manufactures products and systems associated with the control and motion of industrial and mobile equipment, including the Hägglunds Drive Systems range shaft-mounted hydraulic motors.<ref name=HDS/><ref name="Products">{{cite web | url=https://www.boschrexroth.com/en/dc/technology/|title=Our Technologies{{!}} Bosch Rexroth AG|accessdate=2023-02-13}}</ref>


In 2017, the company announced a partnership with ] and ] to build servo valves using the former's TruPrint 5000 laser powder additive manufacturing machines to build a ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://optics.org/news/8/11/25|title=Trumpf makes additive play with triple-laser fusion system for metals|last=Ltd|first=SPIE Europe|website=optics.org|access-date=2018-08-24}}</ref> In 2017, the company announced a partnership with ] and ] to build servo valves using the former's TruPrint 5000 laser powder additive manufacturing machines to build a ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://optics.org/news/8/11/25|title=Trumpf makes additive play with triple-laser fusion system for metals|last=Ltd|first=SPIE Europe|website=optics.org|access-date=2018-08-24}}</ref>

==History==
{{prose|section|date=July 2012}}
The company has its roots in 1795, when the Rexroth family established an ] ].<ref name="History" /> Milestones include:

{|
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 1795 || The Rexroth family, with roots in the ] region of Germany, acquires the ''Höllhammer'', a water-driven forge in the valley of the Elsava in what is now ], Germany.
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 1850 || The company acquires the Steinschen iron foundry in ], Germany. Established transportation connections via rail and inland ship.
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 1930 || Development of a new ]
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 1945 || Reestablishment after the end of ] with the manufacture of cookware, pans, and irons, later also butcher machinery.
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 1952 || Start of production of standardized hydraulic components.
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 1965 || Acquired Indramat GmbH (] am Rhein), moving it to Lohr am Main. This expanded the product offering to include electric control technology.
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 1968 || ] invests in Rexroth.
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 1972 || Acquisition of Hydromatik GmbH (], Germany), a supplier of hydraulic axial piston pumps and motors.
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 1976 || Rexroth becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Mannesmann AG. Acquisition of Brueninghaus GmbH (]), and supplier of hydraulic axial piston pumps and motors.
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 1977 || Acquisition of Lohmann & Stolterfoht GmbH (], Germany), a gearing and coupling supplier.
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 1987 || Acquisition of Deutsche Star GmbH (], Germany), a supplier of linear technology.
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 1989 || Expansion into the business area of Pneumatics through Rexroth Pneumatik GmbH (], Germany).
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 1998 || Transformation of Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH into a stock corporation.
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 2000 || Acquisition of REFU elektronik GmbH (], Germany), a ] manufacturer.
|-

|style="vertical-align:top;"| 2001 || Spin off of the Automation Technology group of Robert Bosch GmbH & merger with Mannesmann Rexroth AG, forming a new company called Bosch Rexroth AG.
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 2005 || Acquisition of Oil Control Group consisting of Oil Control, EDI System, Oleodinamica LC, Oil Sistem, and TARP.
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 2008 || Merger of the mobile and industrial service groups into a new product group "Service Hydraulics“.
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 2011 || Acquisition of Hägglunds AB.
|}


==References== ==References==
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Bosch Rexroth AG
Company typeAG
IndustryMobile applications, machinery applications and engineering, factory automation
Founded1 May 2001
HeadquartersLohr am Main, Germany
Key peopleDr. Steffen Haack
Chairman of the Executive Board
ProductsHydraulics, Electric Drives & Controls, Tightening Systems, Linear Motion, Assembly Technologies
Revenue€6.2 billion (2021)
Number of employees31,100 (2021)
ParentRobert Bosch GmbH
Websiteboschrexroth.com

Bosch Rexroth AG is an engineering firm based in Lohr am Main in Germany. It is the result of a merger on 1 May 2001, between Mannesmann Rexroth AG and the Automation Technology Business Unit of Robert Bosch GmbH, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH. Bosch Rexroth employs over 31,000 people worldwide, and achieved total revenue of 6.2 billion euro in 2021.

In 2011 Bosch Rexroth acquired the hydraulic motor business formerly owned by Hägglund & Söner. The company maintains a manufacturing base in the Swedish town of Örnsköldsvik that was the home of Hägglund & Söner, and still manufactures products using the Hägglunds brand.

Products and markets

Bosch Rexroth manufactures products and systems associated with the control and motion of industrial and mobile equipment, including the Hägglunds Drive Systems range shaft-mounted hydraulic motors.

In 2017, the company announced a partnership with Trumpf and Heraeus to build servo valves using the former's TruPrint 5000 laser powder additive manufacturing machines to build a servo valve.

References

  1. "Executive Board | Bosch Rexroth AG". Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  2. ^ "Figures | Bosch Rexroth AG". Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  3. "Our History | Bosch Rexroth AG". Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  4. "Bosch Rexroth completes Hägglunds acquisition". Control Engineering Europe. IML Group plc. Archived from the original on 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Hägglunds Drive Systems". Bosch Rexroth Ltd. Archived from the original on 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  6. "Hägglunds Historia" [Hägglund's History] (in Swedish). Gosta Hägglund Foundation. Archived from the original on 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  7. "Our Technologies| Bosch Rexroth AG". Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  8. Ltd, SPIE Europe. "Trumpf makes additive play with triple-laser fusion system for metals". optics.org. Retrieved 2018-08-24.

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