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| 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 = {{increase}} €5.5 billion (2017)
| num_employees = {{increase}} 33,100 (2017) | num_employees = {{increase}} 31,000 (2019) <ref name="Facts and Figures" />
| parent = Robert Bosch GmbH | parent = Robert Bosch GmbH
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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>{{cite web | url=http://www.boschrexroth.com/corporate/en/about_us/what_rexroth_stands_for/Tradition/index.jsp|title=Bosch Rexroth history|accessdate=2009-11-22}}</ref> Bosch Rexroth employs over 31,000 people worldwide, and achieved total revenue of 5.4 billion euro in 2015.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.boschrexroth.com/corporate/en/company/about_us/facts_and_figures/Facts_Figures/index.jsp?language=en| title=Bosch Rexroth Facts and Figures| accessdate=2012-08-29}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> '''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" />


==Brands== ==Brands==
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==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>{{cite web | url=http://www.boschrexroth.com/corporate/en/products/index.jsp|title=Bosch Rexroth Products|accessdate=2009-11-22}}</ref> 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>


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>
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==History== ==History==
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The company has its roots in 1795, when the Rexroth family established an ] ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boschrexroth.com/various/utilities/mediadirectory/download/index.jsp?object_name=Historienflyer_en.pdf|title=Bosch Rexroth history|accessdate=2009-11-22}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Milestones include: The company has its roots in 1795, when the Rexroth family established an ] ].<ref name="History" /> Milestones include:


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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 peopleRolf Najork
Chairman of the Executive Board
ProductsHydraulics, Electric Drives & Controls, Tightening Systems, Linear Motion, Assembly Technologies
RevenueIncrease €6.2 billion (2019)
Number of employeesIncrease 31,000 (2019)
ParentRobert Bosch GmbH
Websitewww.boschrexroth.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 2019.

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

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.

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.

History

This section is in list format but may read better as prose. You can help by converting this section, if appropriate. Editing help is available. (July 2012)

The company has its roots in 1795, when the Rexroth family established an iron forge. Milestones include:

1795 The Rexroth family, with roots in the Spessart region of Germany, acquires the Höllhammer, a water-driven forge in the valley of the Elsava in what is now Heimbuchenthal, Germany.
1850 The company acquires the Steinschen iron foundry in Lohr am Main, Germany. Established transportation connections via rail and inland ship.
1930 Development of a new Cupola furnace
1945 Reestablishment after the end of World War II with the manufacture of cookware, pans, and irons, later also butcher machinery.
1952 Start of production of standardized hydraulic components.
1965 Acquired Indramat GmbH (Neuwied am Rhein), moving it to Lohr am Main. This expanded the product offering to include electric control technology.
1968 Mannesmann AG invests in Rexroth.
1972 Acquisition of Hydromatik GmbH (Elchingen, Germany), a supplier of hydraulic axial piston pumps and motors.
1976 Rexroth becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Mannesmann AG. Acquisition of Brueninghaus GmbH (Horb am Neckar), and supplier of hydraulic axial piston pumps and motors.
1977 Acquisition of Lohmann & Stolterfoht GmbH (Witten, Germany), a gearing and coupling supplier.
1987 Acquisition of Deutsche Star GmbH (Schweinfurt, Germany), a supplier of linear technology.
1989 Expansion into the business area of Pneumatics through Rexroth Pneumatik GmbH (Hannover, Germany).
1998 Transformation of Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH into a stock corporation.
2000 Acquisition of REFU elektronik GmbH (Metzingen, Germany), a frequency converter manufacturer.
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.
2005 Acquisition of Oil Control Group consisting of Oil Control, EDI System, Oleodinamica LC, Oil Sistem, and TARP.
2008 Merger of the mobile and industrial service groups into a new product group "Service Hydraulics“.
2011 Acquisition of Hägglunds AB.

References

  1. ^ "Facts and Figures | Bosch Rexroth AG". Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  2. ^ "History | Bosch Rexroth AG". Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  3. "Products | Bosch Rexroth AG". Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  4. Ltd, SPIE Europe. "Trumpf makes additive play with triple-laser fusion system for metals". optics.org. Retrieved 2018-08-24.

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