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| Company type | AG |
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| Industry | Mobile applications, Machinery Applications and Engineering, Factory automation |
| Founded | 1 May 2001 |
| Headquarters | Lohr am Main, Germany |
| Key people | Rolf Najork Chairman of the Executive Board |
| Products | Hydraulics, Electric Drives & Controls, Tightening Systems, Linear Motion, Assembly Technologies |
| Revenue |  €5.5 billion (2017) |
| Number of employees | 33,100 (2017) |
| Parent | Robert Bosch GmbH |
| Website | www.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 5.4 billion euro in 2015.
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
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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. |
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