Company profile
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH is a corporate group operating worldwide, which posts annual sales in the year 2008 of about 8.76 billion Euros. It stemmed from a joint venture set up in 1967 between Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart) and Siemens AG (Munich).Today, BSH operates 42 factories in 13 countries in Europe, the USA, Latin America and Asia. Together with a global network of sales and customer service firms, the BSH family is today made up of about 70 companies in more than 40 countries, employing more than 40,000 people.
Within a comprehensive brand portfolio, the main brands Bosch and Siemens are Europe’s top-selling names. With its six special brands (Gaggenau, Neff, Thermador, Constructa,Viva and Ufesa), BSH caters for the individual and diverse wishes of consumers in relation to brand names and products. Five regional brands (Pitsos, Profilo, Balay, Lynx and Coldex) ensure a fine image and high market shares in their respective homelands. The product range marketed under the various brands encompasses large home appliances and consumer products.
The company’s actions and development are determined by a consistent policy of innovation and quality. One of BSH’s most important principles is its determination to provide the con-sumer with genuine added value in terms of performance, convenience and user-friendliness by offering new products and developing existing ones. Underlying this is the conviction that driving forward new technologies not only generates a competitive edge and provides greater convenience for customers – but also benefits the environment. The transfer of know-how within the BSH Group serves to set global standards on the environmental protection front too. BSH is committed to the principle of sustainability, and thus to the responsible handling of natural resources.
BSH, the market leader in Germany and the number one in Western Europe, is among the world’s leading manufacturers of home appliances.