Turnover: 91.6 billion EUR (2022)

Country: Germany

  • Bosch is a German multinational founded in 1886 and active in a variety of sectors.
  • Bosch is a supplier to the automotive industry, a supplier of industrial and building technology (safety technology), a supplier of packaging technology and a manufacturer of power tools and household appliances.
  • Bosch is a specialist in large household appliances
  • The group's thermotechnology division specializes in the manufacture of radiators and boilers for central heating.
  • In France, Bosch has 24 sites, including 10 for RD.
  • Its ELM Leblanc subsidiary generates 189 million euros in sales (2015) and employs 975 people.
  • Bosch is present in 60 countries, through 460 subsidiaries and companies and 410,000 employees.
  • Bosch has 130 research and development sites worldwide.

News

Home appliances: Bosch interested in Whirlpool 27/06/2024

  • - Market capitalization of Whirlpool approx. $4.8 billion (€4.5 billion).
  • - Electrolux announced the elimination of 8% of its workforce, or 4,000 jobs, and cost-cutting measures, particularly in the United States.
  • - Whirlpool owns 25% of Beko Europe, while Arcelik (renamed "Beko") holds 75%.
  • - BSH, Bosch's household appliance division, plans to cut 3,500 jobs by 2027, including 1,000 this year.

Bosch plant closure in Haute-Savoie: start-up partners look grim 31/05/2024

  • - Year Bosch announced it would close its Marignier site: 2024
  • - Year the Bosch group was established in Marignier: 1947
  • - Number of employees at the end of 2023: nearly 180
  • - Sales for Alpsolu's industrial subcontracting business in 2022: 88 million
  • - Number of units assembled for Moonbikes: 1,400 electric snow scooters
  • - Number of units entrusted to Marignier by Lancey Energy Storage: 6,000 smart radiators

Bruno Gahery, a new captain for Bosch activities in France, Benelux, Western and Southern Europe 26/04/2024

  • - Bosch France employs 6,000 people.
  • - In 2023, Bosch France recorded a 1.2% increase in sales, reaching 3 billion euros.
  • - Bosch France is the leader in the automotive aftermarket.
  • - Bosch's total sales in Europe rose by 5.5% in 2023, to 46.8 billion euros.
  • - The future of the Bosch site in Rodez (Aveyron) is uncertain.

Bosch cuts 3,500 jobs in household appliances 26/02/2024

  • The boom in household appliance sales during Covid is over
  • around 3,500 jobs to be eliminated by the end of 2027
  • Bosch had already announced 3,760 job cuts in the subcontracting and Power Tool sectors
  • The group employs around 430,000 people worldwide.
  • in 2023, sales in "consumer goods" fell by 7% to19.9 billion euros.
  • In Germany, sales of large household appliances fell by 10% in 2023.

Electric cars: Bosch forced to cut back 11/12/2023

  • Bosch is planning to cut up to 1,500 jobs in its transmissions business by 2025.
  • The cuts will take place at Stuttgart-Feuerbach and Schwieberdingen, two sites employing over 20,000 people in total.
  • The production of electric propulsion systems requires 2.5 times less manpower than today's transmissions
  • Bosch's mobility division employs 80,000 people.
  • In Europe, the advent of the electric car could destroy up to half a million OEM jobs by 2040, according to a study by the European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA).
  • Germany could lose nearly 80,000 automotive jobs, Italy 60,000 and Spain 26,000 by 2040.

Bosch Rodez plant worried about its future 26/07/2023

  • The Bosch plant near Rodez manufactures diesel engine injectors, injection nozzles and glow plugs.
  • The plant's workforce is set to shrink from 1,150 to 513 between 2022 and the end of 2025 (2,400 in 2000)
  • The FresH2 fuel cell production project has been suspended.
  • The last injector line was shut down last December, and Bosch is planning 150 voluntary departures and 450 early retirements between now and 2025.
  • Of the 513 employees expected to remain in 2028, half will manufacture glow plugs, heavy-duty diesel engine components and truck steering column parts.
  • The plant currently employs 780 people.

Bosch turns up the heat on hydrogen 13/07/2023

  • 2.5 billion euros of investment in hydrogen technologies over the period 2021-2026.
  • The hydrogen market is expected to generate 5 billion euros by 2030, or 5.6% of group revenues.
  • Bosch employs 3,000 people on hydrogen
  • Bosch plans to launch a hydrogen engine for trucks as early as next year.
  • Bosch anticipates that 20% of trucks over 6 tons will be equipped with a hydrogen fuel cell by 2030.
  • Bosch has been awarded a 160 million euro grant as part of a major project of common European interest (PIIEC) for the mass production of stationary fuel cells.
  • From 2025 onwards, the group intends to launch mass production of "small, networked power plants".
  • Bosch is also entering the water treatment market, which is necessary for the production of green hydrogen.
  • The group estimates that 500 systems of this type will be needed worldwide every year.

Bosch believes more than ever in the virtues of a global conglomerate 04/02/2023

  • Bosch is a technology and services company
  • Mobility Solutions division sees sales jump 12% to €52.6 billion in 2022
  • Second fastest-growing business, driven by strong demand for heat pumps, the Energy and Building Technologies division reported a 13% increase in revenues
  • One-fifth of sales generated in China
  • Suzhou plant specialized in e-mobility and autonomous driving

Financial Data

DUNS: 572067684

Legal Name: ROBERT BOSCH FRANCE

Address: 32 AV MICHELET , 93400 SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE

Number of employees: Entre 2 000 et 4 999 salariés (2020)

Capital: 140 400 000 EUR


Financial Data:

Year 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Turnover 2 343 900 488 2 239 181 277 2 668 332 017 2 603 652 745 2 629 069 804 2 131 988 848 1 459 295 843
Gross margin (€) 654 032 768 587 953 579 665 457 626 691 394 700 657 452 878 623 108 562 -
EBITDA (€) 33 803 951 4 816 561 64 004 346 54 432 595 64 009 700 60 548 741 -
Operating profit (€) 20 035 342 -16 527 324 29 379 399 25 254 913 47 715 867 23 047 135 -
Net profit (€) 34 580 212 -10 749 687 4 469 491 3 468 874 126 571 548 -8 489 645 -35 791 218
Turnover growth rate (%) 4,7 -16,1 2,5 -1 23,3 46,1 -
Ebitda margin rate (%) 1,4 0,2 2,4 2,1 2,4 2,8 -
Operating margin rate (%) 0,9 -0,7 1,1 1 1,8 1,1 -
Working Capital (turnover days) 73,8 59,3 41 41 49 49,7 -
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) 34,8 40,7 30,7 38,3 45,1 46,2 -
Net margin (%) 1,5 -0,5 0,2 0,1 4,8 -0,4 -
Added value / Turnover (%) 14,4 13,6 14,1 15,2 24,2 17,9 -
Wages and social charges (€) 290 422 186 280 157 055 289 867 996 316 602 110 316 009 769 298 588 676 -
Salaries / Turnover (%) 12,4 12,5 10,9 12,2 12 14 -

Company Managers:

Position First Name Last Name Age Linkedin
Président Heiko CARRIE 62

Studies mentioning this company

The connected household appliances market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Miele
  • LG Electronics France
  • Whirlpool
  • Boulanger
  • Bosch
  • Samsung Electronics France
  • AEG
  • Airlux (Glem Gas)
  • Fagor
  • Faure (Electrolux)
  • Gorenje
  • Sauter (Brandt groupe)
  • Smeg
The heat pump market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Atlantic Groupe
  • BDR Thermea (De Dietrich, Remea, Baxi)
  • Daikin (France)
  • Vaillant Group (Saunier Duval)
  • Systemair
  • Comafranc
  • Richardson
  • Hervé Thermique groupe
  • Saint-Gobain Groupe
  • Carrier Global
  • Giordano Riello Group (Aermec)
  • Chappée (BDR Therma)
  • Intuis (Muller Groupe)
  • Airton
  • Beretta clima (Carrier)
  • Bosch Thermotechnology
  • BSB Europe (Broad group)
  • Weishaupt
  • Warmpac
  • Warmpool
  • Viessmann (France)
  • Toshiba Climate
  • Toshiba Corporation
  • Thermocold (Ingersoll Rand)
  • Nibe Energy System (Technibel)
  • Stiebel Eltron
  • Panasonic
  • SCAAF
  • Saunier Duval (Groupe Vaillant)
  • Samsung Electronics France
  • BAXI Boilers
  • Chaffoteaux (Ariston)
  • Ariston Thermo
  • CIAT (Carrier)
  • Riello (Carrier)
  • EID
  • Erset
  • Frisquet
  • Heliopac
  • Johnson Controls
  • Kuthe
  • LG Electronics France
  • Mitsubishi Electric
  • MTA Cooling Conditionning
  • Nextherm
  • REMKO
  • Lennox International
  • Airwell (Systemair Groupe)
  • Alpha Innotec (Nibe Group)
  • Bosch
  • Systemair Groupe
  • Rexel
  • Arkteos (Actidis Groupe)
  • Aldes Aerolique
  • Idex
  • Arkeon Energy Systems
  • Xterma Energies