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{{short description|German engineering firm}}

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| name = Bosch Rexroth AG
| name = Bosch Rexroth AG
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| location_city = [[Lohr am Main]]
| location_city = [[Lohr am Main]]
| location_country = [[Germany]]
| location_country = [[Germany]]
| 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 = €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>
| revenue = {{increase}} €5.5 billion (2017)
| 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>
| num_employees = {{increase}} 33,100 (2017)
| parent = Robert Bosch GmbH
| parent = [[Bosch (company)|Robert Bosch GmbH]]
| homepage = [http://www.boschrexroth.com www.boschrexroth.com]
| homepage = {{url | https://www.boschrexroth.com/en/dc/|boschrexroth.com}}
}}
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'''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.<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 [[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 [[Bosch (company)|Robert Bosch GmbH]], 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 [[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.<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>{{cite web | url=http://www.boschrexroth.com/corporate/en/products/index.jsp|title=Bosch Rexroth Products|accessdate=2009-11-22}}</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 [[Trumpf]] and [[Heraeus]] to build servo valves using the former's TruPrint 5000 laser powder additive manufacturing machines to build a [[servo valve]].<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 [[Trumpf]] and [[Heraeus]] to build servo valves using the former's TruPrint 5000 laser powder additive manufacturing machines to build a [[servo valve]].<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==
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{{prose|section|date=July 2012}}
The company has its roots in 1795, when the Rexroth family established an [[iron]] [[forge]].<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}}</ref> Milestones include:

{|
|style="vertical-align:top;"| 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.
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 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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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 1930 || Development of a new [[Cupola furnace]]
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 1945 || Reestablishment after the end of [[World War II]] with the manufacture of cookware, pans, and irons, later also butcher machinery.
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 1952 || Start of production of standardized hydraulic components.
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 1965 || Acquired Indramat GmbH ([[Neuwied]] am Rhein), moving it to Lohr am Main. This expanded the product offering to include electric control technology.
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 1968 || [[Mannesmann AG]] invests in Rexroth.
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 1972 || Acquisition of Hydromatik GmbH ([[Elchingen]], Germany), a supplier of hydraulic axial piston pumps and motors.
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 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.
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 1977 || Acquisition of Lohmann & Stolterfoht GmbH ([[Witten]], Germany), a gearing and coupling supplier.
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 1987 || Acquisition of Deutsche Star GmbH ([[Schweinfurt]], Germany), a supplier of linear technology.
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 1989 || Expansion into the business area of Pneumatics through Rexroth Pneumatik GmbH ([[Hannover]], Germany).
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 1998 || Transformation of Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH into a stock corporation.
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 2000 || Acquisition of REFU elektronik GmbH ([[Metzingen]], Germany), a [[frequency converter]] manufacturer.
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|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.
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 2005 || Acquisition of Oil Control Group consisting of Oil Control, EDI System, Oleodinamica LC, Oil Sistem, and TARP.
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 2008 || Merger of the mobile and industrial service groups into a new product group "Service Hydraulics“.
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|style="vertical-align:top;"| 2011 || Acquisition of Hägglunds AB.
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2020 owned by Bosch.


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Latest revision as of 16:59, 9 April 2024

Bosch Rexroth AG
Company typeAG
IndustryMobile applications, machinery applications and engineering, factory automation
Founded1 May 2001
Headquarters
Lohr am Main
,
Germany
Key people
Dr. Steffen Haack
Chairman of the Executive Board[1]
ProductsHydraulics, Electric Drives & Controls, Tightening Systems, Linear Motion, Assembly Technologies
Revenue€6.2 billion (2021) [2]
Number of employees
31,100 (2021) [2]
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.[3] Bosch Rexroth employs over 31,000 people worldwide, and achieved total revenue of 6.2 billion euro in 2021.[2]

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.[4][5][6]

Products and markets

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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.[5][7]

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.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Executive Board | Bosch Rexroth AG". Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  2. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b "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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