Bosch Rexroth Explained

Bosch Rexroth AG
Type:AG
Foundation:1 May 2001
Location City:Lohr am Main
Location Country:Germany
Key People:Dr. Steffen Haack
Chairman of the Executive Board[1]
Industry:Mobile applications, machinery applications and engineering, factory automation
Products:Hydraulics, Electric Drives & Controls, Tightening Systems, Linear Motion, Assembly Technologies
Revenue:€6.2 billion (2021) [2]
Num Employees:31,100 (2021) [3]
Parent:Robert Bosch GmbH

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.[4] Bosch Rexroth employs over 31,000 people worldwide, and achieved total revenue of 6.2 billion euro in 2021.

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.[5] [6] [7]

Products and markets

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.[6] [8]

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.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Executive Board Bosch Rexroth AG. 2023-02-13.
  2. Web site: Figures Bosch Rexroth AG. 2023-02-13.
  3. Web site: Figures Bosch Rexroth AG. 2023-02-13.
  4. Web site: Our History Bosch Rexroth AG. 2023-02-13.
  5. Web site: Bosch Rexroth completes Hägglunds acquisition . Control Engineering Europe . IML Group plc . 31 January 2024 . 31 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240131141122/https://www.controlengeurope.com/article/42139/Bosch-Rexroth-completes-H%C3%A4gglunds-acquisition.aspx . live.
  6. Web site: Hägglunds Drive Systems . Bosch Rexroth Ltd . 2 February 2024 . 2 February 2024 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240202134802/https://www.boschrexroth.com/en/gb/products/product-groups/hagglunds/.
  7. Web site: Hägglunds Historia . Hägglund's History . sv . Gosta Hägglund Foundation . 31 January 2024 . 31 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240131134924/https://www.gostahagglund.se/history/ . live.
  8. Web site: Our Technologies Bosch Rexroth AG. 2023-02-13.
  9. Web site: Trumpf makes additive play with triple-laser fusion system for metals. Ltd. SPIE Europe. optics.org. 2018-08-24.