Mumbai, Aug. 18, 2006: Motor Industries Company Limited, flagship of the Bosch Group inIndia has been awarded the “Dun and Bradstreet – American Express Corporate Award 2006” for outstanding performance in the Auto Components sector in 2005-2006. Motor Industries was selected the best amongst top 10 auto component manufacturers in India. The awards ceremony was attended by over 300 chiefs of India’s most prestigious companies.

The company has also featured in all the Dun & Bradstreet Top 500 listings since 1998 including the 2006 edition which was unveiled by Mr Damodaran, Chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on this occasion. The publication identified 58 sectors
for classifying the companies, and the Dun & Bradstreet – American Express Corporate Awards 2006 ceremony felicitated the top 20 companies from the identified sectors.

Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) is the world’s leading provider of global business information, knowledge and insight. D&B manages the world’s largest and most valuable commercial database of over 100 million companies. Dun & Bradstreet’s “India’s Top 500 Companies 2006” includes private sector companies listed on the BSE and NSE as well as public sector enterprises. The private sector companies have been shortlisted on the basis of their market capitalisation on the BSE and NSE, India’s two main stock exchanges. The listed companies profiled account for over 75% of the BSE’s market capitalization, while the total income of the top 500 accounts for 50% of India’s GDP. Another feature of the publication is the sectoral classification of companies based on revenues. A company should generate atleast 35% of its revenues from a particular sector in order to be classified under that sector.

About the Bosch Group
The Bosch Group is a leading global manufacturer of automotive and industrial technology, consumer goods, and building technology. In fiscal 2005, some 251,000 associates generated sales of 41.5 billion euros. Set up in Stuttgart in 1886 by Robert Bosch (1861-1942) as “Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering,” the Bosch Group today comprises a manufacturing, sales, and after-sales service network of more than 280 subsidiaries and more than 12,000 Bosch service centers in over 140 countries.

The special ownership structure of the Bosch Group guarantees its financial independence and entrepreneurial freedom. It makes it possible for the company to undertake significant up-front investments in the safeguarding of its future, as well as to do justice to its social responsibility in a manner reflective of the spirit and will of its founder. 92 % of the shares of Robert Bosch GmbH are held by the charitable foundation Robert Bosch Stiftung. The entrepreneurial ownership functions are carried out by Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG.

Additional information can be accessed at www.bosch.com

About Motor Industries Company Limited
Motor Industries Company Limited is the flagship of the Bosch Group in India. Founded in 1951, it has grown over the years to become India’s largest auto component manufacturer. It is also the largest Indo-German company.

The Bosch Group holds 60.55% stake in Motor Industries Company Limited. Access to state-of-the-art technologies from Bosch and a commitment to world-class quality have made it the country's largest manufacturer of Diesel Fuel Injection Equipment and one among the largest in the world. It is headquartered in Bangalore with facilities in Bangalore, Nashik, Naganathapura and Jaipur. All the 4 plants are TS 16949 and ISO 14001 certified. With strength of over 9800 associates, the company manufactures and trades products as diverse as diesel and gasoline fuel injection equipment, industrial equipment, auto-electricals, hydraulics, power tools, packaging machines, security systems and Blaupunkt car audio systems.

It has a strong after sales network spanning across 1000 towns and cities in India with over 4,000 authorised representations which ensure widespread availability of both products and after-sales services. As Bosch is focusing on India to develop it as a technology hub, the company is gearing up to meet the challenges.

Additional information can be accessed at www.boschindia.com