Bosch is a uniquely constituted organisation that is driven by long term vision rather than creation of short term shareholder value. The Robert Bosch Foundation has 92% holding in the company and gets dividends to this extent. However, it is important to understand that this foundation does not operationally control the Bosch group. The operational control lies with the Robert Bosch Industrial Trust, which controls the running of the company, but does not get any financial returns like dividends.

The dividends received by the Foundation are used for research, charity, arts and social welfare programs world-wide. As a result of this constitution, Bosch is an organisation which in its well over 120-year history demonstrated many times that it follows long-term strategic goals and is not distracted by short-term profit considerations. Long-term investments in products and technology, in markets and customer relations, as well as in our associates helped to build a strong reputation among our customers, partners and the industry.

Bosch can look back on a long presence in India. We set up our first sales office in Calcutta some 80 years ago, and Bosch Limited (erstwhile Mico) has been our subsidiary for more than 50 years now. Today in India, Bosch is represented in by its four subsidiary companies: Bosch Limited; Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions, our IT company; Bosch Rexroth India Limited; our hydraulic subsidiary; and Bosch Chassis System India Limited, our brake-company.