BOSCH has won the 'Automotive Technology of the year' award for the application of ABS / ESP technology in the second edition of the - NDTV Profit – CAR INDIA & BIKE INDIA AWARDS 2007.

In an exclusive awards night function held at Mumbai on Jan. 12 2007, Dr Hieronimus received the award on behalf of Bosch Ltd. Audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers, these awards were given to honor the best in the Indian automotive industry for their handiwork in calendar year 2006.

The award comes from Next Gen Automotive, a well known publication, and NDTV Profit, one of India’s leading news channel. The publication’s two evocative titles – CAR INDIA and BIKE INDIA have redefined milestones for automotive journalism in the country. NDTV’s Car & Bike Show has done the same in a dynamic manner on Indian television. The two organizations have further strengthened the scope of co-operation to bring across the definite Indian automotive awards. 

In the CNBC-TV18 AUTOCAR AUTO AWARDS 2007,  BOSCH Ltd. was chosen as the Auto Component manufacturer of the year. This award goes to the company that has made a mark both in the domestic and international markets with its superior technology and products.

Mr Lakshminarayan received the award from Mr Hormazd Sorabjee, Editor - Autocar India and member of jury, in an exclusive function held on Jan. 4 evening at Mumbai.

The CNBC Awards seek to recognize and reward exemplary performance in the industry in 2006 based on a comprehensive set of attributes including design, technology, value, product experience and so on. The processes and expertise behind these awards ensure that they truly reflect the choices and sentiments of all stakeholders and justify their stature as benchmarks in auto excellence. These awards are the most trusted word on automobiles for consumers, manufacturers and auto experts alike.

The CNBC-TV18 AUTOCAR AUTO AWARDS are the pre-eminent awards in the Indian automobile space. Over the last 6 years the awards have proved to be the benchmarks for auto excellence in India.Presenting this award are two experts in their own categories, CNBC-TV18 and Autocar India.

The Jury consisted of an expert panel of autofreaks with their eye for detail, renowned in the spheres of car design, performance analysis and testing. 

Bosch Ltd. is the top Indian company in the Auto Components sector for the Dun & Brandstreet – American Express Corporate Awards Award 2006. The Awards seek to recognize the twin virtues of size and growth in the organizations of corporate India, from a derived list of top 500 companies in the country.

To shortlist companies for the Awards, the D&B analyst team developed a proprietary financial model for identifying the top companies in each sector.

Seven parameters were considered in ranking companies for awards - Total Income, Net Profit, Net Worth, Net Profit Margin, Net Profit/Net Worth, Growth in Total Income and Growth in Net Profit. Final rankings of the companies were based on a composite score of these factors.

Star Performer for outstanding export performance

The Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC) conferred the 'Star Performer' for outstanding export performance in the large enterprises category on Bosch Ltd.

In a befitting All-India EEPC function held at Chennai on Aug 10, 2006, Bosch Ltd. received the coveted award from honorable Shri Kamal Nath, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry. The function was attended by senior government officials both from the Central and State level as well as dignitaries from diplomatic mission in Chennai and other various corporate sectors. 

Bosch Ltd. has garnered a total export figures of Rs 423 crores in 2005, almost twice as high as Rs 193 crores in 2001. Dr Albert Hieronimus, Managing Director conveyed, "this award recognizes the talent and skills of all our Bosch employees across India." The "Star Performer" title is truly an acknowledgement of this feat.

Safety & Technology Award

Subsequent to winning the ‘Auto Component Manufacturer of the year 2005’ award previous year, BOSCH Ltd. has once again proved its prowess in the automotive arena. The award won this year brings forth onto the surface the fact that Bosch combines crucial factors like safety and technology, with the drive to innovate and maintain the same, synonymous with the Corporate and Product philosophy of Bosch – the 3S principle – to make driving safe, clean and economical.

Mico Bosch was the unanimous choice of the jury behind the NDTV Profit CAR INDIA AWARDS 2006 for the Safety & Technology Award. This award recognizes the best in the industry, and has been instituted by the newest automotive magazine in the Indian scene - CAR INDIA. The jury focused on the advances made in automotive technology which also have bearing on safety.

This important award was presented to Bosch Ltd. this year for its pioneering work on the new age direct injection diesel fueling systems, with notable emphasis in the range of common rail diesels which have already appeared in series production cars in India.

Also taken into account was the persistent focus of Bosch Ltd. on unit injector systems which are entering the scene in the high profile high aspiration D-segment cars. This award looked into not just the advances in the technology but also the benefits the new technology brought to automotive users as well as the potential for the technology to be applied in India, both in user terms as well as in manufacturing terms.

The Safety & Technology Award was presented to Dr Albert Hieronimus - Managing Director, Bosch Ltd. and Mr M Lakshminarayan - Joint Managing Director, Bosch Ltd. by Mr Shrikant Marathe, Director of the ARAI (Automotive Research Association of India) at a glittering ceremony in New Delhi on Janaury 12, 2006.