What's new at Bosch Rexroth? On September 04, 2022, the automation company entered into an agreement to acquire Elmo motion control signed. With the portfolio of the Israeli drive specialist, the aim is to strengthen the business related to factory automation. Last year, the company launched a gigantic one investment project at the headquarters in Lohr am Main. 100 million euros are to flow into the future of the hydraulics business. You can find this and other company announcements below:

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Elmo Motion Control acquisition for factory automation

Bosch Rexroth ElmoMotion

06.09.2022 | From now on, high-end controllers and servo drives from Elmo will complement the Bosch Rexroth portfolio. Bosch Rexroth takes over Motion control specialists Elmo Motion Control Ltd. based in Petah-Tikva, Israel. This brings high-end controllers and servo drives for factory automation into the automation company's portfolio. The company has around 330 employees. Elmo will continue as an Israeli company with local management and the current workforce. It was agreed not to disclose the amount of the purchase price. The transaction is subject to antitrust approvals. 

“Factory automation is a clear priority at Rexroth. We are strengthening our portfolio, both organically through the development of innovative products such as ctrlX Automation and through suitable acquisitions such as Elmo," says Thomas Fechner, head of the Automation and Electrification Solutions product area at Bosch Rexroth.

The powerful, very compact and precise drives complement the Bosch Rexroth product portfolio for all aspects of the automation platform ctrlX Automation. "With Elmo's technology, it is possible to use drives the size of a smartphone, for example, in Robot or to integrate autonomous transport vehicles,” says Mr. Fechner. “Elmo technologies are thus opening up new applications that entail special technical challenges, such as autonomous transport vehicles, service robotics or decentralized Drive Technology and Control Technology. This is where the products from Elmo show their strengths, especially with their movement performance, compactness, energy efficiency and precision with high dynamics.”


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"I am very pleased that the Elmo team, our technology and our customers now have a clear and very promising path to the future," says a delighted Haim Monhait, founder and owner of Elmo Motion Control. Elmo joins Bosch Rexroth not only because our products complement each other well - but also because the company takes a customer-centric approach to factory automation with compelling growth ambitions. Elmo will continue to develop innovative, intelligent and leading-edge motion control solutions to improve machine performance for the benefit of our customers.”

Bosch Rexroth invests EUR 100 million in Lohr am Main

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05.05.2021/100/XNUMX | Bosch Rexroth plans to invest more than XNUMX million euros in the future viability of the hydraulic business to invest at the headquarters in Lohr am Main. Behind this are coordinated investments, modernizations, bundling and optimisations, which increase the performance of the location and secure jobs at the world's largest Bosch Rexroth location in the long term. 

On the factory premises To the iron caster A new office building and a logistics center are to be built in Lohr. The Foundrymanei is to be modernized and its core business is to be equipped with new machines and systems. Bosch Rexroth is investing EUR 82 million in these projects. In addition, around 2025 million euros are to be spent on additional modernizations, renovations and smaller construction measures as well as maintenance by the end of 20. 

“Our investments are massively strengthening the Lohr site. This means that our headquarters can continue to play a leading role in the global network of Bosch Rexroth locations," commented dr Steffen Hack, Head of Product Division industrial hydraulics and member of the board of directors. It is our corporate responsibility to constantly increase the competitiveness of Bosch Rexroth in a dynamic market environment. From this point of view and the respective local framework conditions, we carefully weigh up all investments. The planned investments are a clear commitment to our largest location worldwide. We will continue to offer attractive jobs in the Main Spessart area in the future.”

Reinhard Schäfer appointed to Bosch Rexroth Executive Board

Bosch Rexroth Reinhard Schaefer01.04.2019/1/2019 | On April 54, 55, Reinhard Schäfer (31) will join the management of Bosch Rexroth AG. He follows Dr. Bertram Hoffmann (2019), who is leaving the Bosch Group at his own request on March XNUMX, XNUMX. Schäfer takes over responsibility for the from Hoffmann manufacturing and quality management from Bosch Rexroth.

Reinhard Schäfer was last since the beginning of 2016 Member of the Division Board of the Bosch Electrical Drives division, where he is responsible for production and quality assurance, among other things. The mechanical engineer began his career in 1986 as a trainee at what was then Rexroth Star GmbH in Schweinfurt, where he rose to become plant manager and managing director. This was followed by managerial positions in production and quality assurance at various stations within the automotive division of the Bosch Group in Germany, the Netherlands and China.

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Bosch Rexroth's Pneumatics division becomes Aventics

Bosch Rexroth Aventics13.03.2014/XNUMX/XNUMX | The Pneumatics division of Bosch Rexroth has become an independent company. Due to a change of ownership, the medium-sized company now competes worldwide under the name Aventics. The change of name marks the gbiggest change in the pneumatics market in the last decades. For the first time, a competitor is completely repositioning itself: new name, new values ​​and new corporate structure. The pneumatics specialists from Laatzen want to launch a new generation of the Pneumatics herald

"The new name combines the English terms Advantage, Invention and Pneumatics and thus describes our own claim: Our customers should have clear added value through our innovative products, system solutions and services," explains dr Alexander Lawrence, one of the three managing directors of Aventics GmbH. Advantages should be, for example, an increase in the quality of advice and reaction speed.

The manufacturer of pneumatic components and systems would like to further expand its market position under a new name. In the future, Aventics will also focus on sectors that have not previously been in focus. These include, for example, heavy industry and Medical Technology. The medium-sized company employs 2100 employees cost worldwide.

Who is Bosch Rexroth?

Bosch Rexroth is a global provider of drive and control technology for machines and systems. In the market segments factory Automation, Mobile applications, plant construction and engineering, the company develops and produces intelligent components and tailor-made system solutions. Together with services, the prerequisites for fully networkable applications are created. The portfolio includes hydraulics, electrical drive technology and control technology, Gear technology and Linear Technology and assembly technology with software and interfaces to the Internet of Things (IoT). The global presence extends over more than 80 countries, in which more than 31.000 employees generated sales of around 2021 billion euros in 6,2.

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