1、aAnnual Report 2002Bosch Group7Front-page illustration:Seventy-five years ago,Robert Bosch gave“auto-mobility”to thediesel engine,which untilthen had virtually onlybeen used in stationaryfunctions or in marineapplications.In Novem-ber 1927,full-scaleseries production ofdiesel injection pumpsand nozz
2、les began,which now made it acommercial proposi-tion to manufacturediesel engines for over-the-road vehicles.Thefirst commercial appli-cation was the in-linepump shown here foran MAN truck.In theforeground can beseen a modern com-mon-rail injector forcommercial vehicles.Robert Bosch GmbH,StuttgartOr
3、iginated as the“Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering”founded by Robert Bosch in Stuttgart in 1886Responsible for a total of 253 subsidiaries,of which 36 are domestic and the remaining 217are situated outside Germany Owners:Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH,Stuttgart,92%Bosch family,8
4、%Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG,Stuttgart,execution of the entrepreneurial ownership functions3Table of ContentsPageKey Figures4Introduction5Supervisory Council6Supervisory Council Report7Board of Management8Senior Management10Management Report12Automotive Technology Business Sector22Industrial T
5、echnology Business Sector30Consumer Goods and Building Technology Business Sector34International Business38Research and Development42Environmental Protection44Employees of the Bosch Group46Financial Statements of the Bosch Group Worldwide50Major Companies of the Bosch Group Worldwide68Financial Stat
6、ements of Robert Bosch GmbH70Ten Year Statistics Bosch Group Worldwide724Key Figures(million euro)Bosch Group Worldwide20022001Sales34,97734,029percentage change from prior year+2.8+7.8Foreign salesas a percentage of sales7272Research and development expense2,4872,274as a percentage of sales7.16.7In