- Headquarters
- Gerlingen, Germany · Europe
- Value chain
- Components & subsystems(Inputs); also Hardware & devices
- What that means
- Makes the parts others build into products: chips, sensors, optics, modules, engines and subsystems.
- Founded
- 1886
- Staff
- 417,900 (2024)
- Ownership
- Private
- Website
- bosch.com
- Relevance
- High at its strongest, in Hydrogen, Ammonia & Sustainable Fuels
Gerlingen, GermanyIn 9 capabilities
Each capability the company is listed in, most relevant first: how experts in the field see its global relevance there, why it is listed and the source.
Energy Technologies · Manufacture · listed #5 of 50
The top international patent applicant in this capability, it mass-produces fuel cell power modules for heavy trucks and develops the Hybrion PEM electrolysis stack and solid oxide fuel cells.
Relevance: Top patent applicant; mass-produces fuel cell powertrains.
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Manufacture · listed #6 of 50
The world's largest MEMS inertial sensor maker (Bosch Sensortec IMUs, automotive gyros used for dead reckoning) and the top international patent applicant in this capability.
Relevance: World's largest MEMS inertial sensor maker for consumer and auto
Robotics & Autonomous Systems · Equipment & materials · listed #9 of 50
The largest automotive supplier of driver-assist and automated-driving sensors, ECUs and software, and a top-five autonomy patent filer.
Relevance: Largest automotive supplier of ADAS and automated-driving systems
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Manufacture · listed #10 of 50
One of the largest automotive radar suppliers, with tens of millions of mid- and long-range radar sensors shipped, and the top international patent applicant in radar.
Relevance: One of the largest automotive radar suppliers
- Quantum Sensing & MetrologyModerate
Quantum Technologies · Design · listed #7 of 50
Bosch Quantum Sensing develops NV-diamond magnetometers and gyroscopes for automotive, medical and navigation use, and Bosch is the second-largest international patent applicant in this capability.
Relevance: NV-diamond sensing programme with industrial scale
- Compound & Power SemiconductorsModerate
Semiconductors & Advanced Computing · Manufacture · listed #19 of 50
Makes SiC MOSFETs for EV inverters at its Reutlingen fab and is converting its acquired Roseville, California fab to 200mm SiC production.
Relevance: SiC MOSFET maker for EV inverters
- Applied AI & Advanced AnalyticsModerate
Artificial Intelligence · Research · listed #25 of 50
A top patent applicant in this capability, applying AI to mobility, manufacturing and IoT through the Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence.
Relevance: Applied AI in mobility and manufacturing; strong patents.
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Manufacture · listed #33 of 50
Largest international patent applicant in acoustic sensing, driven by ultrasonic sensors for vehicle parking and driver assistance made in very high volume.
Relevance: Acoustic patents mostly in automotive sensing
Artificial Intelligence · Research · listed #37 of 50
A top patent filer on adversarial robustness for automotive perception; its India-based AIShield unit sells AI model security scanning.
Relevance: Robustness patents for automotive perception; niche.