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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;daveydempsey, post: 13165454, member: 22&quot;]I don&#039;t know, maybe like Mercedes and BMW etc have factories in the US</p><p><br /></p><p>When I see the word Bosch it reminds me of my uncle Will.</p><p><br /></p><p>He was in RAF Bomber Command and he used to fly over Stuttgart most evenings and drop bombs on the Daimler-Benz and Bosch plants.</p><p><br /></p><p>Its strange, I now have a Bosch fridge freezer in my kitchen and a Bosch drill kit in my tool workshop.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Edit.</b></p><p>Just found this on Wiki</p><p><br /></p><p>Prior to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_World_War" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_World_War" rel="nofollow">First World War</a>, the company generated 92 percent of its sales outside of Germany, however, Bosch lost most of its international holdings following the conflict.</p><p><br /></p><p>Using a combination of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loan" rel="nofollow">loans</a> and a greater focus on business acumen at the board level, the firm quickly rebuilt its international presence during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interwar_period" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interwar_period" rel="nofollow">interwar period</a>, particularly in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_America" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_America" rel="nofollow">South America</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia" rel="nofollow">Asia</a>. Diversification efforts in the 1930s included the purchase of a gas appliances production facility, the development of an electric drill, electric refrigerator, and car radio.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both prior and during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_World_War" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_World_War" rel="nofollow">Second World War</a>, the company had links to the ruling <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party" rel="nofollow">Nazi Party</a>, using as many as 20,000 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_labour_under_German_rule_during_World_War_II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_labour_under_German_rule_during_World_War_II" rel="nofollow">forced labourers</a> in its production plants to produce ammunition and outfit <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luftwaffe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luftwaffe" rel="nofollow">Luftwaffe</a> aircraft as part of the German war effort during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_World_War" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_World_War" rel="nofollow">Second World War</a>. At the end of WWII, all of Bosch&#039;s foreign assets were seized and most employees were laid off, however, the firm quickly recovered on the back of strong economic performance within <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Germany" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Germany" rel="nofollow">West Germany</a>. An economic downturn in 1966 motivated Bosch to adopt a strategy of decentralisation, diversification, and overseas expansion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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