In 2011, Bosch Group sales increased in all the world's major economic regions: in Europe, Bosch grew by 9.5 percent to more than 30 billion euros. This was especially due to excellent developments in Germany, where sales grew by 10 percent to 12 billion euros. In Asia Pacific, the company was able to increase its sales by nearly 9 percent to some 12 billion euros, and in the Americas by 7 percent to more than 9 billion euros.
All three business sectors contributed to the company's growth. Automotive Technology generated sales of more than 30 billion euros for the first time, and thus grew by roughly 8 percent year on year. The strongest increase in sales was in Industrial Technology, which grew by 20 percent to 8 billion euros. The Consumer Goods and Building Technology business sector continued to grow steadily, its sales rising by 4.3 percent to 13 billion euros.
