With a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony, representatives of the Bosch Group, the municipality of Renningen, and the district of Böblingen officially marked the start of construction for the Robert Bosch GmbH research and advance engineering center. The new research campus in Renningen is to become the new hub of the Bosch Group’s global research and advance engineering activities. Over the next two years, a total of 14 new buildings will be erected on a space of 100 hectares. The total size of the new center will be almost 110,000 square meters. The construction costs amount to around 160 million Euros.
The company sees the new location as a clear expression of its commitment to the Stuttgart region and to the state of Baden-Württemberg as a center of technological excellence. The first 1,200 associates are set to begin working in Renningen in the spring of 2014. Their research work activities will focus on materials and methods, and technologies, as well as on the development of new systems, components, and manufacturing processes. At the moment, these activities and the relevant units are spread at locations in the greater Stuttgart area, in the suburbs of Gerlingen-Schillerhöhe, Schwieberdingen, and Waiblingen.
