New Organization: Establishment of Industry 4.0 Business Unit
Interconnection and digitization are the direction of Bosch's strategy of being a firm player and part of Bosch's day-to-day business. "Dr Dunner introduced:" The transformation has given us the opportunity to further demonstrate our strengths, not only on paper but also on paper Is real technology and commercial success. "Bosch foresees tremendous business opportunities in the interconnected industry, and a new business unit, Bosch Interconnection, was established to begin operation on January 1, 2018 With a first team of up to 500. In this business unit, Bosch focuses on Industry 4.0 related business activities and brings together all the know-how required in this area, including in particular software and service capabilities. As business continues, Bosch Will provide Industry 4.0 products and services to third parties. From now until 2020, Bosch will continue to expand its business in the Industry 4.0 field with an expected incremental sales of more than 1 billion euros. After acquiring part of the equity of HERE, a map supplier, Bosch is expected to release more potential in Industry 4.0.
Interconnection has become a weapon against the major challenges of human existence
In emphasizing the importance of interconnectivity in the Internet of Things era, Dr. Dunal said: 'Only by finding innovative solutions to increasingly serious problems can our planet provide a habitable environment for humankind.' More than 170 Bosch now carries out All IoT projects are designed to address key human challenges such as population growth, urbanization, air pollution and environmental change, etc. 'We use the Internet of Things to connect the real world to improve the quality of life for people.' 'Deng For example, in 2017 Bosch launched a new smarter agriculture or connected farming solution that expects these innovative solutions will help solve the problem of feeding to the next 8 billion people worldwide by 2025. Today these are generated based on sensor monitoring data Solutions and AI technologies have been used in the field of growing asparagus, strawberries, potatoes and grapes and Bosch's innovative technologies have further improved the efficiency and sustainability of oyster and livestock husbandry. The market scale for digital agriculture is expected to grow by 70% %.
Smart Home and Smart City: Hundreds of millions of people living space
In response to growing semiconductor demand for smart transportation and IoT applications, Bosch will invest over EUR 1 billion in a new wafer fab in Dresden, Germany, by 2021. One of the future chip fab applications for the new plant Is a smart home. "Bosch offers more than just connected home appliances and more and more digital services to smart kitchens. The Bosch home networking ecosystem incorporates Kitchen Stories, a recipes app that offers 12 languages. Kitchen story app currently downloads up to 15 million times, covering 1000 kinds of recipe information, and through the video, photos and other media to teach people how to cook at the beginning of this year at the CES Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Bosch released A comprehensive product line connecting the entire Smart City, one of which is Climo, a mobile air laboratory that can monitor the quality of the city's air in real time, and 80% of the world's metropolises are expected to become smart cities by 2025. At present, Bosch 14 pilot demonstration projects have been launched in this area and it is estimated that the market size of smart cities will reach 700 billion by 2020 Yuan.