Bosch Creates 24,000 New Jobs. In China

Bertel Schmitt
by Bertel Schmitt

The world’s largest automotive supplier, Bosch, is investing big into the world’s largest car market, China. The company has 283,000 employees worldwide. 26,000 of them work in China. Soon, that n umber will nearly double to 50,000, reports Bosch’s hometown paper, the Stuttgarter Nachrichten.

This is Bosch’s announced target for 2015. Right now, Bosch is building training centers to educate the new working masses. Bosch will also shift more and more R&D to Asia. In India, 3,700 university graduates will get a job at Bosch, in China 2,700. In Germany? 1,200.

Bertel Schmitt
Bertel Schmitt

Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.

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  • Tallnikita Tallnikita on Mar 23, 2011

    Do students actually graduate in Germany? I lived with two Germans in 1992, we all went to the same undergraduate at the time. They both are still "in university" today.

    • Old Guy Old Guy on Mar 23, 2011

      Ha! Italians are the same way. If school is (more or less) free, why ever quit?

  • Blowfish Blowfish on Mar 23, 2011

    they take advantage of the cheap wage and more folks to select in Middle Kingdom.

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