Overview

• Bosch will reduce up to 1,100 positions in its Reutlingen control-unit division by the end of 2029, affecting manufacturing, development and administrative roles.
• The Reutlingen plant’s cleanroom will expand by more than 5,000 square meters by the close of 2025 to enable full silicon carbide wafer production from 2026.
• Bosch has opened talks with the works council and employee representatives to craft socially acceptable implementation measures, with no final decisions yet.
• Subsidiary Bosch Engineering plans to eliminate up to 460 jobs worldwide by the end of 2027 to address overcapacity and cost pressures in its engineering services division.
• Since late 2023, Bosch has cut over 14,000 positions globally and invested roughly €3 billion—including EU funding—to strengthen semiconductor capabilities at its German sites.