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The Asian home appliance market offered huge growth potential. At the same time there was scarcely any other region that posed such manifold challenges for BSH[1] and its products.
While efficient, space-saving appliances were in demand in urbanized parts of Asia, machines in less developed areas had to cope especially with power failures or highly fluctuating water pressure, while electrical connections and electronics varied in practically every region. Apart from technical aspects, there were also cultural aspects that had to be taken into account. In India, for example, "hand wash" does not mean gentle cleaning, but rather the thorough kneading and rubbing of heavily soiled clothes.[2] While 50 percent of all home appliances on the Chinese market would soon be purchased online, it was still good salespeople in India who influenced the decision to buy significantly.[3]
China
When the Appliance Park was inaugurated in Nanjing, China, on March 8, 2006, the then Executive Vice President of BSH, Dr. Robert Kugler, described China as the "… key to the global development of BSH, and (…) a stable and highly promising market."[4]
BSH had set its sights on becoming the largest foreign manufacturer of home appliances in China, thus creating a strong basis for further expansions in Asia and Oceania. The most important sales arguments since activities commenced in Asia included the know-how of BSH and the innovative and high-quality German products.[5] The Siemens brand was first introduced in 1994 to avoid competing with own brands. It was only when the brand and the products were firmly anchored in the consciousness of Chinese consumers that the Bosch brand was rolled out at the end of 2004.[6]
Because the Chinese market was so strictly regulated for foreign companies, BSH decided to make its initial foray in China in the form of a joint venture. Following eleven months of negotiations, BSH and the Chinese Little Swan Co. Ltd inked a joint venture agreement on November 11, 1994 for the manufacture of washing machines in Wuxi, China. In addition to the production plant, a sales service and logistics center was also established. Wuxi Little Swan was one of the leading manufacturers on the Chinese market at this time.[7] The joint venture was called BSW Household Appliances Ltd.[8] Production was expanded at the end of 1995 to include cookers, cooktops and extractor hoods. Just one year later, BSH succeeded in extending its position on the Chinese market by entering a further joint venture and thus expanded its product portfolio in China to include cooling appliances. BSY Cooling Appl. Ltd. was founded in Chuzhou together with the Yangzi Group. The Siemens cooling appliances had captured a market share of ten percent by the time the year was out, thus also outstripping the local Chinese Yangzi brand.
A sales company was opened in Nanjing in 1997, which marketed the products of both production plants nationwide. BSH acquired the shares of its Chinese partner in the refrigerator plant in Chuzhou in 2000 and then a few years later acquired full ownership rights to the washing machine factory. A major Appliance Park was established in Nanjing in 2004, which developed into a production location for five sectors.[9]
The BSH organization in China was restructured in 2010 and BSH Home Appliances Holding (China) Co. Ltd. was established in Nanjing as a holding company, from where all of BSH's activities in China were managed.[10]
While other Western competitors had already invested in China before BSH – though without managing to secure a notable market presence even up to the present day – BSH's policies in this difficult market paid off. Much more so than in other markets, it was important in China to nurture the trust of consumers, customers and the administration on a personal and long-term basis, which is why BSH China was so successful since it had put a stable management team in place for the long haul.
Asia and Oceania
Mit dem erfolgreichen Eintritt in den chinesischen Markt 1994 beginnt die BSH ihre Marktpräsenz in der Region Asien weiter auszubauen. Als regional headquarters für den gesamten asiatischen und pazifischen Raum werden 1995 und 1996 die Standorte Hongkong und Singapur gegründet.[11] Von hier aus organisiert der Konzern den Aufbau weiterer Standorte in Indonesien, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, aber auch in der Region Australien/Ozeanien. 2006 ist der Aufbau der ersten asiatischen Standorte abgeschlossen. Die Präsenz der BSH in Asien wird auch in folgenden Jahren weiter ausgebaut. Auf den Feierlichkeiten zum 10. Jubiläum der asiatischen Zentrale in Singapur wird die Verdopplung des Umsatzwachstums in der Region Asien, ohne China und Indien, als Unternehmensziel formuliert.[12]
Indien
Seit 1997 ist die BSH in Indien vertreten. Eine Tochtergesellschaft beginnt mit dem Aufbau eines BSH-Vertriebs- und Kundendienstnetzes.[13] Im technikaffinen Indien, mit über 150 Millionen Smartphone Nutzern (2014), ist bis heute Mund-zu-Mund-Propaganda die wichtigste Form von Marketing.[14] In dem Zeitraum zwischen 2001 und 2009 wird die Vertriebsgesellschaft aufgrund von politischen Vorgaben als RBS Home Appliances Ltd. auf einen indischen Eigentümer übertragen. Sie vertreibt in erster Linie die Produkte von Siemens.[15] 2009 gründet die BSH erneut eine Home Appliances Private Ltd. in Mumbai.[16] Für die Produktion von Waschmaschinen baut das Unternehmen in Chennai einen neuen Appliance Park. Die Aufnahme der Produktion beginnt 2014.[17] Die Fabrik etabliert sich als Drehscheibe für die Versorgung des indischen Markts und für den Export in den gesamten südostasiatischen Raum. Zeitgleich entsteht dort ein Entwicklungszentrum für Gaskochfelder und Dunstabzugshauben.[18]
Die europäischen BSH-Produkte werden für den indischen Markt modifiziert und weiterentwickelt – beispielsweise die in Chennai produzierten Waschmaschinen, die auch bei schwankender Strom- und Wasserversorgung zuverlässig laufen.[19]
Einzelnachweise
- ↑ BSH was founded in 1967 as Bosch-Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH - BSHG for short. In 1998, the name was changed to BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH, with the short form BSH. Since the sale of the Siemens shares in BSH to Robert Bosch GmbH the company’s name is now BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, but still BSH for short.
- ↑ BSH Corporate Archives, A01-0029, Business Report 2011, page 14.
- ↑ BSH Corporate Archives, A01-0033, Business Report 2014, page 24.
- ↑ BSH Corporate Archives, B03-0091, Address by Dr. Robert Kugler Executive Vice President, BSH Bosch and Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH. On the occasion of the inauguration of the Nanjing factory site. Appliance Park, Nanjing, China, March 7, 2006, page 4: "... key to the global development of BSH, and (...) a stable and highly promising market."
- ↑ BSH Corporate Archives, B03-0091, TV Interview Dr. Kugler on JS TV International Channel, March 8, 2006.
- ↑ BSH Corporate Archives, B03-0091, Press Release for EA opening, March 8, 2006.
- ↑ BSH Corporate Archives, A01-0013, Business Report 1995, page 8 and BSH Corporate Archives, A05-0017, inform 04/1994, Jg. 17, page 1.
- ↑ BSH Corporate Archives, A05-0018, inform 01/1995 Jg. 18, page 27.
- ↑ BSH Corporate Archives, A05-0022, inform 03/1999, Jg. 22, pages 8-9 and BSH Corporate Archives, A05-0023, inform 04/2000, Jg. 23, page 16.
- ↑ BSH Corporate Archives, A05-0034, inform 02/2011 Jg. 34, page 22.
- ↑ BSH-Konzernarchiv, B03-0091, Presse-Information Singapur, 02. Dezember 2006 und BSH-Konzernarchiv, A05-0018, inform 03/1995, Jg. 18, S. 6.
- ↑ BSH-Konzernarchiv, B03-0091, Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit extern, Zeitungsausschnitt, 2006.
- ↑ BSH-Konzernarchiv, A01-0015, Geschäftsbericht 1997, S. 5 und BSH-Konzernarchiv, A01-0016, Geschäftsbericht 1998, S. 10.
- ↑ BSH-Konzernarchiv, A01-0033, Geschäftsbericht 2014, S. 24.
- ↑ Bosch, Siemens JV to unveil local fridge brand, target mass market, The Economic Times, 16.06.2004, http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2004-06-15/news/27394697_1_rbs-home-appliances-refrigerators-bosch-and-siemens <br>
RBS launches new fridge, The Economic Times, 9.06.2004, http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2004-06-09/news/27375087_1_rbs-home-appliances-bsh-germany-vipul-b-raval