Translations:BSH Konzernarchiv/11/en

Unsurprisingly, there were no trained archivists working in BSH’s corporate communications unit, so the decision was made to call on the expertise on an external service provider. To build up a picture of the possible candidates in Germany, various professional archivists were asked for their opinion. A short list of four prominent service providers was drawn up, and these were then invited to attend separate interviews in Munich. The project managers finally opted for Neumann & Kamp Historische Projekte based in Munich. There were good reasons for choosing a local service provider – the successful candidate was able to guarantee speedy response times and charged no travel expenses. The archive was officially established in May 2014, and the process of filling it rapidly picked up pace. Archivists at Bosch and Siemens were involved and clear divisions drawn between the different areas of responsibility. The main objective was to identify documents belonging to BSH at the various locations and transfer these to the archive.