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[[File:1976 Dillingen Werk rbosch 13262-1.jpg|thumb|350x350px|Bosch factory in Dillingen, 1976. (Source: Bosch Corporate Archives)]]
[[File:1976 Dillingen Werk rbosch 13262-1.jpg|thumb|350x350px|Bosch factory in Dillingen, 1976. (Source: Robert Bosch GmbH - Corporate Archives, signature 6 001 13262)]]
A special honor was bestowed upon the Strahlkopf mountain in the Allgäu Alps on October 4, 1997: Employees from the BSH<ref>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.</ref> dishwasher plant in Dillingen erected a self-transported summit cross made of stainless steel at its highest point. This action illustrated the team spirit among the employees in Dillingen – and the excellent contact with its suppliers, since the individual parts of the cross came from suppliers of stainless steel to the factory.<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, A05-0036, inform 2013/2, page 15.</ref>
A special honor was bestowed upon the Strahlkopf mountain in the Allgäu Alps on October 4, 1997: Employees from the BSH<ref>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.</ref> dishwasher plant in Dillingen erected a self-transported summit cross made of stainless steel at its highest point. This action illustrated the team spirit among the employees in Dillingen – and the excellent contact with its suppliers, since the individual parts of the cross came from suppliers of stainless steel to the factory.<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, A05-0036, inform 2013/2, page 15.</ref>


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BSH's global technology center for dishwashers has been located in Dillingen since 2014. The center boasts a number of different laboratories, including the dishwashing lab.<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, A01-0030, Business Report 2012, page 43; A01-0035, Business Report 2015, page 28; A05-0042, inform 2015/4, page 14.</ref> "In the dishwashing lab, we test how thoroughly our appliances clean and how much energy they consume with the set parameters," explained lab boss Hein Heißler in 2015.<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, A05-0042, inform 2015/4, page 14.</ref> The first dishwashers fitted with the Home Connect function were added in the same year.<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, A05-0041, inform 2014/4, page 13.</ref> Home Connect enables communication between home appliances and an app running on a smart phone or tablet. For example, the app can be used to turn down the temperature of the oven when on the go or to check the contents of the refrigerator for finalizing the shopping list.
BSH's global technology center for dishwashers has been located in Dillingen since 2014. The center boasts a number of different laboratories, including the dishwashing lab.<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, A01-0030, Business Report 2012, page 43; A01-0035, Business Report 2015, page 28; A05-0042, inform 2015/4, page 14.</ref> "In the dishwashing lab, we test how thoroughly our appliances clean and how much energy they consume with the set parameters," explained lab boss Hein Heißler in 2015.<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, A05-0042, inform 2015/4, page 14.</ref> The first dishwashers fitted with the Home Connect function were added in the same year.<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, A05-0041, inform 2014/4, page 13.</ref> Home Connect enables communication between home appliances and an app running on a smart phone or tablet. For example, the app can be used to turn down the temperature of the oven when on the go or to check the contents of the refrigerator for finalizing the shopping list.


==== More than two million dishwashers every year ====
==== More than 13000 dishwashers every day ====
Environmental protection and economical use of resources are right at the top of the priority list at the Dillingen site. Because suppliers are located around the company premises, the materials required for production can be supplied cost-effectively and on an environmentally sound basis.<ref>BSH Dillingen Site Overview Flyer, page 4. Business Report 2002, page 12.</ref> Appliances are also largely distributed by rail from the site.<ref>BSH Dillingen Site Overview Flyer, page 4.</ref>
Environmental protection and economical use of resources are right at the top of the priority list at the Dillingen site. Because suppliers are located around the company premises, the materials required for production can be supplied cost-effectively and on an environmentally sound basis.<ref>BSH Dillingen Site Overview Flyer, page 4. Business Report 2002, page 12.</ref> Appliances are also largely distributed by rail from the site.<ref>BSH Dillingen Site Overview Flyer, page 4.</ref>


The factory at Dillingen has a workforce of around 2,300 employees at present.<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, A05-0042, inform 2015/1, page 17.</ref> It is one of the largest employers and also trainers in the region (approx. 90 junior staff at the same time).<ref>BSH Dillingen Site Overview Flyer, page 9 and 11.</ref> More than two million dishwashers are manufactured every year at seven parallel assembly lines. Dillingen is therefore currently home to one of the largest and most state-of-the-art dishwasher plants in the world, breaking the 60 million mark in 2015 for dishwashers produced.<ref>BSH Dillingen Site Overview Flyer, page 3 and 5.</ref>
The factory at Dillingen has a workforce of around 2,500 employees at present.<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, A05-0042, inform 2015/1, page 17.</ref> It is one of the largest employers and also trainers in the region (approx. 90 junior staff at the same time).<ref>BSH Dillingen Site Overview Flyer, page 9 and 11.</ref> More than thirteen thousand dishwashers are manufactured every day at seven parallel assembly lines. Dillingen is therefore currently home to one of the largest and most state-of-the-art dishwasher plants in the world, breaking the 60 million mark in 2015 for dishwashers produced.<ref>BSH Dillingen Site Overview Flyer, page 3 and 5.</ref>


==== Milestones and Innovations from Dillingen ====
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Innovation
|-
|1986
|First dishwasher with AquaStop
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|1987
|45 cm wide dishwasher
|-
|1996
|First dishwasher with AquaSensor
|-
|1999
|First fully automatic dishwasher worldwide
|-
|2006
|First dishwasher with Vario-Speed
|-
|2008
|Most energy efficient dishwasher with zeolite drying
|-
|2010
|Energy world record holder and noise world champion
|-
|2015
|Opening of the new technology centre for dishwashers and production of the 60 millionth dishwasher
|-
|2016
|Home Connect
|-
|2017
|45 series with zeolite drying system
|-
|2018
|First devices with System Master
|}
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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