Factory and Technology Center in Dillingen: Difference between revisions

The site at Dillingen an der Donau was founded by Robert Bosch GmbH in 1960.<ref>BSH Dillingen Site Overview Flyer, page 3. </ref> Initially the facility manufactured fuel pumps and food processors. BSH has been producing dishwashers here exclusively since 1976.<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, A01-0001, Business Report 1976, page 3; A05-0023, inform 2000/December, page 27.</ref> In 1978, just two years later, the two millionth dishwasher was produced.<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, A01-0001, Business Report 1978, page 5.</ref> More than 1,500 different dishwasher models have been produced here since then.<ref>BSH Dillingen Site Overview Flyer, page 4.</ref> The factory's portfolio also included small home appliances.<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, A01-0001, Business Report 1979, page 8.</ref>

[[File:2009 Dillingen Geräuschlabor 9668 BSH Konzernarchiv.jpg|thumb|350x350px|The BSH sound lab in Dillingen, 2009. (Source: BSH Corporate Archives)]]

The development department for dishwashers was located at the Giengen site until 1996, after which it relocated to Dillingen.<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, F-BSH-004, Ernst Stickel: Chronik der BSH-Geschirrspüler 1960-2000, o.O. 2011, page 170.</ref> The BSH engineers developed a number of functions that would go down as milestones in the development of dishwasher technology. These included the AquaStop system from 1985<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, F-BSH-004, Ernst Stickel: Chronik der BSH-Geschirrspüler 1960-2000, o.O. 2011, page 115. Corporate Archives, A05-0008, inform 1985/1, page 1.</ref> (reliable protection against water damage), the 45-cm dishwasher from 1987<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, F-BSH-004, Ernst Stickel: Chronik der BSH-Geschirrspüler 1960-2000, o.O. 2011, page 126.</ref>, the AquaSensor system from 1996<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, A05-0019, inform 1996/4, page 26.</ref> (automatic replacement of water at a certain turbidity level), the world's first fully automatic dishwasher in 2000<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, F-BSH-004, Ernst Stickel: Chronik der BSH-Geschirrspüler 1960-2000, o.O. 2011, page 172. The first pilot series was constructed in 1999.</ref>, as well as the development of Zeolite technology for dishwashers in 2008<ref>BSH Corporate Archives, A05-0031, inform 2008/3, page 16.</ref> (optimizes drying results while minimizing energy consumption).