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==== Cooling Competence ==== | ==== Cooling Competence ==== | ||
Following the founding of BSH in 1967, the production and sales structures were adjusted and harmonized.<ref>Susanne Hilger: „Amerikanisierung“ deutscher Unternehmen. Wettbewerbsstrategien und Unternehmenspolitik bei Henkel, Siemens und Daimler-Benz (1945/ 49-1975), Wiesbaden 2004, page 139.</ref> Bosch consequently passed over production of washing machines to Siemens in Berlin and concentrated instead on producing cooling appliances, which in turn ceased being produced at Siemens.<ref>Hilger: "Amerikanisierung" deutscher Unternehmen, page 139. BSH | Following the founding of BSH in 1967, the production and sales structures were adjusted and harmonized.<ref>Susanne Hilger: „Amerikanisierung“ deutscher Unternehmen. Wettbewerbsstrategien und Unternehmenspolitik bei Henkel, Siemens und Daimler-Benz (1945/ 49-1975), Wiesbaden 2004, page 139.</ref> Bosch consequently passed over production of washing machines to Siemens in Berlin and concentrated instead on producing cooling appliances, which in turn ceased being produced at Siemens.<ref>Hilger: "Amerikanisierung" deutscher Unternehmen, page 139. BSH Corporate Archives, Schema BSHG Version 4.83 (BSH_Zeitstrahl_1966_bis_1962_erhalten_v_Peschl_TR).</ref> | ||
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH developed the Giengen site into a high-tech location where refrigerators, freezers and fridge-freezers were produced. A competence center was also established alongside the factory, dedicated to researching and developing the appliances.<ref>BSH Giengen Site Overview Flyer, from page 3. </ref> | BSH Hausgeräte GmbH developed the Giengen site into a high-tech location where refrigerators, freezers and fridge-freezers were produced. A competence center was also established alongside the factory, dedicated to researching and developing the appliances.<ref>BSH Giengen Site Overview Flyer, from page 3. </ref> | ||
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==== Pioneer in the Area of Sustainability ==== | ==== Pioneer in the Area of Sustainability ==== | ||
[[File:1975 ca Giengen Kuehlschrankfertigung BSH Konzernarchiv E01-0504 36.jpg|thumb|Fabrication of refrigerators in Giengen, 1970s. (Source: BSH Corporate Archives)]] | [[File:1975 ca Giengen Kuehlschrankfertigung BSH Konzernarchiv E01-0504 36.jpg|thumb|Fabrication of refrigerators in Giengen, 1970s. (Source: BSH Corporate Archives)]] | ||
Giengen became a pioneer in the area of sustainability thanks to its extensive research – only CFC-free cooling appliances were produced here from 1993. One year later the plant also successfully eliminated HFCs from the cooling circuit with most cooling appliances. This meant that some 80 percent of all refrigeration appliances produced in Giengen were CFC and HFC-free.<ref>Environmental Report 1993/1994, page 19. </ref> "We are particularly committed to protecting and preserving a life-sustaining environment and constantly strive to find environmentally-friendly solutions," wrote Kurt Reitz from the Department for Environmental Protection and Occupational Health and Safety in 1996.<ref>Fabriktelegramm Giengen, 11/1996, page 2.</ref> Energy-efficient appliances have remained the specialty of the factory in Giengen to this day. The modern cooling appliances consume some 73 percent less energy compared with appliances at the turn of the millennium.<ref>BSH Giengen Site Overview Flyer, pages 4-10. </ref> | Giengen became a pioneer in the area of sustainability thanks to its extensive research – only CFC-free cooling appliances were produced here from 1993. One year later the plant also successfully eliminated HFCs from the cooling circuit with most cooling appliances. This meant that some 80 percent of all refrigeration appliances produced in Giengen were CFC and HFC-free.<ref>BSHG Environmental Report 1993/1994, page 19. </ref> "We are particularly committed to protecting and preserving a life-sustaining environment and constantly strive to find environmentally-friendly solutions," wrote Kurt Reitz from the Department for Environmental Protection and Occupational Health and Safety in 1996.<ref>Fabriktelegramm Giengen, 11/1996, page 2.</ref> Energy-efficient appliances have remained the specialty of the factory in Giengen to this day. The modern cooling appliances consume some 73 percent less energy compared with appliances at the turn of the millennium.<ref>BSH Giengen Site Overview Flyer, pages 4-10. </ref> | ||
In addition to the factory and research center, the Giengen logistics center is a significant hub in BSH's global logistics network. Goods are stored here in an area the size of more than 20 football fields (144,000 sq. meters). 21,000 large appliances and 200,000 small appliances leave the logistics center every day.<ref>BSH Giengen Site Overview Flyer, from page 6.</ref> | In addition to the factory and research center, the Giengen logistics center is a significant hub in BSH's global logistics network. Goods are stored here in an area the size of more than 20 football fields (144,000 sq. meters). 21,000 large appliances and 200,000 small appliances leave the logistics center every day.<ref>BSH Giengen Site Overview Flyer, from page 6.</ref> | ||