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[[File:1968 Giengen Teilansicht rbosch 6100 0.jpg|thumb|The Giengen site in 1968. (Source: ##### Bosch Archive)]]
[[File:1968 Giengen Teilansicht rbosch 6100 0.jpg|thumb|The Giengen site in 1968. (Source:Bosch Corporate Archives)]]
The Giengen site, BSH's<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> oldest production location, has been in existence since 1944. Founded by the then Bosch subsidiary Sundgau Maschinenbau GmbH, cooling appliances have been produced in Giengen since 1949.<ref>BSH Giengen Site Overview Flyer, from page 3.</ref> Just 14 refrigerators were produced in the first year of production – a good ten years later and already the two millionth refrigerator was rolling off the production lines.<ref>http://www.swp.de/heidenheim/lokales/giengen/produktion-laeuft-nach-uebernahme-normal-weiter-6594728.html (last downloaded on 14.2.2017).</ref> Freezers were added to the portfolio in 1960, with washing machines also being produced at this stage.
The Giengen site, BSH's<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> oldest production location, has been in existence since 1944. Founded by the then Bosch subsidiary Sundgau Maschinenbau GmbH, cooling appliances have been produced in Giengen since 1949.<ref>BSH Giengen Site Overview Flyer, from page 3.</ref> Just 14 refrigerators were produced in the first year of production – a good ten years later and already the two millionth refrigerator was rolling off the production lines.<ref>http://www.swp.de/heidenheim/lokales/giengen/produktion-laeuft-nach-uebernahme-normal-weiter-6594728.html (last downloaded on 14.2.2017).</ref> Freezers were added to the portfolio in 1960, with washing machines also being produced at this stage.


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