Budapest – For the third time, the Bosch Team from the Budapest site took first place in the Fut a cég competition series, and they also won the prize for the sportiest corporate community based on their 2021 performance. The staff of Robert Bosch Kft. and Bosch Rexroth Kft. ran a total of 12,034 kilometres in 22 races, cycled 17,440 kilometres and toured 1,490 kilometres to win the absolute first place. Some 450 employees of the company participated in the competitions, most of which were performed individually due to the pandemic.
“Fut a cég” is a competition series, which is specifically about the assessment of companies, firms, institutions and work communities. Last year, due to the pandemic, competitors were primarily participating in virtual competitions, proving performance with their own GPS signal recording device. At fifteen virtual and nine live events, nearly four hundred and fifty companies’ ten thousand athletic employees ran, hiked, walked, swam, cycled or used SUP. The team of Robert Bosch Kft. and Bosch Rexroth Kft. took the lead in the absolute score competition last year, just like in 2018 and 2019.
"We are proud that Bosch has become the sportiest Hungarian company for the third time thanks to the colleagues working at our Budapest site. We believe that regular exercise contributes to the ability of our employees to perform their profession creatively and with dedication, contributing to innovations and the success of the company. Hence why it is important to support the sporting activities of our employees" – emphasized András Somogyi, Vice President of Human Resources of the Bosch Group in Hungary and the Adriatic region at the Fut a cég competition’s awards ceremony.
In addition to Budapest, Bosch encourages its employees at all its locations, i.e. in Hatvan, Miskolc, Maklár and Eger to have a healthy lifestyle, and continuously promotes participation in competitions and the importance of sports in its internal forums. The company's internal community, the KSF (Kultur, Sport und Freizeit), established in 2013, has about 2,000 members and organizes nearly 50 different sports, cultural and leisure activities. Bosch supports colleagues who want to play sports in a variety of ways, such as by taking over entry fees for competitions, jerseys, track rents, trainings, coaches and equipment, in whole or in part.
You can find more information on the Fut a cég (Company is running) competition series and the scores on the website of Futanet.
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Bosch has been present in Hungary since 1898 with its products. After its re-establishment as a regional trading company in 1991, Bosch has grown into one of Hungary’s largest foreign industrial employers with currently nine subsidiaries. In fiscal 2020 it had total net sales of 1,497 billion forints and consolidated sales to third parties on the Hungarian market of 238 billion forints. The Bosch Group in Hungary employs more than 15,500 associates (as of December 31, 2020). In addition to its manufacturing, commercial and development business, Bosch has a network of sales and service operations that covers the entire country.
The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 395,000 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2020). The company generated sales of 71.5 billion euros in 2020. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. As a leading IoT provider, Bosch offers innovative solutions for smart homes, Industry 4.0, and connected mobility. Bosch is pursuing a vision of mobility that is sustainable, safe, and exciting. It uses its expertise in sensor technology, software, and services, as well as its own IoT cloud, to offer its customers connected, cross-domain solutions from a single source. The Bosch Group’s strategic objective is to facilitate connected living with products and solutions that either contain artificial intelligence (AI) or have been developed or manufactured with its help. Bosch improves quality of life worldwide with products and services that are innovative and spark enthusiasm. In short, Bosch creates technology that is “Invented for life.” The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 440 subsidiary and regional companies in some 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. With its more than 400 locations worldwide, the Bosch Group has been carbon neutral since the first quarter of 2020. The basis for the company’s future growth is its innovative strength. At 129 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 73,000 associates in research and development, of which nearly 34,000 are software engineers.
The company was set up in Stuttgart in 1886 by Robert Bosch (1861-1942) as “Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering.” The special ownership structure of Robert Bosch GmbH guarantees the entrepreneurial freedom of the Bosch Group, making it possible for the company to plan over the long term and to undertake significant upfront investments in the safeguarding of its future. Ninety-four percent of the share capital of Robert Bosch GmbH is held by Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH, a charitable foundation. The remaining shares are held by Robert Bosch GmbH and by a corporation owned by the Bosch family. The majority of voting rights are held by Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG, an industrial trust. The entrepreneurial ownership functions are carried out by the trust.
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