BSH Home Appliances is one of the world's leading home appliance companies and the largest home appliance manufacturer in Europe. With an extensive portfolio of 14 brands, BSH manufactures appliances for a wide range of consumer needs. Alongside the global brands Bosch, Siemens[1], Gaggenau and Neff, the brand portfolio also includes local brands such as Local Heroes Thermador, Balay, Coldex, Constructa, Pitsos, Profilo, Ufesa and Zelmer, as well as the Label Brands Junker and Viva. Leading the way all over the world. Founded in 1967, BSH was established as a joint venture between Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart) and Siemens AG (Munich). BSH has been under the sole ownership of Bosch Group since January 2015. Over the past 50 years, BSH has grown from a German exporter into the world's second-largest home appliance manufacturer, with more than 58,000 employees worldwide. BSH has continuously expanded its global network of employees over the last few years and now has employees on all five continents. In 2016, BSH increased its revenue to around 13.1 billion euros. BSH produces the entire range of modern home appliances at around 40 factories worldwide. The product portfolio now includes cookers, ovens and extractor hoods, dishwashers, washers and dryers, fridges and freezers to small appliances such as vacuum cleaners, coffee machines and food processors. With Home Connect, BSH offers the worldÕs first cross-brand smart home hub which works with and supports the rapidly growing ecosystem of connected home appliances and customer-centric services for a special future experience in the kitchen. In 2017, the independent Top Employers Institute awarded BSH the International Top Employer Europe" title for the fourth time in a row. We were also certified as a ÒTop Employer Asia PacificÓ and a ÒTop Employer USAÓ.