BOSCH is everywhere. It has 440 subsidiaries and employs 400,000 people in 60 countries. Its technology opens London's Tower Bridge and closes packets of crisps and biscuits in factories from India to Mexico. Analysts call it a car-parts maker: it is the world's largest, making everything from fuel-injection pumps to windscreen wipers. Consumers know it for white goods and power tools synonymous with "Made in Germany" solidity.
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