Robert Bosch South Africa is a regional branch of the Bosch Group, the world's biggest private industrial corporations, with over 271.300 employees and annual sales revenues exceeding 46.3 billion euros.  Production material, which makes up 67% of overall purchasing, predominantly focuses on electronic and electromagnetic assembly elements, turning parts, stampings, deep-drawn pieces, bent components, plastic and rubber parts, aluminum and cast parts.

Retail goods, operational materials/services and investment goods are also increasingly important.