BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
Budget
€1 — €0
EP Access
2
accredited persons
Staff
15
3.75 FTE
EU Grants
€212,132
Mission & Goals
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH is one of the world’s leading home appliance manufacturers. Our brand portfolio includes global appliance brands like Bosch, Siemens and Gaggenau, as well as the regional brands Neff, Thermador and Balay each offering unique solutions tailored to meet the needs of our consumers. BSH’s product portfolio ranges from large home appliances – Dish Care, Laundry Care, Cooling, cooking and ventilation– to small home appliances, such as vacuum cleaners, espresso machines as well as small kitchen appliances. Founded in Germany in 1967 as a joint venture of Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart) and Siemens AG (Munich), BSH has been 100% owned by the Bosch Group since January 2015. With around 57,000 employees worldwide, 37 factories (as of March 2026), many of which are in the EU, we have reached a turnover in 2024 of around 15.3 billion Euro.
EU Legislative Interests
- Ecodesign for Sustainable Products (ESPR), and Energy label: Delegated Acts under Ecodesign, and Delegate acts under ESPR and Energy Label for home appliance product groups and its components - Circular Economy /Resource Efficiency: Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, Circular Economy Act, Green Claims Directive - Waste and Substance and materials legislation: WEEE revision, REACH, RoHS revision, Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation, Waste Framework Directive revision, Waste shipment regulation, Deforestation Directive, Plastics, Microplastics, Critical Raw Materials - Single Market / CE System: Simplification Packages, Review of New Legislative Framework, Standardisation Policy - Digital Policy: Digital Product Passport, Implementation of Cyber Resilience Act, Implementation of Artificial Intelligence Act, Data Act, Transposition of NIS2
Communication Activities
We currently do not drive campaigns as BSH. However we are active in our Key EU Associations (see Heading 12)
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
BSH is in Europe a member of many organizations or associations, either directly or through its staff, ranging from national industry association to memberships in regional industry chambers. From these organisations we list below the ones which represent industry interests at EU level and to which we contribute actively. APPLiA – Home Appliances Europe, Association of the Home Appliances Manufacturers, https://applia-europe.eu/ ZVEI – Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie e.V., – Germany’s Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association. https://www.zvei.org/
Additional Information
The estimation for annual cost above includes the cost of BSH’s Brussels office, an estimation for the employees under section 10 as well as activities in line with Heading 14 and 14a of the 2025 guidelines. Statements are done for 2024 – the year of reference for the current entry; for the years after the closed financial year are not finalised yet. EU Grants have been also been received for 2025 but the definite received amount can only be conclusively given a certain time after. They will be added in the next annual update
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.