Worcester, Bosch Group
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| Industry | Heating |
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| Founded | September 1962 |
| Headquarters | Worcester, England |
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Area served
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United Kingdom and Ireland |
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Key people
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Cecil Duckworth (founder) |
| Products | Boilers, solar panels, heat pumps |
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Number of employees
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2,000+ |
| Parent | Robert Bosch GmbH |
| Website | www |
Worcester, Bosch Group (commonly referred to as Worcester or Worcester-Bosch) is a United Kingdom based domestic heating and hot water products manufacturer.
The company was founded in 1962 by Cecil Duckworth as Worcester Engineering Co Ltd in Worcester, England. After changing its name to Worcester Heat Systems Ltd, in 1992 the company was acquired by Robert Bosch GmbH, adopting the new name of Worcester, Bosch Group.
The headquarters is based in Warndon. The company employs more than 2,000 people across the headquarters and manufacturing plants in Worcester and Clay Cross, Derbyshire, including a network of over 300 service engineers and over 80 technically trained field sales managers.
The company was founded by Cecil Duckworth in 1962 as Worcester Engineering Co Ltd, based at the Old Vinegar works in Worcester. Worcester’s early success is attributed to the pioneering of combination boilers in the UK, further successful performance in the UK heating market led to the expansion and relocation of the factory to its current headquarters in Warndon in 1990.
Continued growth was followed by the acquisition by Robert Bosch GmbH in 1992, with the company changing its name to ‘Worcester, Bosch Group’. As part of Bosch’s thermotechnology subsidiary, Worcester is a brand of Bosch Thermotechnology Ltd, the collective name that refers to Worcester, Bosch Group and Buderus (acquired by Bosch in 2003).
Whilst Worcester’s origins lie in oil and gas boilers, recent years have seen the company champion renewable technologies such as solar water heating, ground source and air source heat pumps. The company runs schemes such as the Environment 2020 awards to reward and promote energy efficiency and reinforce their commitment to being an “environmentally responsible manufacturer”.
Worcester has been awarded the Royal Warrant by Her Majesty the Queen for supplying hot water products to the Royal Family.
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