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"&lt;p&gt;Bosch, a global supplier of technology and services, on Tuesday, said its R&amp;D Centre in Bengaluru will become the largest such facility in the world in the next few years. Currently, it is the second-largest R&amp;D Centre for Bosch globally after its headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany.&lt;/p&gt;.&lt;p&gt;Bosch started developing the R&amp;D Centre in Bengaluru in 2014 when it started shifting its manufacturing facility from Adugodi in Bengaluru to Bidadi, about 35 kms from here. Currently, 18,000 R&amp;D engineers are working in Bengaluru out of a total of 31,000 employees in the country, a top company official said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bosch’s R&amp;D centre in Germany employs 30,500 engineers at present. “In the next few years, the R&amp;D Centre in Bengaluru become the biggest R&amp;D location for Bosch in the world,” Volkmar Denner, Chairman of the Board of management of Robert Bosch GmbH said in a media interaction. He, however, did not specify how many R&amp;D engineers will be working in India. Denner was in Bengaluru to chair the company’s board meeting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bosch is investing around Rs 1,700 crore over the next three years in India to expand its operations which includes the development of its R&amp;D Centre in Bengaluru.&lt;br /&gt;“Adugodi is growing very fast and if our plans come true, it will be the biggest R&amp;D Centre in the world. Today, it is the second-largest centre. This means we believe in India and want to keep invested here,” Denner said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bosch generates about 83% of its total sales in India from its mobility (automotive components) business and it will continue to be in that ratio, he said. A major part of the company’s investments will be in the area of mobility, he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bosch, which started operations in India in 1951 with a factory in Bengaluru, today operates 12 companies with 18 manufacturing sites and 7 engineering and application centres in India. Its Indian subsidiary Bosch Limited ended its 2018-19 fiscal year with total revenue of Rs 12,258 crore, showing a growth of 4.9% year-on-year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Denner said Bosch will continue to focus on internal combustion (IC) engines despite electric vehicle technology is gaining traction globally. “Globally by 2030, 75% of all vehicles will have IC engines and only 25% will have electric or fuel cell technology. Bosch is improving IC engines and making them clean and environment-friendly,” Denner added.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;"
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