Bosch expands in North America

German manufacturing giant Bosch Group ended its 2017 fiscal year with $13.7 billion (12.1 billion euros) in consolidated sales in North America, and said it plans to continue its expansion in this market.

Bosch said it has made significant investments of nearly $470 million in its manufacturing facilities across North America in 2017. Among the investments, the company opened its 104,000-square-foot Research and Technology Center in Sunnyvale, CA, and a new center of innovation and business accelerator in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Sales in the company’s Industrial Technology sector, which makes drive and control technologies, reached $1.4 billion in North America for the year.