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Founded in 1961 in Durban, South Africa, Bosch Holdings has since executed projects in over 120 countries around the world. Mike Gibbon, the company’s current CEO, summarises some of this success.
It was inconceivable for the founders of Bosch Holdings in 1961 to have guessed that 60 years later, the company would have expanded into a global operation, offering consulting engineering, skills development and project finance solutions throughout South Africa, into Africa and internationally, having executed projects in over 120 countries.
Bosch Holdings has been involved in many prestigious projects around the world, starting with the design in 1963 of Durban’s iconic sugar terminal. Innovative engineering, authentic people and pursuing excellence in every aspect of our business are key to our success. We value our team and we encourage our people to grow, have fun and reach their full potential as we continue our journey together. Our relationships with clients are central to our business and we are committed to embracing the latest technologies and improving the lives of those around us through integrated project solutions.
We ensure the successful completion of every project, in line with the highest standards, in terms of safety, quality and time, and within budget restraints.
Bosch Holdings, with its head office in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, is supported by a strong regional presence, with highly qualified professionals at more than 10 office locations across South Africa, Kenya, Brazil and the United Kingdom.
The Group comprises eight companies – Bosch Projects, Bosch Munitech, Bosch Ulwazi, Bosch Capital, Bosch Engenharia, Booker Tate, Bosch East Africa and Bosch Trading – all offering specialist services.
Bosch Projects provides consulting engineering and project management services to diverse sectors, including: industrial, water and wastewater plants; roads, urban developments and buildings; ports and terminals; and the sugar and agriculture sectors. Bosch Projects also designs and supplies a unique range of process production equipment to the global sugar industry.
Bosch Munitech provides specialist ‘reality capture’ services, consisting of underground utility detection, 3D laser scanning and material thickness testing.
Bosch Ulwazi facilitates the advancement of engineering skills. The company provides solutions for engineer development and technical training, as well as supplier/enterprise and socio-economic development. Through Bosch Ulwazi’s enterprise development programme, the Group strives to develop black-owned businesses that operate in the engineering sector. Recent expansion of Bosch Ulwazi’s services includes consulting engineering solutions. Bosch Capital provides a range of financial advisory services, including corporate finance and project finance advisory, capital raising and investment facilitation for public and private sector projects and transactions. The company’s delivery model combines financial expertise with the Group’s engineering capabilities to deliver integrated and customised solutions.
The establishment in 2008 of the Group’s first foreign subsidiary, in Brazil, Bosch Engenharia was a significant milestone, creating new opportunities for the company to offer enhanced engineering services to include multidisciplinary engineering, equipment supply and plant operations management in the South, Central and North America’s.
The Group’s carefully structured global growth strategy has also seen the establishment of Bosch East Africa in Kenya and the acquisition of Booker Tate Limited in the UK.
The Bosch East Africa team, which is based in Nairobi, is well-positioned to lead projects in and beyond Kenya with professional services including mechanical and electrical engineering, building services, project and construction management.
Booker Tate in the UK is a leading global agri-business consultancy that specialises in bringing agricultural projects to realisation. Over five decades Booker Tate has developed recognised world class competencies in conceptualising, implementing and professionally managing large-scale renewable resource production systems.
Bosch Trading offers a customised solutions service to clients looking to improve the efficiencies of sugar and ethanol factories in Brazil and Central America. The company acquires and supplies both new and refurbished plant and equipment from Brazil on an international basis.
With the Bosch Holdings team’s steadfast commitment to excellence, the highest standards of service delivery and to uplifting the quality of life for the people of South Africa, the company is set to celebrate many more milestones.
Notable milestone and award-winning projects
Water and Agriculture: The Bivane (Paris) Dam; numerous projects growing and irrigating sugar cane on over 250 000 hectares across four continents; undertaking of agricultural assignments in over 100 countries; water master planning in Bulawayo for one million inhabitants; regional planning for iLembe District Municipality; water reticulation analysis and design in Zimbabwe, KwaZulu- Natal and Johannesburg; the Vlakfontien
210 ML Reservoir; the eThekwini’s Northern Aqueduct in KZN; A communal ablution programme servicing 350 informal settlements; one of the largest flood protection works in SA to control floods up to 10 000 m3/s .
Roads: The R1-bn phased re-alignment and upgrade of the N2 from Grahamstown to Fish River; rehabilitation of urban arterials and streets for eThekwini; implementation of the new R600-million Gonubie Link Road dual-carriageway urban arteria.
Urban Developments: Brettenwood Coastal Estate; the 49 ha Bridge City new CBD development; international development experience with a residential and mixed-use Fumba development on Zanzibar island; the Mt Edgecombe Retirement Village; the
2 000 ha Ntshongweni Urban Development, including the participation in establishing the world’s largest Green Star rated urban area, with R6-billion infrastructure services.
Buildings: The Serena Hotel 200 room refurbishment and additional top floor in Kenya; refurbishment of the Westgate Mall after the terror attack in Nairobi; the Coega Head Office; a prestigious Sandton office upgrade.
Sugar and Industrial: the greenfield TSB Komati Sugar Mill; a 200 000 t coking coal storage facility in Richards bay; the first and largest 4 MW Biomass plant (Bio2Watt) in Africa; the Ubombo expansion project – the largest brownfield sugar expansion project in Africa; the design and supply of 15 patented Bosch Projects chainless diffusers and 61 continuous vacuum pans globally; numerous 25+ MW power plants, including integration to both factories and the Eskom grid; worldwide experience in the FMCG industries, including a rum plant in the Caribbean, alcohol plants in East Africa and many breweries assignments; numerous large materials handling projects, including a 750 000 tpa sugar packing plant in Egypt, and a 9 000 t/hr conveyor design.
Training and Development: notable achievements include the development programme for Transnet Capital Projects of 30 Black women and for 1 000 staff for BMW.
Financial Advisory Services: Undertaken eight water sector study projects for the Water Research Commission and transactional advisory work for a large parastatal for ports and terminals in South Africa.
