In addition to using Bosch components, Knorr Bremse will have access to Bosch’s technical expertise to aid the development, manufacture and marketing of the Bosch predictive safety system. Bosch continues to develop this technology for a number of further functions in passenger vehicles which will be launched in the future.

Commenting on the alliance, President of the Bosch Automotive Electronics Division, Rainer Kallenbach said “This alliance allows us to transfer our strong position and the know-how we have accumulated in driver assistance systems for passenger vehicles to the commercial vehicle sector.” Walter Sauter, member of the Board of Management of Knorr Bremse added “Driver assistance systems are going to be of increasing importance in commercial vehicles and will be an integral part of the commercial vehicle brake business in the future.”

ACC and PSS – assistance, convenience and safety for truck, bus, and car drivers
Systems such as ACC and PSS are essential for helping the driver to cope with ever increasing traffic density and, in this way, for enhancing road safety – in trucks, buses, and passenger cars. The ACC Adaptive Cruise Control system by Bosch identifies vehicles on the road ahead, computes their speed, and maintains a speed-related safety distance through automatic brake and engine management. The Predictive Safety System PSS is based on ACC and assists drivers in emergency braking.

Note to editors:

The Bosch Group is a leading global manufacturer of automotive and industrial technology, consumer goods, and building technology. In fiscal 2004, some 242,000 employees generated sales of €40 billion. Set up in Stuttgart in 1886 by Robert Bosch (1861-1942) as “Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering,” the Bosch Group today comprises a manufacturing, sales, and after-sales service network of some 260 subsidiaries and more than 10,000 service centres in over 130 countries.

The special ownership structure of the Bosch Group guarantees its financial independence and entrepreneurial freedom. It makes it possible for the company to undertake significant up-front investments in the safeguarding of its future, as well as to do justice to its social responsibility in a manner reflective of the spirit and will of its founder. The charitable foundation, Robert Bosch Stiftung, holds 92% of the shares of Robert Bosch GmbH. The entrepreneurial ownership functions are carried out by Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG.

Robert Bosch GmbH owns a 20 percent share in the Knorr Bremse Group who is a worldwide leading manufacturer of braking systems for rail and commercial vehicles. For 100 years, the company has been an engineering pioneer with breakthrough contributions to the development, production and sales of state-of-the-art braking systems.

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