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Bosch Rexroth and TotalEnergies want to advancealternative, more sustainable hydraulic ﬂuids
Jan Saeger | 19.12.2023 | Lohr am Main / Germany••

Letter of intent on cooperation signed

Focus on beneﬁts for environment and entire industry

At the signing in Lyon: Dr. Steffen Haack, CEO of Bosch Rexroth (at the table, right), Rainer Keiemburg, Vice President
Greases & Specialties, TotalEnergies Lubricants (at the table, left).

Bosch Rexroth and TotalEnergies want to cooperate more closely in the development,
qualiﬁcation, introduction and marketing of water-based hydraulic ﬂuids with the emphasis
on sustainability, ﬁre-resistance and performance. A letter of intent to this end was signed inLyon, France on December 18.
The planned collaboration will focus on more sustainable water-containing, bio-degradable
and ﬁre-resistant alternatives to mineral oil based hydraulic ﬂuids. They shall thus be
more environmentally friendly and safer than previous solutions while offering comparableperformance.
“Taking this step in the spirit of our responsibility as a leading hydraulics specialist, we aredriving the development towards sustainability also in the ﬁeld of hydraulic ﬂuids. To this end,
TotalEnergies is a ﬁrst partner with whom we are working on sustainable alternatives to mineraloil based hydraulic ﬂuids. They shall be widely available in the market”, says Dr. Steffen Haack,CEO of Bosch Rexroth.
As part of the planned non-exclusive collaboration, Bosch Rexroth will be responsible fordeﬁning the requirements for the respective ﬂuids and for testing, qualifying and certifying
them accordingly. The hydraulics specialist leading in many areas will also contribute its
market access. TotalEnergies, a leading global supplier of hydraulic ﬂuids and other products,
develops and distributes the ﬂuids. Together, the companies also want to contribute to thenecessary standardization work and develop business models. The goal: qualiﬁed, certiﬁed, moresustainable alternatives to mineral oil based ﬂuids – for the entire industry.

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Basic Information Bosch Rexroth
As one of the world’s leading suppliers of drive and control technologies, Bosch Rexroth
ensures eﬃcient, powerful and safe movement in machines and systems of any size. Thecompany bundles global application experience in the market segments of Mobile and IndustrialApplications as well as Factory Automation. With its intelligent components, customized systemsolutions, engineering and services, Bosch Rexroth is creating the necessary environment for
fully connected applications. Bosch Rexroth offers its customers hydraulics, electric drive andcontrol technology, gear technology and linear motion and assembly technology, including
software and interfaces to the Internet of Things. With locations in over 80 countries more than
32,000 associates generated sales revenue of around 7.0 billion euros in 2022.

Basic Information BoschThe Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly
421,000 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2022). The company generated sales of 88.2
billion euros in 2022. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility, Industrial
Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. As a leading IoT provider,
Bosch offers innovative solutions for smart homes, Industry 4.0, and connected mobility. Boschis pursuing a vision of mobility that is sustainable, safe, and exciting. It uses its expertise insensor technology, software, and services, as well as its own IoT cloud, to offer its customers
connected, cross-domain solutions from a single source. The Bosch Group’s strategic objective isto facilitate connected living with products and solutions that either contain artiﬁcial intelligence(AI) or have been developed or manufactured with its help. Bosch improves quality of life
worldwide with products and services that are innovative and spark enthusiasm. In short, Boschcreates technology that is “Invented for life.” The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbHand its roughly 470 subsidiary and regional companies in over 60 countries. Including sales andservice partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly
every country in the world. The basis for the company’s future growth is its innovative strength.
At 136 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 85,500 associates in research anddevelopment, of which nearly 44,000 are software engineers.

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