PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP, MI — Bosch has opened a new technical center in Plymouth Township, MI, to enhance and expand its engineering and development capacity.

The $37.5 million, 225,000-square-foot facility, which sits on 76 acres, houses more than 400 associates. The facility features research and development capabilities, as well as engineering space for its automotive electronics, starter motors and generators and electrical drives divisions. The Plymouth Township Technical Center is supported by more than 60 engineering and technical lab specialists working on development studies, design verification and production validation test plans in the facility’s 70,000-square-foot test laboratory.

"The new Plymouth Township Technical Center has enabled Bosch to enhance our research and development capabilities in automotive electronics," said Martin Boos, director of engineering, product validation and testing, Robert Bosch LLC. "Bosch’s investment in research and development is critical to achieving our goals and attaining market leadership in our automotive operations."

Facility testing capabilities include environmental chambers, center of competence vibration testing, noise vibration harshness chambers, electro- magnetic chamber, metallurgy and wiper lab. Additionally, the Plymouth Township Technical Center houses a machine shop, quality lab, equipment crib, small motor dynamometers, vehicle hoist, and powder coat and paint booths.

Currently, Bosch engineers a variety of innovative driver assistance technologies at the Plymouth Township Technical Center, including intelligent bolt (iBolt) airbag releasing sensor technology, adaptive cruise control and predictive safety systems.

For more information about Bosch, visit: http://www.bosch.us.