Bosch Holdings Enginuity - July 2017 Enginuity-final-31July-lres | Page 2

02 Words from the Chairman’s desk Without taking away from the South African projects and achievements featured in this edition of Enginuity, I would like to highlight some of our international developments. Mike Gibbon CEO Bosch Holdings Bosch Engenharia (Brazil) was established in 2008 and Fabio Bellam is the MD. The Bosch Engenharia team has been operating in extremely tough economic conditions for the past few years, but despite this, they have displayed tenacity and innovation in order to produce exceptional results. They operate an ethanol plant, have supplied major equipment into the sugar industry and are currently exporting second hand sugar equipment to South and Central America. Bosch East Africa (Kenya) was established in 2013 and Gary Barlow is the MD. Although Bosch East Africa is a fairly new company, they have grown quickly and have established a formidable reputation in the buildings sector in Kenya. They are currently establishing a civils / structural division and an industrial / sugar division as part of their strategic growth plans. There is a highly competent and energised team that is being built in Nairobi. The acquisition of Booker Tate (featured on the front cover) is a significant milestone in our growing global footprint. Booker Tate’s track record and engineering skills add significant value to Bosch Holdings. I hope that you enjoy our selection of projects included in this edition of Enginuity and please refer to our website for further information (www.boschholdings.co.za). Delivery through Transformation Engineers-in-training (EITs) at the Conference hosted by Bosch Ulwazi Going from strength to strength, Bosch Ulwazi is fast becoming a major role player in the Education, Training and Development space. Bosch Ulwazi comes out of a successful 2016 – 2017 financial year with dynamic growth and having successfully performed projects in the motor industry, overseen professional registrations and Enterprise and Supplier Development. The 2017 – 2018 year is looking exciting and promising. Our Graduate Development Programmes, which run nationally, have increased the graduate intake and their opportunities; our Roads Construction and Supervision of Construction Processes’ Programmes are being implemented in two regions (KwaZulu-Natal and East Cape) and have huge potential; and our Emerging Contractor Development Programme is rapidly gaining traction and momentum; all of which makes the year ahead for Bosch Ulwazi look favourable. We have once again achieved our BEE Level 1 rating. As part of our ongoing commitment to the BBBEE Codes of Good Practice, we are continually striving to achieve our targets with regards to Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment and are therefore proud that Bosch Ulwazi is now majority black owned. We look forward to another stellar year ahead. Balan Govender - [email protected] The awards handed to the top 3 EITs