Drive and control technology from a company that began as a hammer mill in 1795.
Bosch Rexroth began in 1795 with a water-powered hammer mill, followed by an iron foundry in Lohr am Main, Germany. Rexroth went from forging iron to casting it and entered hydraulics in the 1950s; between 1965 and 1995 it added electric drives and controls, axial piston pumps and motors, and linear and assembly technology.
In May 2001 Mannesmann Rexroth and Bosch Automation Technology merged to form Bosch Rexroth, a Bosch company for drive and control technology.
Bosch Rexroth's linear motion technology includes ball rail systems with runner blocks and guide rails, miniature ball rail systems, linear bushings and shafts, and ball transfer units.