Bosch Unveils Completed South Bend Facility Rehabilitation Project May 16

WHAT: Join Robert Bosch Corporation as it unveils its modernized automotive facility after a two-and-a-half-year rehabilitation project. The multi-million dollar renovation converted 170,000 square feet of old, unused manufacturing space into high-tech laboratories, vehicle testing areas and modern warehouse space. The upgrades to Bosch's North American Brake Engineering Center were a direct result of an incentive package from South Bend, St. Joseph County and the state of Indiana.

  WHO:    Guests include:
          *  South Bend Mayor Stephen Luecke
          *  Indiana Lieutenant Governor Joseph Kernan
          *  Bosch executives including Hans Weckerle, president of Robert
             Bosch Corporation's Chassis Division

  WHEN:   Friday, May 16, 2003
          9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
          Interview opportunities with Bosch executives available prior to
          the event.

  WHERE:  Robert Bosch Corporation
          401 N. Bendix
          South Bend, Indiana

To RSVP, schedule an interview time or obtain additional information, CONTACT: Eric Kosmider, +1-248-848-2474, cell phone: +1-248-921-8725, ekosmider@us.bosch.com , or Heidi Deethardt, +1-574-237-2427, heidi.deethardt@us.bosch.com , both of Robert Bosch Corporation.

PRNewswire -- May 15