Bosch Rexroth

Bosch Rexroth contact details

Head office

Zum Eisengießer 1
97816 Lohr am Main
Germany

Telephone +49 9352 18 0

Email imprint@boschrexroth.de

Website boschrexroth.com/en/gb

Bosch Rexroth Limited (UK)

15 Cromwell Road
St Neots, Cambridgeshire PE19 2ES
United Kingdom

Telephone +44 1480 223200

Email sales@boschrexroth.co.uk

Web boschrexroth.com/en/gb/imprint

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Contact details as published by Robert Bosch GmbH, checked 2026-10-30. Specify Motion is not affiliated with Robert Bosch GmbH.

Bosch Rexroth product lines

Who Bosch Rexroth is

Bosch Rexroth is the drive and control company of the Bosch Group. It supplies hydraulics, electric drives and controls, and linear motion technology to machine builders and to makers of mobile machines, and it describes its sales partner network as covering more than 80 countries. Its head office is in Lohr am Main, Germany.

For motion engineers, Bosch Rexroth is known for two things: its electric drive and control systems, now built around the ctrlX AUTOMATION platform, and its linear motion technology, from ball and planetary screw assemblies to complete linear and compact modules and electromechanical cylinders that replace hydraulic cylinders. This profile concentrates on servo drives, servo motors, controllers and linear actuators.

History and ownership

Bosch’s own history of the company dates it to 1795, when the Rexroth family took over an iron forge in the Elsava valley in the Spessart hills. In 1850 Georg Ludwig Rexroth bought an iron foundry in Lohr am Main, the town that is still the company’s home. Rexroth’s history page describes a move into hydraulics in the 1950s, which made it a leading hydraulics supplier, and the addition of electric drives and controls and linear and assembly technology between 1965 and 1995.

Ownership changed in two steps. The Mannesmann group took a 50 percent stake in 1968 and bought the remaining shares from the founding family in 1975. On 1 May 2001, Bosch Rexroth AG was launched by merging Bosch Automation Technology with Mannesmann Rexroth, bringing hydraulic, electric and linear drive technology under one brand. The company is part of the Bosch Group, whose parent is Robert Bosch GmbH. Bosch Rexroth AG is registered in Stuttgart under HRB 23192.

Motion portfolio

Servo drives

ctrlX DRIVE spans 50 W to 100 kW. The modular IP20 ctrlX DRIVE system combines converters, single- and double-axis inverters and supply units on 200 to 500 V AC, with peak currents from 6 A to 375 A and regenerative supply units up to 100 kW. For small machines, the compact ctrlX DRIVE converters run from 50 W to 5 kW with up to 55 A peak. The cabinet-free ctrlX DRIVE (XMS2 and XMD2) mounts on the machine at IP65/IP67, fed from a DC bus up to 750 V. All versions share Sercos III and EtherCAT, a 62.5 µs current loop, STO as standard and optional SafeMotion.

Servo motors

The MS2N servo motors cover seven sizes with maximum torque from 3.7 to 692 Nm, speeds up to 9,000 rpm and self-cooled, fan-cooled or water-cooled options. The MS2E motors are ATEX-certified for zone 2 and zone 22, up to 266 Nm, and the MS2S motors are compact single-cable motors up to 22.6 Nm for standard tasks.

Controllers

ctrlX CORE is a Linux-based control platform running ctrlX OS, extended by apps for PLC (IEC 61131), motion, high-level languages and visualisation. Hardware runs from the ARM-based CORE X3 to the Intel Core i7 COREplus X7, all with an EtherCAT master. See our motion controller hub.

Linear actuators

The EMC-HP electromechanical cylinder uses a planetary screw drive to deliver up to 250 kN, 1,500 mm stroke and 0.83 m/s, IP54, and is aimed at jobs traditionally done by hydraulic cylinders. Standard EMC cylinders, linear and compact modules and ball and planetary screw assemblies are configured online. Our guides to replacing hydraulics with electric actuators and ball screw vs roller screw explain the trade-offs.

Technologies and standards

ctrlX AUTOMATION is designed as an open platform: ctrlX OS is based on Ubuntu Core, functions are installed as apps, and the company maintains public documentation and a GitHub community. The drives support both Sercos III and EtherCAT on the same hardware. MS2N encoders are offered for safety functions up to SIL 3, and the MS2E motors carry ATEX device group II, category 3 certification. Bosch Rexroth claims ctrlX AUTOMATION can cut component and engineering costs by 30 to 50 percent; that is a manufacturer claim rather than an independent figure.

Industries served

The product pages point to machine tools, presses and forming, packaging, printing, handling and assembly, with MS2E motors for hazardous areas. The Smart Function Kit for pressing is a ready-made mechatronic press subsystem, and Bosch Rexroth cites its use in washing machine production. See our packaging and food and robotics pages.

Global and UK presence

Bosch Rexroth Limited is the UK company, registered office 15 Cromwell Road, St Neots, Cambridgeshire PE19 2ES, telephone +44 1480 223200, email sales@boschrexroth.co.uk. For electric drives and controls, the UK pages also give 0345 604 4106 for sales and 0800 169 6624 (service@boschrexroth.co.uk) for service. UK engineers can buy direct and use the online configurators for linear products.

Sourcing Bosch Rexroth parts through Specify Motion

Specify Motion is independent of Bosch Rexroth and is not affiliated with it. We can help you source ctrlX DRIVE, servo motor and linear motion parts for an existing machine, or propose equivalents from our supply network on published figures. Send a part number through the find a replacement form.

Bosch Rexroth history: key dates

1. 1795The Rexroth family takes over an iron forge in the Elsava valley in the Spessart hills
2. 1850Georg Ludwig Rexroth buys an iron foundry in Lohr am Main
3. 1968Mannesmann takes a 50 percent stake in Rexroth
4. 1975Mannesmann acquires the remaining shares from the founding family
5. 2001Bosch Rexroth AG launched on 1 May by merging Bosch Automation Technology and Mannesmann Rexroth

Bosch Rexroth servo drives

Multi-axis servo drive

ctrlX DRIVE (modular IP20)

Modular cabinet servo system of XCS2/XCD2 converters, XMS2/XMD2 single- and double-axis inverters and XVE1/XVR2 supply units, 200 to 500 V AC, with peak currents from 6 A to 375 A (series maximum).

AC servo drive

ctrlX DRIVE compact (XCS2-F / XCS2-H)

Compact single-axis ctrlX DRIVE converters from 50 W to 5 kW for 100–240 V AC or 200–480 V AC mains, with up to 55 A maximum and 18.3 A continuous current.

Multi-axis servo drive

ctrlX DRIVE cabinet-free (XMS2 / XMD2)

IP65/IP67 servo drives for mounting on the machine, fed from a DC bus up to 750 V, in single-axis (6–54 A max, up to 22 A continuous) and double-axis (6–30 A) versions with cold-plate or convection cooling.

Bosch Rexroth servo motors

AC servo motor

MS2N synchronous servo motors

General-automation synchronous servo motors in seven sizes (58–260 mm flange) with maximum torque from 3.7 to 692 Nm, standstill torque to 345 Nm water-cooled and speeds up to 9,000 rpm (series maxima).

AC servo motor

MS2E ATEX servo motors

Explosion-protected synchronous servo motors for ATEX zone 2 (gas) and zone 22 (dust), in six sizes with maximum torque up to 266 Nm and self-cooled standstill torque up to 64 Nm.

AC servo motor

MS2S compact servo motors

Compact servo motors for standard tasks in three sizes (58, 82, 98 mm flange) with maximum torque from 3.75 to 22.6 Nm, single-cable connection and an 18-bit encoder.

Bosch Rexroth linear actuators

Roller screw actuator

EMC-HP electromechanical cylinder

High-power electromechanical cylinder with a planetary screw drive, delivering up to 250 kN axial force, 1,500 mm stroke and 0.83 m/s travel speed (series maxima), IP54.

Bosch Rexroth controllers, plcs and hmis

Motion controller

ctrlX CORE

App-based Linux control platform (ctrlX OS) with EtherCAT master, from a quad-core ARM ctrlX CORE X3 to an Intel Core i7 ctrlX COREplus X7 with 16 GB RAM, programmable in IEC 61131 or high-level languages via apps.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Bosch Rexroth website?

The global site is boschrexroth.com, with UK pages at boschrexroth.com/en/gb/. They cover linear motion technology, electric drives and controls, hydraulics and industrial solutions, with product configurators, a contact locator and the UK imprint. ctrlX AUTOMATION product data is also on a dedicated microsite linked from the main site.

What is the Bosch Rexroth UK phone number?

The UK imprint gives +44 1480 223200 and sales@boschrexroth.co.uk for Bosch Rexroth Limited in St Neots. The UK electric drives pages also list 0345 604 4106 for sales via the contact locator, and 0800 169 6624 with service@boschrexroth.co.uk for electric drives and controls service.

Where is Bosch Rexroth's headquarters?

Bosch Rexroth AG's address is Zum Eisengießer 1, 97816 Lohr am Main, Germany, telephone +49 9352 18 0. Lohr is where Georg Ludwig Rexroth bought the iron foundry in 1850 that grew into today's company. Bosch Rexroth AG is registered at the Stuttgart district court under HRB 23192.

Who owns Bosch Rexroth?

Bosch Rexroth is part of the Bosch Group, whose parent is Robert Bosch GmbH. Bosch Rexroth AG was formed on 1 May 2001 when Bosch's automation technology business merged with Mannesmann Rexroth. Mannesmann had owned Rexroth outright since 1975, having bought a half share in 1968.

Does Bosch Rexroth have a UK office?

Yes. Bosch Rexroth Limited, company number 768471, has its registered office at 15 Cromwell Road, St Neots, Cambridgeshire PE19 2ES. The UK website lists separate sales and service contacts for electric drives and controls and a contact locator for other product areas.

What does Bosch Rexroth make for motion control?

For electric motion, Bosch Rexroth makes the ctrlX AUTOMATION platform: ctrlX DRIVE servo drives, MS2N, MS2E and MS2S servo motors, ctrlX CORE controllers and ctrlX I/O. Its linear motion technology covers electromechanical cylinders, linear and compact modules and ball and planetary screw assemblies. It is also a major hydraulics supplier.

Sources

1. Bosch Rexroth: Contact information and legal details (Bosch Rexroth AG)
2. Bosch Rexroth UK: Imprint
3. Bosch: The history of Bosch Rexroth
4. Bosch Rexroth: Our history
5. Bosch Rexroth: About Bosch Rexroth
6. Bosch Rexroth UK: Electric drives and controls (UK contacts)
7. Bosch Rexroth UK: Linear motion technology
8. ctrlX AUTOMATION: ctrlX DRIVE portfolio
9. ctrlX AUTOMATION: ctrlX CORE portfolio
10. Bosch Rexroth UK: ctrlX AUTOMATION
11. Bosch Rexroth UK: Electromechanical cylinders EMC-HP

Figures are summarised from the sources above and from manufacturers' published data on the date shown. Always confirm against the current datasheet for your exact part.