Bosch Rexroth
New board member for production and quality management
Bosch Rexroth appoints Dr. Christina Franke (49) to the Management Board with responsibility for Production and Quality Management as of April 1. She succeeds Reinhard Schäfer (60), who is retiring.
Franke joined the Bosch Group in 2004. She had previously studied mechanical engineering and business administration in Saarbrücken and obtained a doctorate in engineering. Her responsibilities at Bosch and Bosch Rexroth in Germany and China included purchasing, engineering, research & development and production. She joined Bosch Rexroth as Head of Development for Assembly Technology and took over as Head of the Linear Technology Product Division based in Schweinfurt in 2024.
Schäfer began his career in 1986 as a production trainee at Rexroth Star in Schweinfurt and later rose to become plant manager and managing director. After the merger with Bosch, he held various management positions in the automotive sector and was a member of the Executive Board of the Bosch Electrical Drives division before being appointed to the Executive Board of Bosch Rexroth in 2019.
The new head of the linear technology product division in Schweinfurt will be announced at a later date. Until then, Franke will continue in this role.
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