KYIV. March 9 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Bosch as part of developing the Bosch Service chain plans to authorize 15 new servicing stations and up to 30 partners under the Bosch Module program in 2016 (15 new servicing stations and 27 partners under the Bosch Module program in 2015), the company said in a press release.
The company said that as of early 2016, the Bosch Service chain united 111 servicing stations (including 17 Bosch Diesel Service/Bosch Diesel Centers) and 103 Bosch Module partners.
“These are good results that were beyond our expectations and plans. Bosch auto parts sales via the Bosch Service chain in hryvnias grew by 44% compared to 2014,” the press service said, citing Oleksandr Lizun, Bosch Automotive Aftermarket Head in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Transcaucasus and Central Asia.
The company believes that the strategically important result for the development of the Bosch Diesel chain is the launch of the Bosch QualityScan project to control the quality of repair of diesel elements at Bosch authorized servicing stations. A total of 14 diesel stations out of 17 joined the project.
Now Common Rail injectors and fuel injection pump assemblies repaired at Bosch Diesel Service/Bosch Diesel Centers are labeled by a sticker with a matrix code that allows receiving repair information online.
Lizun said that popularity of the chain has grown thanks to high trust of car owners to the quality of Bosch products, the smart policy of the sales department and cooperation with distributors, as well as the incentive programs launched in 2015.
Along with a fall in demand on new cars, car dealers have focused on the automotive aftermarket services and some of them opened Bosch Service stations to provide automotive aftermarket services.
This year it is planned to boost sales of auto parts in the euro equivalent.
Bosch plans to introduce the online application for servicing at the service stations and online business training system for Bosch Service sellers and service specialists.
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