On 16th November 1954, Robert Bosch do Brasil Ltda. was founded in Sao Paulo. First of all, the company set up a factory for manufacturing diesel injection pumps in Campinas. There were good reasons for opening production facilities in Brazil. The German automobile industry had already set up shop here, so it certainly made sense to supply on-the-spot customers direct with the equipment they needed to build their vehicles. Bosch diesel injection pumps had also been well known in Brazil even before the Second World War under the name "Bombas Bosch."

In the meantime, the development of the automobile industry during the 1950's was meteoric. Soon the factory's production capacity was no longer sufficient, particularly as it had become necessary to widen the range of products. So RBLA moved its headquarters to Campinas in 1957, where the factory was gradually extended until it is, today, the largest industrial complex of Bosch in Brazil. The setting up of a second factory in Aratu in 1967 also gave Bosch a presence in the tropical north-east of Brazil. Bosch acquired an additional production facility in 1975, in the European-style town of Curitiba in the south of Brazil. Bosch finally penetrated right into the heart of the Amazon region in the 1980's, founding a factory for building car radios in the former rubber metropolis of Manaus.

Today, Brazil is one of the largest regional subsidiaries of the Bosch Group.