Worcester Bosch (commonly referred to as Worcester) is a United Kingdom based heating and hot water products manufacturer.
The company was founded in 1962 by Cecil Duckworth as Worcester Engineering Co Ltd in Worcester, England. After changing its name to Worcester Heat Systems Ltd, in 1992 the company was acquired by Robert Bosch GmbH, adopting the new name of Worcester Bosch.
Headquartered in Warndon, the company employs more than 2,000 people across the headquarters and manufacturing plants in Worcester and Clay Cross, Derbyshire, including a network of over 300 service engineers and over 80 technically trained field sales managers.
Worcester’s product portfolio covers seven technologies:
- Boilers fired by natural gas, heating oil and liquefied petroleum gas
- Solar water heating
- Geothermal heat pumps
- Air to air heat pumps
- Air to water heat pumps
Worcester’s gas, oil and LPG ranges consist of high-efficiency regular boilers, combination boilers and system boilers; these are wall-hung, floor-standing or externally sited.
Worcester’s solar water heating range was released in 2005, with the ground source heat pump range being released in 2007 and the air source heat pump range being released in 2008.
Another notable scheme from Worcester is the Environment 2020 awards, which are “intended to celebrate and promote activities dedicated to conserving the environment for future generations.” These consist of a children’s art competition, a self-build competition and an installation competition. Once a year the company holds an awards day at Worcester’s headquarters in Warndon to present the annual winners with their awards.