Appliance Special: BSH China commits to build bigger presence on mainland

"Our company has done well in China over the years and will continue to build a bigger presence in the Chinese market," said Roland Gerke, CEO and president of BSH China.

Joining Bosch-Siemens Home Appliances Ltd shortly after graduation from Freie Universitaet Berlin in 1985, Gerke has worked his way up - he has been a sales manager, a senior sales manager, a general manager (sales) before taking up his present position in 2002.

As one of the founders of BSH China, he has witnessed the company's rapid development since it first entered the Chinese market in 1994.