Bosch Limited has announced that it would be relocating its manufacturing facility from Adugodi at Bangalore to Bidadi, 35km away from the city. Bidadi is where Toyota Kirloskar Motor and Toyota Kirloskar Auto Parts is located. Bosch is investing Rs 600 crore to set up the new facility, which will go online in two phases by 2016-17. The company has acquired 97 acres of land in Bidadi from the Karnataka State Government for the facility which will house all manufacturing and support functions for a wide variety of products. The new plant will be built in two phases, the first completing within the next two years, and no conformation on the second phase. Phase one will see the shifting of 1,000 employees from the existing plant to Bidadi, while whenever the second phase is completed, the remaining 3,000 employees will be moved. Terming the move to Bidadi as part of Bosch's long-term investment plan for India, Steffen Berns, MD of Bosch Limited, averred that one of the reasons to build a new plant in Bidadi was to have more capacity, space and flexibility. The Adugodi facility of Bosch was built in 1953 and is currently operating at full capacity. The facility will continue to house the company's corporate headquarters, administration offices and R&D facility.