It was announced on 15 January 2010 that around 900 jobs will be lost after the motor parts maker Bosch decided to close its south Wales plant.

BBC: Statement on Bosch

Big investors include television makers such as Japan's Matsushita, Philips, a Dutch electrical group, and car-parts makers such as Germany's Bosch.

ECONOMIST: Czech industry

Bosch, the Stuttgart company that is Europe's leading parts-maker and one of the world's top five, has factories in ten eastern countries.

ECONOMIST: Driving east

Its other auto businesses include China-listed parts maker Wanxiang Qianchao and Jiangsu Senwei, whose customers incude Bosch.

FORBES: Lu Guanqiu