Semiconductors: Without its own chips, Europe is open to blackmail – Economy

As is so often the case in business, the big problem can be explained on a small scale. Using the example of the Bosch KGN39 refrigerator, for example, which is commercially available as a “free-standing fridge-freezer combination with a freezer area below”. 203 centimeters high, 60 centimeters wide, consisting of 700 individual parts that are delivered from all over the world. The KGN39 comes from the manufacturer BSH Hausgeräte GmbH based in Munich-Neuperlach. In reality, however, it is an international refrigerator, a kind of globalized fridge-freezer.