New Delhi: Europe's largest air-conditioner maker, Bosch Home Comfort Group, plans to start exports from India within two years, including to Europe facing an intense summer this year, as it invests 80 million (about ₹900 crore) to expand manufacturing capacity and make the country one of its three biggest markets globally, said Jan Brockmann, chief executive and president. He said Bosch has just commenced operations at its global product development centre in India that will design and develop ACs for the global market.Speaking to ET during his three-day India visit, Brockmann said India's friendly geopolitical ties and stability, along with strategic location, make it a natural manufacturing hub for the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. The company supplies to these markets from ASEAN region, while India-European Union FTA will further augment India's advantage, he said. The FTA could be signed this year and implemented from 2027.The fresh investment-the company's largest manufacturing commitment globally in recent times-will either expand its existing plant at Kadi, Gujarat, or fund a new factory, with a decision due soon. "Companies are looking at geopolitical decoupling, wherein India has an opportunity," he said. "We are creating prerequisites for that. We have launched our global room air-conditioning development centre in Kadi. Next in line will be global manufacturing from India."Brockmann said the German parent aims to double India's sales profitably and raise market share from single to double digits. He expects India to rank among Bosch Home Comfort's top three global markets by 2030, from the top eight currently, alongside North America, as a key growth market. Till 2027, the focus will be driving local growth, followed by exports.Having tracked India's economic evolution since the 1990s, including during an earlier stint at Volkswagen and Electrolux, Brockmann said the country has transformed from exporting mainly die-cast automobile components into a sophisticated manufacturing base, aided by its "free trade attitude".He contrasted this with Brazil, which has become "expensive" because it is "completely protected", and the US, where tariffs have reduced competitiveness by fuelling inflation, raising mortgage rates and dampening consumption. "As Europeans, we like open trade and open trade partners like India," he said. "Because the earlier you smell trade problems, the less you tend to invest." Last year, Bosch completed the full acquisition of the Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning joint venture for about $8 billion, the biggest deal in the German conglomerate's history. This is Brockmann's first India visit since the deal.The erstwhile US-Japanese JV sold ACs and refrigerators under Hitachi in India. The acquisition gave Bosch a "cheaper and scalable" entry into India AC market, but it exited refrigerators because Hitachi brand licence covers only ACs, Brockmann said. Bosch Home Comfort India, a publicly traded company, saw sales of ₹2,699 crore and net loss of ₹3 crore in FY26.