[42] Employees

The KION Group employed an average of 24,957 full-time equivalents (including trainees and apprentices) in the reporting year (2015: 23,129). The number of employees (with part-time staff included on a pro rata basis) is shown by region in > TABLE 122.

Employees (average)

122

 

2016

2015

Germany

8,460

8,395

France

3,293

3,181

UK

1,937

1,782

Italy

899

811

Rest of Europe

4,437

3,939

USA

801

162

Asia

3,845

3,796

Rest of world

1,286

1,063

Total employees

24,957

23,129

The KION Group employed an average of 536 trainees and apprentices in 2016 (2015: 524). The number of employees increased by 6,318 following the acquisition of Dematic.