Employees

At 21,533, the number of people employed by the KION Group was slightly higher than at the end of 2012 (21,215). The number of service and sales jobs rose while the headcount in production fell slightly. In geographical terms, the main increases in the workforce were in South America, China and eastern Europe. >> TABLE 16

Employees (full-time equivalents)

>>TABLE 16

 

30/06/2013

31/12/2012

Change

 

 

 

 

Western Europe

15,295

15,078

1.4 %

Eastern Europe

1,652

1,632

1.2 %

Americas

611

580

5.3 %

Asia

3,404

3,376

0.8 %

Rest of world

571

549

4.0 %

Total

21,533

21,215

1.5 %

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