Employees

At 21,819, the number of people employed by the KION Group was slightly higher than at the end of 2012 (21,215), by which date the employees in the hydraulics division were already no longer included. The number of service and sales jobs rose while the headcount in production fell slightly. A regional breakdown shows particularly strong growth in the number of employees in the emerging markets and as a result of the acquisition of Arser in Turkey (+122).

Employees (full-time equivalents)

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30/09/2013

31/12/2012

Change

 

 

 

 

Western Europe

15,490

15,078

2.7 %

Eastern Europe

1,669

1,632

2.3 %

Americas

632

580

9.0 %

Asia

3,460

3,376

2.5 %

Rest of world

568

549

3.5 %

Total

21,819

21,215

2.8 %

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