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The KION Group employed an average of 22,438 full-time equivalents (including trainees and apprentices) in the reporting year (2013: 21,632). The number of employees (including part-time employees expressed in terms of full-time equivalents) is broken down by region as follows: > TABLE 112

Employees (average)

112

 

2014

2013

Germany

8,139

7,625

France

3,157

3,160

UK

1,758

1,881

Italy

805

786

Rest of Europe

3,730

3,565

Asia

3,643

3,438

Rest of world

1,206

1,177

Total employees

22,438

21,632

The KION Group employed an average of 536 trainees and apprentices in 2014 (2013: 506).