Employees
As at 30 September 2016, the KION Group employed 24,184 full-time equivalents (31 December 2015: 23,506). The increase in the number of employees is largely due to first-time consolidations and to growth in headcount in Europe. Personnel expenses rose by 6.8 per cent to €1,081.2 million in the first nine months of the year (Q1 – Q3 2015: €1,012.5 million), mainly as a result of the rise in the number of employees (again partly due to consolidation effects) and changes to collective bargaining agreements. > TABLE 16
Employees (full-time equivalents) |
16 |
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30/09/2016 |
31/12/2015 |
Change |
Western Europe |
16,898 |
16,515 |
2.3% |
Eastern Europe |
2,092 |
1,921 |
8.9% |
Americas |
837 |
693 |
20.8% |
Asia |
3,770 |
3,812 |
–1.1% |
Rest of world |
587 |
565 |
3.9% |
Total |
24,184 |
23,506 |
2.9% |