Employees
As at 30 June 2017, the KION Group employed 30,943 full-time equivalents (31 December 2016: 30,544). This modest increase in the first half of the year was attributable in almost equal parts to the Supply Chain Solutions segment and the Industrial Trucks & Services segment and is a product of the expansion in business. Most of the new jobs were added in western and eastern Europe.
Personnel expenses rose by 45.4 per cent to €1,060.3 million in the first half of the year (H1 2016: €729.2 million), mainly as a result of the increase in headcount following the acquisition of Dematic (6,538 employees as at 30 June 2017) and changes to collective bargaining agreements. > TABLE 17
Employees (full-time equivalents) |
17 |
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30/06/2017 |
31/12/2016 |
Change |
Western Europe |
18,758 |
18,606 |
0.8% |
Eastern Europe |
2,319 |
2,155 |
7.6% |
Middle East and Africa |
251 |
241 |
4.1% |
North America |
3,168 |
3,097 |
2.3% |
Central and South America |
1,401 |
1,386 |
1.1% |
Asia-Pacific |
5,047 |
5,059 |
–0.2% |
Total |
30,943 |
30,544 |
1.3% |