Employees

As at 30 June 2018, the KION Group employed 32,309 full-time equivalents (31 December 2017: 31,608). This moderate increase in the first half of the year was largely attributable to 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.

In the first six months of 2018, personnel expenses rose by 4.9 per cent year on year to €1,056.6 million (H1 2017: €1,006.9 million) as a result of the increase in headcount and changes to collective bargaining agreements. > TABLE 17