Employees
As at 30 June 2019, the KION Group employed 33,740 full-time equivalents (31 December 2018: 33,128). This increase in the first half of the year was attributable to both operating segments. By taking on more staff, the KION Group is strengthening its project business and accelerating the ongoing expansion of its service and sales activities in both segments. In terms of regions, most of the new jobs were added in EMEA and the Americas.
Personnel expenses in the first half of the year rose by 9.3 per cent to €1,155.3 million (H1 2018: €1,056.6 million), mainly as a result of the increase in the number of employees and changes to collective bargaining agreements. > TABLE 14
Employees (full-time equivalents) |
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30/06/2019 |
31/12/2018 |
Change |
Western Europe |
20,963 |
20,647 |
1.5% |
Eastern Europe |
2,931 |
2,773 |
5.7% |
Middle East and Africa |
113 |
210 |
–46.2% |
North America |
3,103 |
2,977 |
4.2% |
Central and South America |
1,310 |
1,225 |
6.9% |
Asia-Pacific |
5,320 |
5,296 |
0.5% |
Total |
33,740 |
33,128 |
1.8% |