Employees
As at June 30, 2024, the KION Group employed 42,303 full-time equivalents (December 31, 2023: 42,325). There was a slight increase in the size of the production workforce, but a slight decrease in headcount in sales functions. Staffing levels in the Industrial Trucks & Services rose by a moderate amount, whereas the Supply Chain Solutions segment recorded a small decline in employee numbers.
Personnel expenses increased year on year to €1,684.7 million in the first half of 2024, in part because of higher variable remuneration and changes to salaries and collective bargaining agreements (H1 2023: €1,582.6 million with 41,236 employees).
|
Jun. 30, 2024 |
Dec. 31, 2023 |
Change |
|---|---|---|---|
EMEA |
29,011 |
29,055 |
–0.2% |
Western Europe |
24,354 |
24,237 |
0.5% |
Eastern Europe |
4,648 |
4,791 |
–3.0% |
Middle East and Africa |
9 |
27 |
–66.7% |
Americas |
6,133 |
6,356 |
–3.5% |
North America |
4,716 |
4,893 |
–3.6% |
Central and South America |
1,417 |
1,463 |
–3.1% |
APAC |
7,159 |
6,914 |
3.5% |
China |
5,213 |
5,133 |
1.6% |
APAC excluding China |
1,946 |
1,781 |
9.3% |
Total |
42,303 |
42,325 |
–0.1% |