[42] Employees
The KION Group employed an average of 23,129 full-time equivalents (including trainees and apprentices) in the reporting year (2014: 22,438). The number of employees (including part-time employees expressed in terms of full-time equivalents) is broken down by region as follows: > TABLE 116
Employees (average) |
116 |
|
|
2015 |
2014 |
Germany |
8,395 |
8,139 |
France |
3,181 |
3,157 |
UK |
1,782 |
1,758 |
Italy |
811 |
805 |
Rest of Europe |
3,939 |
3,730 |
Asia |
3,796 |
3,643 |
Rest of world |
1,225 |
1,206 |
Total employees |
23,129 |
22,438 |
The KION Group employed an average of 524 trainees and apprentices in 2015 (2014: 536). The number of employees increased by 323 following the acquisition of Egemin Automation.