[40] Employees

The KION Group employed an average of 22,232 people in the reporting year (2011: 20,797). The number of employees (including part-time employees expressed as a proportion of full-time equivalents) is broken down by region as follows:

Employees (average)

2012

2011

 

 

 

Germany

8,497

8,145

France

3,245

3,196

UK

1,807

1,423

Italy

884

1,030

Rest of Europe

3,443

3,194

Asia

3,243

2,816

Rest of world

1,113

993

Total employees

22,232

20,797

The number of employees increased by 300 due to the first-time consolidation of Linde Creighton Ltd., Basingstoke, United Kingdom.

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