Employees

As at 30 June 2017, the KION Group employed 30,943 full-time equivalents (31 December 2016: 30,544). This modest increase in the first half of the year was attributable in almost equal parts to the Supply Chain Solutions segment and 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.

Personnel expenses rose by 45.4 per cent to €1,060.3 million in the first half of the year (H1 2016: €729.2 million), mainly as a result of the increase in headcount following the acquisition of Dematic (6,538 employees as at 30 June 2017) and changes to collective bargaining agreements. > TABLE 17

Employees (full-time equivalents)

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30/06/2017

31/12/2016

Change

Western Europe

18,758

18,606

0.8%

Eastern Europe

2,319

2,155

7.6%

Middle East and Africa

251

241

4.1%

North America

3,168

3,097

2.3%

Central and South America

1,401

1,386

1.1%

Asia-Pacific

5,047

5,059

–0.2%

Total

30,943

30,544

1.3%