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of 2017. In 2017, administrative functions continued to
comprise the smallest share of the Group’s workforce, with
889 people working in this area (previous year: 873).
In 2017, all of the regions exhibited a positive increase
in workforce numbers. In terms of the regional structure,
there were no major shifts, among other things due to the
acquisitions made in 2017. The European Group compa-
nies continued to employ by far the largest number of people
worldwide, with a headcount of 3,927 (previous year:
3,850). At the end of the year, 3,196 people worked in Germany
(previous year: 3,126), the majority of them at
ECKART’s and BYK’s largest production and development sites,
in Hartenstein and Wesel, respectively. The number of staff
in the Americas increased the most, primarily on account of
the acquisitions made in the U.S. The number of employ-
ees in the U.S. climbed from 1,376 to 1,477 at the end of
2017. The staff numbers in the Asian Group companies
also increased, from 741 employees in the previous year to
782 in the year under review.
At the end of the 2017 fiscal year, 1,627 women and
4,559 men worked at ALTANA. On the balance-sheet date,
89 % of all employees had an unlimited employment contract
and 11 % a limited employment contract. This ratio was
the same for both genders. Of the women employees, 77 %
worked full-time and 23 % part-time at the end of 2017.
98 % of the male employees worked full-time. Apart from
its own employees, 239 people from employment agen-
cies worked for the ALTANA Group on December 31, 2017.
ALTANA competes internationally for specialists and
managers. Like all companies in the chemical industry, in the
years to come the ALTANA Group, particularly in Europe,
will enter a phase that due to the demographic development
Employees by functional area
1
4
2
3
16.1 %
17.8 %
51.7 %
14.4 %
Dec. 31,
2016
Dec. 31,
2017
Δ %
1 Production and logistics 3,114 3,198 3
2 Marketing and sales 959 997 4
3 Research and development 1,021 1,102 8
4 Administration 873 889 2
Total 5,967 6,186 4
Employees by region
1 2
3
23.9 %
12.6 %
63.5 %
Dec. 31,
2016
Dec. 31,
2017
Δ %
1 Europe 3,850 3,927 2
thereof Germany 3,126 3,196 2
2 Americas 1,376 1,477 7
thereof U.S. 1,095 1,208 10
3 Asia 741 782 6
thereof China 443 476 7
Total 5,967 6,186 4