Employees in research and development BYK Additives & Instruments 432 ECKART Effect Pigments 251 ELANTAS Electrical Insulation 159 ACTEGA Coatings & Sealants 198 Holding 9 Total 1,049 Employees At the end of 2015, the companies of the ALTANA Group employed 6,096 people worldwide (previous year: 6,064). In the course of the year, the workforce remained at a stable level, with an increase of 32 people or 1 %. In the BYK division, the number of employees rose by 81 to 1,984 people (previous year: 1,903). As in the previous year, its headquarters in Wesel and the division’s U.S. companies accounted for the largest share of the increase. In addition, the number of staff members in the Netherlands went up due to the continuous expansion of wax-additive activities. New employees in production accounted for half of the division’s workforce increase. The number of employees in the ECKART division decreased by 45 to 1,805 people (previous year: 1,850). Due to ongoing difficult market conditions and weak business development, restructuring measures were taken at the Hartenstein and Wackersdorf sites in 2015. In the course of the year, the ELANTAS division increased the number of employees slightly by 7 people to 977 (previous year: 970). The increase primarily related to the division’s Italian sites on account of the transfer of production volumes from other ELANTAS sites. ACTEGA’s headcount decreased by 16 employees to 1,243 (previous year: 1,259). The number of employees fell prior to the merger of two U.S. companies and because ACTEGA’s site in China reduced its workforce in administration by a few people. The structure of the workforce did not alter significantly in 2015. With still 53 %, or 3,216 people (previous year: 3,205), most of the employees worked in production. The number of people employed in research and development rose to 1,049 at the end of 2015 (previous year: 1,019). With an increase of 30 employees this area recorded the biggest growth of all functional areas. The workforce in marketing and sales, however, decreased slightly, to 955 (previous year: 972). Administrative functions continued to have the smallest share of employees group-wide, with 876 people working in this area on December 31, 2015 (previous year: 868). There was also only a slight shift in geographical terms in 2015. The European Group companies continued to employ the largest number of employees worldwide (3,991 Employees by division 1 5 2 3 29.6 % 16.0 % 32.5 % 1.4 % 4 20.4 % Dec. 31, 2014 Dec. 31, 2015 Δ % 1 BYK Additives & Instruments 1,903 1,984 4 2 ECKART Effect Pigments 1,850 1,805 - 2 3 ELANTAS Electrical Insulation 970 977 1 4 ACTEGA Coatings & Sealants 1,259 1,243 - 1 5 Holding 82 87 6 Total 6,064 6,096 1 54 Innovation and Employees
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