Group Management Report Corporate Governance Environment, Safety, and Corporate Social Responsibility Consolidated Financial Statements 55 compared to 3,965 in the previous year). At the end of the year, 3,256 people were employed in Germany (previous year: 3,259), 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 slightly, from 1,348 in 2014 to 1,352 people in 2015. The number of employees of the Asian Group companies also rose slightly, from 751 in the previous year to 753 employees. ALTANA is competing internationally for specialists and managers. To hold our own in this environment, we launched new initiatives and implemented further measures in 2015. All of the measures introduced to strengthen our corporate culture and to tweak our human resources management are based on our Guiding Principles. By concentrating on our enshrined and transparently communi- cated values, we ensure that our activities and staff management develop in uniform ways. In 2014, a global employee survey was held, and last year the analysis and discussion of the results continued. Employees at all ALTANA sites worldwide dealt with the local results and worked out individual recommendations for action to improve the respective corporate culture locally and shape it more actively. In the 2015 fiscal year, we continued with the rollout of the management check we began in 2014. With this instrument, we ensure that ALTANA’s Guiding Principles and corporate culture are taken into account as important crite- ria in the process of selecting potential managers. The management check is not only applied in the choice of exter- nal managers, but also regarding internal vacancies, at all German and U.S. companies. Its introduction at ALTANA’s Asian sites is currently being prepared. Employees by functional area 1 4 2 3 15.7 % 17.2 % 52.8 % 14.3 % Dec. 31, 2014 Dec. 31, 2015 Δ % 1 Production and logistics 3,205 3,216 0 2 Marketing and sales 972 955 - 2 3 Research and development 1,019 1,049 3 4 Administration 868 876 1 Total 6,064 6,096 1 Employees by region 1 2 3 22.2% 12.3% 65.5% Dec. 31, 2014 Dec. 31, 2015 Δ % 1 Europe 3,965 3,991 1 thereof Germany 3,259 3,256 0 2 Americas 1,348 1,352 0 thereof U.S. 1,066 1,067 1 3 Asia 751 753 0 thereof China 461 460 0 Total 6,064 6,096 1
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