Their thinking and actions shape the image of Krones
Regardless of whatever we do for our customers' satisfaction, their productivity and their competitive ability, we never lose sight of one decisive factor, and that is the people of our company and their creative force. Their thinking and actions shape the image of Krones. With regards to our customer, they are eager to meet the requirements and wishes of our customers even more.
Around 20,000 people worldwide are working for Krones. In Germany alone, about 11,000 men and women work in our four plants in Neutraubling, Nittenau, Rosenheim and Flensburg. We mainly produce in Germany. However, we are present also everywhere where our customers operate. We have a network of more than 100 sites spanning the globe.
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Workforce passes the 20,000 mark
Due to the significant growth in our business volume, Krones increased the workforce in the reporting year by 1,866 employees or 10.1% to 20,379. Excluding around 570 employees added in acquisitions, the increase is 7.0%. Revenue (up 12.1%) thus increased at a higher rate than the number of employees.
In particular, the number of people employed outside Germany increased significantly by 1,208 or 15.4% to 9,067 employees. Besides the acquisition of Netstal Maschinen AG, Switzerland (adding 524 employees), the large increase in the workforce is due to the ongoing positive development of our international markets and growth in the service business. The international share of the workforce rose in the reporting period to 44.5% (previous year: 42.5%). Employee numbers in Germany grew by less than the workforce in the group as a whole, with an increase of 6.2% or 658 to 11,312.
Workforce in growing markets significantly increased
The company plans to continue its above-average growth in emerging market regions, where Krones now generates about 50% of consolidated revenue. This is an important pillar of Krones’ strategy for achieving its mid-term growth and profitability targets. The company is laying the basis for this in the medium to long term by further increasing its workforce in such markets, primarily in the service business – despite the increasingly fierce competition for skilled labour. Proximity to customers has always been a key competitive advantage.
Much of the increase in the international workforce – excluding the Netstal acquisition – was therefore in emerging economies. The number of employees in these regions grew in the reporting year by 495 or 9.8% to 5,522. The largest increase (183) was in the Eastern Europe region. Above all, Krones added significantly to the workforce at the Czech IT subsidiary Konplan (with an increase of 121) and recruited additional staff at the Hungarian production site in Debrecen (an increase of 62). At the end of the reporting period, 27.1% of the Krones team was employed in emerging and developing economies (previous year: 27.2%).
Customised additional training for staff members and managers
The high qualification of our employees and managers is a decisive factor for the success of Krones. Therefore, the human resource development department is permanently keeping an eye on additional training and support for all employees.
Every employee has individual skills and areas for further skills developments. This is why the human resource development department is concentrating on measures that are customised precisely to the needs of the individual participants. The professional skills as well as the social skills and methodical skills are supported here. Altogether, the offered seminars comprise more than 450 topics. These topics include IT and language courses just as much as special field seminars as well as communications and method training. In addition to external specialists, also our employees carry out training sessions. Having internal knowledge, they can pass on this valuable know-how directly on other colleagues. In addition to the traditional training, we also offer eLearning modules thus providing the option of doing individual trainings without the pressure of time and location.