NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND OTHER SUCCESS FACTORS
EMPLOYEES
The Fresenius Group had 114,181 employees worldwide at the end of 2007 (December 31, 2006: 104,872), an increase of 9,309 or 9 %. This is mainly due to acquisitions.
The number of employees in the business segments were as follows:
| Number of employees | Dec 31, 2007 | Dec 31, 2006 | Change | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresenius Medical Care | 64,662 | 59,996 | 8% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresenius Kabi | 16,964 | 15,591 |
9% |
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| Fresenius ProServe |
31,815 | 28,615 |
11% |
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| - thereof Fresenius Helios | 30,043 |
26,368 |
14% |
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| - thereof Fresenius Vamed | 1,767 |
1,768 |
0% |
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| Corporate/Other | 740 | 670 | 10% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total |
114,181 |
104,872 |
9% |
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The chart shows the distribution of our employees by region. These percentages roughly correspond to the sales contributions of the respective continents. With an increase of 39%, the number of employees has risen fastest in the Asia-Pacific region, reflecting our fast-growing business in this region, where currency-adjusted sales growth was 20%. In addition, acquisitions had an effect. 35,789 people are employed in Germany (2006: 31,955). The increase in Germany was mainly at Fresenius Helios as a result of the hospitals acquired.
Personnel expenses for the Fresenius Group was € 4,052 million in 2007 (2006: € 3,804 million). Personnel expenses per employee was € 37.4 thousand (2006: € 38.2 thousand).
There were no significant changes to compensation or employment agreements in 2007.