Translation of "Personalaufbau" in English

The workforce expansion was particularly attributable to sales, product management, and development.Â

In terms of regions, most of the new jobs were added in EMEA and the Americas.

The bulk of the increase took place in Asia.

The Company intends to increase its workforce in 2016, including in Germany.

The expansion of personnel within operative business is running according to schedule.

Most of the new jobs were added in western and eastern Europe.

For 2016, Formycon is planning a further moderate increase in its workforce.

A further 900 were provided through increased staffing in the field of permanently employed security staff.

In view of the uncertain economic environment, recruitment of new staff is being monitored carefully.

A further increase in headcount is envisaged as part of the growth plans.

At the same time the headcount expansion and the internationalisation of Serviceware continued to be pushed.

In addition, the increase in the number of employees took account of increasing digitalization," Winkler explained.

In addition to the increase in staff numbers, the planned increase in investments will secure KWS’s long-term growth.

This workforce increase mirrored the strategy of expanding activities in emerging markets.

Should business keep growing as planned, the personnel expansion will also continue in the next few months.

The annual average rose to 478 (PY 417 people) with the increase in headcount coming from Eastern Europe.

This higher employee growth rate is necessitated by the start-up of NÃ1?4nchritz's Poly 9 expansion stage, by the construction of the polysilicon facility in the US State of Tennessee, and by increased technical spending.

Personnel expenses rose by 44.3% to EUR 14.6 million (prior year: EUR 10.1 million), due to the increase in personnel over the course of 2018.

As expected, consolidated earnings before taxes (EBT) declined by 5.6 per cent to EUR 15.8 million, in particular due to investments in IT and digitisation as well as costs for the ramp-up in staff necessary in the context of the growth plans.

And if there is no other choice because it takes too long to increase staffing levels in the European authorities, then the member states will have to provide the necessary personnel.

In the first six months of 2018, personnel expenses rose by 4.9percent year on year to €1,056.6million (H12017: €1,006.9million) as a result of the increase in headcount and changes to collective bargaining agreements.

This increase in employee numbers is mainly due to the construction of the polysilicon site in Tennessee and the full commissioning of the polysilicon facility at Nünchritz.

It has to be underscored that the positive development in EBITDA in the first six months of financial year 2018 was accompanied by the anticipated wage increase and staff cuts whose effects were felt particularly during the second quarter of the current financial year.

The Group plans to increase staffing levels in almost all areas over the course of 2018, and particularly in sales, technical customer services and technology.

In addition to an increase in staff numbers at the rapidly growing slurry pump manufacturer GIW Industries Inc. in Georgia, the consolidation of a newly acquired US service company in Michigan, KSB Dubric, Inc., also played a role.

However, this increase in personnel will only have a delayed impact on the relevant earnings figures; we therefore do not expect to see any improvement in earnings this year and again consider an operating result (EBIT) in the range of EUR 33 to 35 million to be realistic.