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Employees

On June 30, 2010, ThyssenKrupp had 174,541 employees worldwide, representing a slight increase in the 3rd quarter 2009/2010. Compared with the same date a year earlier there was a decrease of 13,960 employees or 7.4%. In particular the Materials Services business area employed fewer people due to disposals. There was an increase in the headcount at Steel Americas and to a lesser extent at Components Technology and Elevator Technology.

Compared with September 30, 2009 the number of employees declined by 12,954 or 6.9%. The workforce decreased by 13.4% to 70,350 in Germany and by 2.0% to 104,191 in other countries. At the end of June 2010 40% of employees were based in Germany, 24% in the rest of Europe, 13% in the NAFTA region, 11% in Asia – particularly in China and India – 10% in South America and 2% in the rest of the world.

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Short-time working was scaled back significantly. At the end of June 2010 only 3,456 employees were still affected by short-time working in the Group worldwide, compared with a high of 38,020 in April 2009. In the Steel Europe business area, which still had 14,004 workers on short time in April 2009, it was reduced almost completely. The main area of short-time working at the end of June 2010 was outside Germany, particularly in the plants of Components Technology.

Move to the new ThyssenKrupp Quarter

After three years of construction the new head office of ThyssenKrupp AG – the Thyssen­Krupp Quarter – was officially inaugurated in Essen on June 17, 2010. The building of the new Quarter was a milestone for the Group, not just from an architectural point of view. With the move of ThyssenKrupp AG employees to Essen the reorganization of the holding company begun in October 2009 was largely completed, also in locational terms.

Last year, head office structures were optimized and consolidated organizationally in the 13 corporate centers of ThyssenKrupp AG. Around 700 employees were spread over four locations in Düsseldorf, Duisburg and Essen. With the move into the new buildings of the Quarter the staff of the corporate centers have now been brought together in line with their communications relationships.