Employees

The number of employees in the Hansgrohe Group reached a new high by December 31, 2007, with a total of 3,253 (2006: 3,094). The bulk of new jobs was again accounted for by the German facilities. Including the 130 new jobs created in Schiltach and Offenburg during the last financial year, the total increase in the workforce in Germany over the last five years was 380 – a gain of more than 22 percent. In particular, the systematic implementation of flexible working-time models in the German plants, ensuring high capacity utilization of the production facilities, enabled the company to steadily increase its workforce in Germany.

In contrast, the increase in the workforce outside Germany was more moderate in 2007, with the number of employees on the cut-off date of December 31, 2007 amounting to 1,171 (2006: 1,142).

Worldwide, the total workforce of the Hansgrohe Group was 3,180 on average for the last financial year (2006: 2,947), with 64 percent employed by the company in Germany.