Engineering

2.5 Management report on on the Group Non-financial performance indicators indicators
The Group’s workforce grew outside
Germany in 2010/2011 and declined
slightly in Germany.
Reporting in prior years related to the costs of basic research and development comprising non-capitalized
research and development costs and capitalized development costs. With immediate effect we will report
only on expenditure recognized in the reporting period, i.e. the non-capitalized research and development
costs including amortization of capitalized development costs as well as order-related development costs.
The prior-year comparatives for order-related development costs have been adjusted. Expenditure for
technical quality assurance is no longer included.
Research and development expenditure in million €
2009/2010 2010/2011
96
Change
in %
Non-capitalized research and development costs 191 188 (2)
Amortization of capitalized development costs 33 39 18
Order-related development costs* 218 297 36
Total 442 524 19
* Part of cost of sales without offsetting grants/subsidies
Employees
We have outstanding employees, and we do a lot to make sure it stays that way: Intensive apprenticeship
training, continuing development in all areas of the Group, high standards of health and safety, targeted
support for young managers, greater diversity and internationality – including at management level.
Our workforce grew in the reporting year. On September 30, 2011 ThyssenKrupp employed 180,050 people
worldwide, a year-on-year increase of 2,704 or 1.5%. All the growth took place outside Germany, where the
headcount rose by 4.4% to 110,928. By contrast, employee numbers in Germany fell by 2.7% to 69,122.
The expansion of the new steel making and processing mills in Brazil and the USA in particular created a
large number of new jobs.
Employees by business area (Sept. 30)
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Change
in %
Steel Europe 37,749 38,692 36,416 34,711 28,843 (16.9)
Steel Americas 397 1,158 1,659 3,319 4,060 22.3
Materials Services 44,251 47,703 44,316 33,856 36,568 8.0
Elevator Technology 39,501 42,992 42,698 44,024 46,243 5.0
Plant Technology 13,102 13,433 13,043 12,972 13,478 3.9
Components Technology 32,805 32,312 27,973 29,144 31,270 7.3
Marine Systems 8,778 8,288 7,770 5,488 5,295 (3.5)
Corporate 2,585 2,584 1,865 2,597 2,803 7.9
Employees of continuing operations 179,168 187,162 175,740 166,111 168,560 1.5
Stainless Global 12,182 12,212 11,755 11,235 11,490 2.3
Group employees 191,350 199,374 187,495 177,346 180,050 1.5