PDF (7.3 MB) - GILDEMEISTER Interim Report 3rd Quarter 2012

66Business Report forgildemeister AktiengesellschaftCorporate SituationWith numerous user-oriented innovations, gildemeister sets the trends worldwide. In thereporting year, 17 new developments were presented at national and international tradefairs. By concentrating its sales and service structures with Mori Seiki, gildemeister hasfirmly cemented its global position in the cooperation markets long-term. With “EnergySolutions”, we have established a young business area in the energy management industry,which we consider to have growth potential.EmployeesAs of 31 December 2010, gildemeister had 5,445 employees, of whom 213 were trainees(previous year: 5,450). The number of employees has practically remained the same, as inanticipation of an improvement in business development, we have purposely retained ourhighly-qualified specialist personnel.We succeeded in offsetting fluctuations in personnel capacities by making use ofshort time working. Over the course of the third quarter, due to business development,we were able to terminate short time working at all domestic sites. On average, 16% ofemployees within the group were affected by short time working; the extent was 20% ofthe weekly working time. Savings resulting from short time working totalled € 7.4 million.The number of employees in the segments developed as follows: In the “MachineTools” segment, we were able to limit the necessary reduction in personnel in Germanyand Italy by making use of the short time working described above. Additional employeeswere taken on at our sites in Poland and China due to increases in capacity.In “Services”, employee numbers, particularly in the sales and service companies,were increased in China and the cooperation markets in India, Singapore and Malaysia.In the usa, due to the stronger market presence of Mori Seiki, the joint sales and servicecompany was consolidated in Mori Seiki.In the “Energy Solutions” segment, the number of employees rose as a result ofincreasing personnel numbers in solar technology and the purchase of Cellstrom GmbH.At year-end, 3,306 employees (61%) worked at our domestic companies and2,139 employees (39%) at our foreign companies. Temporary workers were taken onin the middle of the year; this was 238 at the end of the financial year.