(31) Number of employees
The number of employees was 62,461 as of December 31, 2025 (December 31, 2024: 62,557 employees). The following table shows the average number of employees broken down by function:
|
|
2025 |
|
2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Production |
|
23,386 |
|
23,471 |
Marketing and sales |
|
13,679 |
|
13,786 |
Administration |
|
11,868 |
|
11,837 |
Research and development |
|
6,484 |
|
6,426 |
Procurement and logistics |
|
4,893 |
|
4,916 |
Other |
|
2,325 |
|
1,893 |
Average number of employees |
|
62,636 |
|
62,329 |