As of 30 September 2011 GILDEMEISTER had 5,948 employees, of whom 220 were trainees (31 Dec. 2010: 5,445). In comparison with year-end 2010, the number of employees has risen by 503. The rise in the number of employees in the Services segment results primarily from the sales and service cooperation that commenced in Germany on 1 September 2011. Some 101 Mori Seiki employees were integrated in the regional sales and services companies. In the Machine Tools segment, additional assembly personnel in particular were recruited at our production sites in Poland and China. Our domestic companies have 3,556 employees (60%) and our foreign companies have 2,392 employees (40%). Employee expenses amounted to € 282.3 million (corresponding period of the previous year: € 243.3 million); at full capacity utilisation, the personnel ratio fell to 22.4% (previous year’s period: 27.4%).