Human Resources
The following tables show the development of full-time equivalents (excluding loan workers but including trainees and interns) by function and region:
Tables in Excel-Format
FUNCTIONS DECEMBER 31, 2007
| Number | Symrise |
Service Companies |
Symrise Group |
| Manufacturing and technology | 1,900 | 208 | 2,108 |
| Sales and marketing | 1,390 | 107 | 1,497 |
| Research and development | 901 | 6 | 907 |
| Administration | 409 | 5 | 414 |
|
Total (not including trainees and apprentices) |
4,600 | 326 | 4,926 |
| Trainees | 107 | 13 | 120 |
| Total Symrise Group | 4,707 | 339 | 5,046 |
FUNCTIONS DECEMBER 31, 2006
| Number | Symrise |
Service Companies |
Symrise Group |
| Manufacturing and technology | 1,860 | 211 | 2,071 |
| Sales and marketing | 1,306 | 106 | 1,412 |
| Research and development | 887 | 6 | 893 |
| Administration | 396 | 5 | 401 |
|
Total (not including trainees and apprentices) |
4,449 | 328 | 4,777 |
| Trainees | 101 | 11 | 112 |
| Total Symrise Group | 4,550 | 339 | 4,889 |
REGIONS
| Number |
Dec. 31, 2006 |
Dec. 31, 2007 |
| Germany | 2,230 | 2,253 |
|
Europe (excluding Germany), the Middle East, Africa |
586 | 652 |
|
North America (including Mexico) |
774 | 779 |
| South America | 388 | 397 |
| Asia | 799 | 845 |
|
Total (not including trainees and apprentices) |
4,777 | 4,926 |
| Trainees | 112 | 120 |
| Total Symrise Group | 4,889 | 5,046 |
In terms of full-time equivalents rounded up to the next whole number,
the number of people employed by the Group rose from 4,889 as of
December 31, 2006, to 5,046 as of December 31, 2007.