On September 30, 2011, the Bayer Group employed 113,200 people worldwide (December 31, 2010: 111,400). The number of employees thus rose by 1.6%.
HealthCare employed 56,300 people. The increase compared with the end of 2010 (December 31, 2010: 55,700) resulted from the first-time inclusion of the employees of Bomac, New Zealand, and Pathway Medical Technologies, Inc., United States, and from further expansion in other countries, particularly China. The number of employees at CropScience increased to 21,500 due to seasonal factors (December 31, 2010: 20,700). The workforce at MaterialScience grew by 2.0% to 15,000 (December 31, 2010: 14,700), mainly due to the expansion of our activities in the emerging markets. The majority of the remaining 20,400 employees worked for the service companies.
Personnel expenses rose by 0.5% in the third quarter of 2011 to €2,029 million (Q3 2010: €2,018 million).