Employee Statistics

The trend in the Group's workforce over the last year has been characterised by substantial stability at the Group level (+167 employees), while employment levels at the individual businesses changed at different rates.

At Pirelli Tyre hiring increased at the new investment centres in China and Romania, with an increase in blue-collar employment in Brazil following change in the work patterns at the Santo André and Gravatai factories and higher production volumes and insourcing of resources from certain supplier firms (particularly in logistics).
Other growth took place at Pirelli Eco Technology to start up the new particulate filter plant in Romania. At Pirelli Real Estate, acquisition of the German company Baubecom was completed in 2008, while the facility  management business was sold and restructuring of the other Real Estate Group companies began.

by level / business

by geographical area / business

by type of contract - by level/length of service

by gender

expatriates

Breakdown of employees on 31 Dec 2008

	Tyre	Pre	Pbs	Other Business*	Other **	Total
Executives	241	143	9	14	57	464
White collar	5,109	1,324	101	105	472	7,111
Blue-collar	23,251	91	3	128	8	23,481
Total	28,601	1,558	113	247	537	31,056

* OTHER BUSINESSES include the workforce of the companies: Pirelli & C Ambiente S.p.A., Pirelli Eco Technology and PZero Moda
** OTHER includes the workforce of corporate companies and the Service Centres