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DEKRA will continue to be an extremely attractive employer in the future. “We will continue to be a strong job engine, creating more than 10,000 new jobs in our Group by 2015,” announced DEKRA head Stefan Kölbl on 26 May as he presented the 2010 annual report to journalists in Stuttgart. Mr. Kölbl expects more than 2,000 new jobs to be created in 2011. According to him, the company set new records in terms of sales, earnings and workforce in the 2010 financial year: Consolidated sales rose by 9% to almost €1.86 billion. At €121.6 million, EBIT was up by a considerable 32.6% on the previous year. Roland Gerdon, DEKRA e.V and DEKRA SE’s Management Board member for Finance, HR and IT, added: “DEKRA is in the best of health, has no net debt and has significantly increased its equity ratio to 25.2%.” Mr. Gerdon continued, “DEKRA now has more than 25,000 employees. That is approximately 3,000 more than last year. 40% of our workforce is already employed outside Germany, contributing to a third of our total sales.”

With the DEKRA 2015 strategy programme, the testing group is preparing the way for further internationalisation and profitable growth. “It is our goal to take the lead in the standings of the Champions League of international expert organisations,” said Mr. Kölbl. To do so, the company must focus systematically on business excellence, profitable and efficient structures and attractive and secure jobs. “To this end, we plan to place an even stronger focus on strategically important business fields in the future. This means both robust organic growth and further acquisitions. Our target for 2015 is to generate sales of around €3 billion.”