BAD BREISIG (dpa-AFX) - Approximately 585,000 employees in the German chemical and pharmaceutical industries are set to receive a salary increase. A collective bargaining agreement reached between the IG BCE trade union and the BAVC employers association outlines a two-stage wage hike, alongside measures to bolster job security within companies, effective through the end of May 2028./als/DP/stw
Bayer AG is one of the world's leaders in designing, producing, and marketing pharmaceutical products and agrochemicals. Net sales are distributed by product family as follows:
- agrochemicals (47.5%): herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, etc.;
- pharmaceutical products (39.1%): intended for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, diabetes, nervous system disorders, etc.;
- OTC products and nutritional supplements (12.7%);
- other (0.7%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Germany (5.7%), Switzerland (1%), Europe-Middle East-Africa (22.9%), United States (33.1%), North America (3.6%), China (7.6%), Asia-Pacific (8.9%), Brazil (9.6%), and Latin America (7.6%).
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