	siemens sees sales near billion marks this year world group turnover of siemens ag sieg f should rise to or billion marks in the current year to september after a pct upturn in the first five months management board chairman karlheinz kaske said siemens reported world group turnover in of billion marks kaske told the annual shareholders meeting turnover rose to billion marks in the first five months of about pct above the same year ago period the rise was mainly due to payment in january for a west german nuclear power station which led to a jump in domestic sales of pct in the first five months turnover abroad showed a three pct increase kaske said without giving figures in the same period incoming orders rose five pct to billion marks against the same period for the year as a whole incoming orders should rise between one and two billion marks to around or billion apart from payments for the nuclear power station the communications and telecommunications sectors in particular should contribute to growth this year kaske said but it was not possible to make a profit forecast for because of uncertainty about the direction of the dollar kaske said siemens already reported that first quarter group net profit fell marginally to mln marks from mln in the same period in the previous year turnover in the first five months rose particularly strongly in the installations and automotive technology communications and telecommunications sectors but components and energy and automation showed a sharp decline kaske said domestic orders rose to billion marks in the first five months of this year or nine pct above their level in the same period boosted in particular by orders for the fully owned kraftwerk union ag subsidiary foreign orders grew one pct to billion marks an increase in orders through newly acquired subsidiaries abroad was balanced by the decline in the dollar while the installations and automotive technology sector showed a sharp rise in orders energy and automation and communications orders were below the level achieved in the same period of telecommunications orders remained at roughly the same level kaske said investments were expected to remain around six billion marks in after a pct increase the previous year research and development were likely to rise pct to billion marks or around pct of turnover reuter 
