	linde turnover up in first two months of engineering group linde ag s ling f world group turnover rose to mln marks in the first two months of pct more than in the same period management board chairman hans meinhardt said but world group incoming orders fell pct to mln marks meinhardt told the annual news conference excluding exchange rate movements world group turnover rose pct and incoming orders increased pct linde expects satisfactory results and increased sales this year but meinhardt gave no detailed forecast domestic group net profit rose to mln marks from mln meinhardt said domestic group turnover rose pct to mln marks in the first two months against the same period last year but incoming orders fell pct to mln linde will ask shareholders at the annual meeting on may to raise authorised share capital by a maximum mln marks nominal for the issue of share warrant bonds with a maximum issue volume of mln marks linde s authorised share capital currently stands at a nominal mln marks meinhardt said the authorisation would give the company the necessary flexibility in case linde needed additional funds for acquisitions he declined to give further details while world group turnover rose pct to billion marks in incoming orders were barely changed at billion marks meinhardt said without the sharp appreciation of the mark against major trading partner currencies incoming orders would have been four pct above the prior year s level world group turnover in heavy plant construction rose pct to mln marks but incoming orders dropped pct to mln marks in the wake of the dollar and oil price plunge world sales for technical gases rose pct to billion marks and incoming orders gained pct to billion marks meinhardt said linde strengthened its market position in the refrigeration sector with particularly strong turnover and order gains in austria italy and norway world group sales in the sector fell pct to mln marks but incoming orders rose pct to mln marks the fork lift truck and hydraulic sector saw world group sales rising pct to billion marks and incoming orders gaining pct to billion marks domestic group turnover rose pct to billion marks and incoming orders increased pct to billion marks the company was producing at full capacity in reuter 
