1st half-year 2006, Linde significantly increases sales and earnings | Linde, Wolfgang Reitzle, 10.7 percent, 4.991 billion euro, Linde Gas, Material

1st half-year 2006, Linde significantly increases sales and earnings | Linde, Wolfgang Reitzle, 10.7 percent, 4.991 billion euro, Linde Gas, Material Handling business segment: "In the first half of fiscal 2006, the technology group Linde significantly increased sales and operating profit (EBIT) and confirmed its forecast for the whole year. "