For the first half of the business year 2008 the Softing AG reports a growth in sales of 18 percent to 16 million Euro (6 months 2007: 13.6 million Euro). The operating profit in this period was almost 1 million Euro (6 months 2007: 719,000 Euro).In the first half year 2008 the “Automotive” product segment contributed a sum of 7.4 million Euro and the “Industrial” segment 8.5 million Euro to the sales.