The gases business is and remains a stable growth market. Linde expects average annual growth of around 7 percent in 2008 and in subsequent years in the global gases industry. Our short-term and medium-term targets remain the same. Linde wants to grow at a more rapid pace than the market and to increase its earnings at a faster rate than sales. This is based in particular on our position in the emerging markets and on growth synergies between our Gases and Engineering divisions.