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Compressed Air Industry PHARMACEUTICALS | 06–07/08 | COMPRESSED AIR BEST PRACTICES ™ MAGAZINE 2008 Outlook — Ingersoll-Rand Stand Alone “Many of Ingersoll Rand's major end markets continued to experience solid overall demand in the first quarter as weaker activity in North America was offset by strong performance overseas. Orders increased by approximately 6% compared with last year. Our backlog increased in all business segments and grew by 10% overall compared with the first quarter of 2007,” said Henkel. “Based on our recent order pattern and a review of customer and channel activity, we continue to expect mid-single digit growth for the balance of 2008. Going forward, we expect flat performance in North America, moderating growth in Western Europe and continued brisk growth in the developing economies of Eastern Europe, Asia and Latin America. Consistent with this environment, we anticipate revenue growth of approximately 5% to 6% for full year 2008, including 2% related to currency. Operating margins are expected to increase in the range of 1.0 to 1.5 percentage points in 2008, based on higher volumes and improved cost productivity, to offset material cost inflation.” 2008 Outlook-Second Quarter “We expect overall further softening of U.S. end market activity in the second quarter of 2008. 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