The company said it took in orders worth 15.4 billion euros ($20 billion) during the six month period, up 20 percent from a year earlier, which it said lifted its order backlog to two-and-a-half years worth of sales.
The company reiterated its target of lifting its operating margin to around 9 percent by the end of the financial year ending in March 2010, up from 7.8 percent at the end of September.