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The growth in orders and sales revenue in the software and process automation business in the Digital Industries division was outweighed by declines in the short-cycle factory automation and motion control businesses - primarily due to a further drop in demand from the automotive and mechanical engineering industries. In geographical terms, lower incoming orders and sales revenue in the Europe, CIS, Africa, Near and Middle East (Europe/GANO) and Americas regions outweighed the increases in the Asia, Australia region, which were primarily due to very strong growth in the software business - particularly in China.