WERDOHL (dpa-AFX) - In the first half of the year, the rail and transport technology group Vossloh benefited from sustained high demand in all areas. Sales climbed 26 percent to a good €600 million, as reported in Werdohl on Thursday by the company which in May returned to the SDax small-cap index. Earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) climbed 70 percent to a good 49 million euros. The company thus performed better than experts had expected. The Group also confirmed the forecast it had raised in mid-June./zb/jha/