Stefan Zoller, chief executive of EADS’s defence and security division,

said the business aimed to improve its margins in the coming years. Mr Zoller said the Ebit margin would improve “substantially” in 2008, from 6.2 % in 2007. He added the margin is expected to rise to 8 % on growing sales in the next three to five years. EADS Defence and Security plans to grow in both its home markets and abroad. To reach that goal, Mr Zoller said part of its production will be transferred abroad, while the management also works hard on potential acquisitions to tap new markets in which EADS is not yet represented. The company will also bet on the development of services to sustain its growth, notably pilot training in Spain. Reuters (08/04), Dow Jones Newswires (08/04), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Handelsblatt