German engineering and manufacturing giant Siemens saw sales and earnings both grow in the final quarter of 2023, the company announced on Thursday. Sales rose by 2% to €18.4 billion ($19.8 billion) in the final three months of last year, which the company said on an adjusted basis to account for currency and portfolio effects amounted to a 6% rise. Siemens saw signs of a slowdown in its industrial automation business, but that was offset by growth in the company’s intelligent infrastructure and mobility divisions. Order intake also increased by 2% on an adjusted basis to €22.3 billion, which …