Carlisle Cos. Inc. (NYSE: CSL), Scottsdale, AZ, reported sales for the first quarter of $857.3 million, up 8 percent from the previous year. Profit decreased 10.2 percent to $61.5 million.

For the first quarter, interconnect technology sales were down 1.3 percent to $194.2 million; construction materials sales for the quarter increased 10.5 percent to $446.1 million; fluid technologies sales decreased 1.1 percent to $60.5 million; brake and friction sales increased 1.7 percent to $73.2 million; and food service product sales increased 37.9 percent to $83.3 million.