GOETTINGEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today Sartorius (FWB:SRT), a leading international process and laboratory technology provider, reported its nine-month results for 2009. Third-quarter business of both Group divisions showed a highly divergent pattern of development, similar to that in the previous quarters. While the Biotechnology Division achieved strong sales gains and overproportionate increases in earnings, development in the Mechatronics Division continued to be considerably impacted by the global downturn. However, the latter division’s second- and third-quarter order intake and sales stabilized at a lower level. Due to the extensive cost-saving measures implemented, operating earnings of the Mechatronics Division moved back into the profit zone in the third quarter.