GOETTINGEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Sartorius Group (FWB:SRT), a leading international process and laboratory technology provider, looks back on a successful and intense 2007. At the annual press conference for the company in Goettingen, CEO Dr. Joachim Kreuzburg reported on the extensive strategic projects implemented and the gratifying development of sales revenue and earnings achieved in both divisions in the reporting year. He stated that Sartorius progressively further developed its global group structures in the year under review and strengthened it to meet future trends by acquiring Goettingen-based Toha Plast GmbH in January 2007, merging the Biotechnology Division of the Group with French-based Stedim S.A. in the summer of 2007, selling its hydrodynamic bearings business in the second half and taking reorganization measures in the USA.