Supervisory Board of Sartorius AG extends appointment of the Group´s CEO Dr. Joachim Kreuzburg

At yesterday´s meeting, the Supervisory Board of Sartorius AG unanimously passed the resolution to extend the current appointment of the Group´s CEO, Dr. Joachim Kreuzburg, by another 5-year period to November 10, 2015. Kreuzburg has been a member of the Executive Board since November 11, 2002, and has been the Group´s top executive since May 1, 2003.

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A Profile of Sartorius The Sartorius Group is a leading international laboratory and process technology provider covering the segments of biotechnology and mechatronics. In 2008, the technology group earned sales revenue of 611.6 million euros. Founded in 1870, the Goettingen-based company currently employs approximately 4,450 persons. The major areas of activity in its biotechnology segment focus on fermentation, filtration, purification, fluid management and laboratory applications. In the mechatronics segment, the company primarily manufactures equipment and systems featuring weighing, measurement and automation technology for laboratory and industrial applications. Key Sartorius customers are from the pharmaceutical, chemical and food and beverage industries and from numerous research and educational institutes of the public sector. Sartorius has its own production facilities in Europe, Asia and America as well as sales subsidiaries and local commercial agencies in more than 110 countries.

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