UPDATE 1-Sauer-Danfoss posts Q3 loss, backs FY loss view

* Q3 loss $1.46/shr vs EPS $0.22 year ago

* Q3 rev drops 48 pct

* Backs FY2009 loss view of $6.70-$7.30/shr

* Sees FY sales decline 45 pct-50 pct

Nov 9 (Reuters) - Sauer-Danfoss Inc (SHS.N), which makes hydraulic and electronic systems for mobile equipment, posted a quarterly loss, hurt by restructuring and severance costs and decline in new orders, and reiterated its full-year 2009 loss outlook.

For the third quarter, the company reported a net loss of $70.8 million, or $1.46 cents a share, compared with net income of $10.9 million, or 22 cents a share, a year ago.

The quarterly results include restructuring and severance costs of $13.2 million, or 25 cents per share, the company said in a statement.

Revenue for the quarter fell 48 percent to $253.1 million.

One analyst expected the company to post a loss of $1.12 a share, before items, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

New orders dropped 23 percent to $305.4 million, the company said in a statement.

Sauer-Danfoss reiterated its full-year loss view of $6.70 per share to $7.30 a share, including workforce reduction and restructuring costs of $1.00 per share to $1.20 per share.

One analyst was expecting a loss of $3.28 a share.

The company said full-year sales will fall 45 percent to 50 percent, in line with its prior view.

Shares of the company closed at $9.42 Monday on the New York Stock Exchange. (Reporting by Fareha Khan in Bangalore; Editing by Unnikrishnan Nair)