ASTEC Global has sold their standard marker to various Chinese companies . With this standard marker, Chinese companies gain experience in marker application to protect the intellectual property of their genetics. In a later stage, specific markers will be introduced.  

ASTEC Global has signed an agreement with the Zhejian Forestry University to create a Sino Dutch Seed Technology Research Center. This SDSTRC will evaluate seed-technology products for the Chinese markets. The SDSTRC will act as a central base into China. With various Chinese Seed Institutes and Regions the SDSTRC already have activated development and technology programs. In October 2.007 the new buildings will be opened and the equipment will be operational. 

ASTEC Global in Co-operation with the APSA, has held Seed technology Seminars all over China in the last few months . Those seminars were like the seminars held last year in India and Thailand and resulted in a successful interaction of knowledge and experience. Participants of the China seminars came from more than 40 countries. Africa, North and South America, Eastern Europe, Russia and Asia were represented during these seminars.

ASTEC South Africa has received permission to enlarge their facilities. In the new enlarged factory set-up, seed cleaning will be completely separated from the seed pelleting, encrusting, coating and priming operating stations.

Opening of the enlarged facilities is foreseen in November 2007.