Oxford, Indiana, USA
February 19, 2014

INCOTEC Field Crops North America, a division of INCOTEC, a worldwide leader in coatings and seed technology, announces the hiring of Steve Stratton as Eastern Account Manager. Steve will be a key addition to the INCOTEC sales team and will be responsible for leading business development and sales efforts to seed companies, distributors and other downstream channels. Steve will report to Natarajan Balachander, President and General Manager.

Steve Stratton has been involved in the agriculture business for over two decades and has expertise and experience in a number of areas in the seed industry including the seed treatment markets and retail sales of both seed and seed inputs. He has a strong technical background in both traditional chemistry and the biological products market as well as agronomics. Steve has a B.S. degree in Agronomy from Illinois State University.

Natarajan Balachander, President and General Manager, INCOTEC Field Crops North America, states: “We are excited to have Steve join the INCOTEC Field Crops team as we continue to strengthen this organization in North America to bring new and exciting seed technologies to the field crops market. Steve’s tremendous wealth of experience in commercialization of new products and a network of relationships within the industry are a great asset for the company to bring new seed solutions and expand INCOTEC’s broad portfolio of seed treatment polymers, seed enhancement additives and other INCOTEC technologies to the field crops market in North America”.

INCOTEC® was founded in 1968 and has been an independent company since 2002. INCOTEC's Coating and Seed Technology Companies around the world provide products and services for seed coating, pelleting, seed enhancement and analytical services for genetic analysis and quality inspection. INCOTEC Group contributes significantly to the development of sustainable agriculture worldwide by providing key solutions in the four business areas, vegetables, field crops, ornamentals and analytical services. INCOTEC’s head quarters are in the Netherlands and there are INCOTEC facilities in the USA, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Sweden, Brazil, Japan, India, Australia, China, South Africa and Malaysia.

Website: http://www.incotec.com

Published: February 19, 2014