INCOTEC announces that on November 1, 2004, it has opened its facility in Carrum Downs*, Australia, to start producing products for the Australian and New Zealand seed industry.

The facility will be active in producing film coat liquids to be used on many different agricultural crops like soybean, cotton, canola, corn, grasses and several vegetable crops. The company has appointed Mr. John Canavan as General Manager who will be leading the new company of the world-wide INCOTEC organization.

The President & C.E.O. of INCOTEC Holding, Mr. Jan Willem Breukink indicates: “The last 15 years we have been exporting a lot of our products from our companies in the USA and the Netherlands to Australia and New Zealand. We are very happy that with this new facility we have the opportunity to serve the seed industry in this part of the world much better.

We are very committed to do further investments in this country not only by putting up facilities but also by developing tailor made products suitable for the Agriculture at the Pacific rim.”

INCOTEC is a world-wide leader in coating and seed technology serving the vegetable, tobacco, ornamental and agronomic seed business.

* Carrum Downs is located 34 km south-east of Melbourne