Astec Inc announced that Steve Claude has acce?pted the position of Senior Vice-Presi?dent,  Sales and Marketing. He joined Astec in 2007 as Vice-President,  Inter?national Sales. Prior to that, he spent 15 years in the inter?national group at Maytag where he cultivated a succe?s?s?ful record in international sales, marketing, business dev?e?lop?ment and other interna?tional operations. Says Astec President Ben Brock, ?The results of Astec international sales under his leadership have been measurably good over the last four years.? As the Senior Vice-President,  Sales and Marketing Steve Claude?s responsibilities will encompass north American sales, interna?tional sales, parts and con?crete equipment sales, adver?tising, inside sales and interna?tional logistics.