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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-013163"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASTC"
cik: "0001001907"
company_name: "ASTROTECH Corp"
filed_at: "2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T07:48:00.522469+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Astrotech subsidiary AgLAB field trials show 30% yield improvement for hemp/cannabis oil processing

## Summary
- AgLAB 1000-D2 mass spectrometer and Maximum Value Process method used in field trials.
- Ending-weight yields improved by 30% on average for large-scale CBD/THC oil processors.
- Near real-time analysis enables adjustments to improve yields and potencies during distillation.
- Over hundreds of field sample tests conducted to validate the results.
- Solution targets molecular distillation systems used for lotions, pills, tinctures, and cartridges.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-013163
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASTC
- cik: 0001001907
- company_name: ASTROTECH Corp
- filed_at: 2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001907/000143774923013163/0001437749-23-013163-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001907/000143774923013163/astc20230508_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-013163.txt

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