for more information about stanelco click on the links.

driver's research page link
http://www.moneyam.com/InvestorsRoom/posts.php?tid=7681#lastread
website link
http://www.stanelco.co.uk/index.htm

Driver & Dormar

What's the harm in posting some light hearted tosh from Captain Guide. I am sure that most people don't take it as seriously as they do an RNS?

The oily one

I agree Oily. Compared to the utter tosh posted by many posters Captain Guide provides at least some positive relief.

My mate and I were discussing this just now....

Todays RNS where it says about a 'number of machines due to enter commercial operation in the coming weeks'...... Anyone reckon that this may involve Northern Foods? They start production in October and we wondered if perhaps as ASDA is a new customer they have had to buy new machines? And if they have, perhaps they have bought from Mondini with Greenseal technology?

EDIT:- And therefore blow all these doubters on Greenseal away

LOL nearly chocked on my cup of tea there!

Mr White says; As a company, we take pride in our green credentials and an ethical outlook.

How ethical is stealing an invention????????????????????????????

ps Never realised it was the filter killing all those people every year, nice of Stanelco to turn up that info just as they attempt to raise cash by selling off this idea.

pps If it was worth anything they wouldn't sell it, ethical lol!!!!!

ppps ISRACAPS;-O

Driver

Withdrawn.

Bugz.
If SEO concentrate on their other products to the detriment of Greenseal I would have to agree, but as they no doubt have seperate teams focusing on each development I still consider that they have the right approach, as long as they don't overstretch. I must admit the danger of overstretching has caused me some concern in the past but they appear capable of promoting several products at once. They also appear to have the follow up capability in place, or if they have not they quickly get geared up ( manpowerwise ) to do so. Only time will tell.

New from EVO today in their daily notes !!!!


Stanelco (SEO.L) Update Buy 16p/30p

In a bizarre twist, Stanelco has put up for auction the rights to its starch-based

cellulose cigarette filter. This was part of the IP acquired when it bought Biotec,

its 50:50 joint venture. The value could be substantial.


No need to thank me for the hard work I put in on this 2 weekends ago :)
Cheers,
PM

PM1 I have never doubted you. Who are you ? where do you post?

You are not standing for PM are you?

Nice find PM. ;-)

Brandname
If captain crap wants to post on advfn go and read it there, I don't mind a bit of fun but not the sh*t he post, I will not be losing any sleep by the lose of your respect either.

Driver, withdrawn.

Brandname
I am chilled out just don't do it again.

LOL

Friends again then, have withdrawn all posts.

I'm sorry driver but I want to see the info from Captain Guide posted here. Its wrong that you can contemplate dictating to others whats posted because you think its crap.

i am sure this has been posted but i can't be shagged to go through the lasted 742 posts...

October 03, 2005 08:00 AM US Eastern Timezone

Clean and Green - a Better Cigarette Filter is Near; Starch Based Filter from Stanelco Reduces Cancer Risk and Environmental Impact

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2005--Cigarette filters could soon be made of starch according to research at Biotec, a joint owned subsidiary of Stanelco and SP Metal. Starch is a natural compound found in organic products such as potatoes and rice, meaning smokers would not have to worry that fibers from the current filters, made of cellulose acetate, are entering their bodies. Similar good news is that starch based filters are biodegradable and compostable, dramatically lowering their impact on the environment.


Filters are primarily designed to reduce the tar in tobacco smoke and to stop tobacco flakes from entering the mouths of smokers. They typically each contain around 12,000 fibers of cellulose acetate, a synthetic fiber of which more than 680,000 tons are used in cigarettes each year. Medical studies have observed these fibers in the lungs of smokers and that they not only resist biodegrading, but that they remain coated in tobacco tar, which contains carcinogens. Medical researchers are presently trying to define the risk that this poses to smokers.

Stanelco, the company that holds the global patents to the starch material used for the filter tow (application EP0861036-A1) and its use as a cigarette filter (EP1567025-A), is currently in discussions with cigarette manufacturers in Europe, America and Asia about the replacement of cellulose acetate based filters. Starch based filter tow is also substantially cheaper (30-50% at current bulk prices) than that based on cellulose acetate.

The filters are just one of a range of innovative starch based solutions from Stanelco that will reduce the use of plastic and other synthetic substances, so dramatically reducing the environmental impact. Starch is a natural substance, and even when used in products such as food packaging or cigarette filters is still fully compostable.

Howard White, Group Managing Director, and President, Stanelco Inc, commented, "It is deeply ironic that most smokers believe that filters improve their safety. There is increasing evidence that this may not be the case. We believe filters made from starch based materials will be better for smokers and better for the environment. While smokers are aware of the risks of inhaling tobacco smoke, there are very few who understand the risks of using the current filters."

"Also, filters all too often end up being dropped on the ground or at the roadside, and even when properly disposed of take many years to decompose. Our starch based filters will fully compost in as little as 60 days, with no negative effects on either soil or water supply.

"Given the very real benefits they offer, together with the fact that starch based filter tow is cheaper than cellulose acetate, there is a real opportunity to further reduce the impact of smoking. As the cigarette makers know, there is no safe cigarette, but that does not mean that they should not be cleaner and greener.

"Stanelco specializes in starch based products that are designed and manufactured to minimize the environmental impact of modern life. As a company, we take pride in our green credentials and an ethical outlook. It is widely accepted that smoking cigarettes damages health, but we believe that while it is legal, it is right to minimize the negative effects wherever possible We do not promote smoking, which is why we plan to divest ourselves of this product."

Stanelco intends to divest the filter tow technology to focus on its starch businesses, including Starpol 2000(TM) and GREENSEAL(TM) biodegradable packaging, which are just being introduced across a wide range of product packaging in U.S. and British supermarkets.

"It would border on irresponsibility if cigarette companies did not explore options presented to lower the risk of cancer. Potentially, if research proves correct, cigarette companies could be held liable for not adopting technology to lower the risks associated with smoking. Stanelco is very excited to have the opportunity to possibly save lives with this development, and we look forward to helping to change the cigarette industry for the better," said Stephanie Morgan-Fisher, director and CEO of North American Operations, Stanelco.

-- More than 90% of the cigarettes sold worldwide have a filter.

-- Virtually all filters consist of a rod of numerous (greater than 12 000) plastic-like cellulose acetate fibers. Fragments of cellulose acetate that form the mouthpiece of a filter rod become separated from the filter at the end phase during the manufacturing process.

-- The cut surface of the filter of virtually all cigarettes has these fragments. When smoking a cigarette, some of these fragments are released during inhalation.

-- Tests in the USA on 12 popular brands show that fibers are inhaled and also ingested.

-- Laser scanning has found filter fibers in the lung tissue of patients with lung cancer.

-- Cellulose Acetate filter tow has a wholesale price of US $4,000 per ton, substantially higher than starch based filter tow.

Tobacco companies are worth billions. If they think anything might be gained re approaching SEO regarding the patents they might act quickly prior to delayed further research in order to prevent a competitor from acquiring said patent. A few mill to these companies is petty cash.

qc
You do not have to apologise to me, just ask Brandname to post it on FYB you can go and read it there.

I thought Super TOny was becoming a dictator, but Driver have you joined that club?

Sorry Super Phoney!

I will take great delight in enlightening everyone on here when he does.

qc

Feel free to do that.

The oily one