bosley
- 20 Feb 2004 09:34
sellsell
- 28 Feb 2006 14:35
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thanks, hope seo can now start to fulfill the potential. i will stay long until at least the interims
jimward9
- 28 Feb 2006 14:44
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From my experience, there is no way these packaging firms would stop these machines before Christmas to change them to Greenseal, each one will have to be modified, tested, then run on production and so on. When the packaging firms gain confidence in you, then they will let you take the next ones to be started, sooner.
I for one am not surprised at all, that it took this long to change these first few machines, but when they get going, they will soon knock them out.
SEO are only just moving from development to production it takes time.
driver
- 28 Feb 2006 14:58
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Mmmm now were does this bit go?
aldwickk
- 28 Feb 2006 14:59
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Its not the packaging firms is mainly the food suppliers who seal the product and they increase production to the super markets just before the christmas shut down, so that they can clean the whole production area and carry out maintenance on the machines.
jimward9
- 28 Feb 2006 15:15
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Many years ago I worked for a company that won a contract to modify some packaging machines.
1st machine modified, 1 month, put back in production, 1 week later few teething problems sorted, machine in use for a month ok.
Order to modify 10 more.
2nd machine 3 weeks, machines 3/4/5 two weeks each.
Machine 6 did the same job supplied by the same firm completely different. Machines 7 to 10 all different and took up to 8 weeks each to sort out, when we got them, because they were at a busy time and could not take them out of production.
We had the same thing with other firms whose machines we modified, but when we got into it 1 or 2 machines week.
Bugz
- 28 Feb 2006 15:34
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Biscuit
Yeah whatever. I spend my days looking at ways to make out I'm long, but of course in fact i'm short. I'm just stupidly overweight in SEO and pissed off coz its not doing what it said on the tin. I dont think that makes me a shorter.
I'm also questionable of this two months behind with Greenseal at ASDA. So at the end of december we were only supposed to have two converted? The other 198 can be done in the same period from Jan-July? I appreciate your views Jim on teething problems etc, but its still a bit crap! Anyway, it was always going to be a bumpy road etc....
Nice work with getting back in Bos-you've done well on the price. Wish I'd picked my main batch up at 14p!
Sharesure
You heard anything more with regards to the Mcdonalds mention from last week?
Sharesure
- 28 Feb 2006 16:11
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Bugz, not a thing. The source had a large position based on its outcome so obviously they'd convinced themselves it was very likely about to happen.
Following this morning's figures, I am hoping SEO can give more progressive news at the AGM.
Bugz
- 28 Feb 2006 16:15
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I heard a similar opinion to you over the weekend, but was going to be separate from results-maybe later this week, or early next. The problem is that its most likely to be a 'working together' statement and be void of actual substance. We'll see.
sellsell
- 28 Feb 2006 16:16
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does anyone know when the agm is. thanks
Sharesure
- 28 Feb 2006 16:18
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sellsell, the company has yet to announce the date.
jameshunt1985
- 28 Feb 2006 16:33
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Does anyone know how much 75,000 tonnes of starpol 2000 roughly be worth? are we talking big bucks or small shillings?
driver
- 28 Feb 2006 16:39
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1985
Does this help
If the new plant runs at 10,000 tonnes capacity (SP Metals commitment only and no more), manufacturing thermoplastic starch (TPS) at 0.90/kg, it should generate a minimum of 9,000mn pa, or 3.1mn pa sales for Stanelco from 2007.Similar scenarios based on the manufacture of the other products are shown in Table 4.
In terms of roll-out, if Stanelco is able to license its technology as it hopes at 1mn pa for 20,000 tonnes production (ie, equivalent to its Welsh facility), and
that the addressable market is 35mn tonnes (world consumption of thermoplastics is estimated at 150mn tonnes pa, with Europe and North America accounting for roughly two thirds of the total, and packaging accounting for maybe 35% of the total), then a 1% share would produce revenues of c.17mn pa
for the JV and 8.5mn for Stanelco (17 licences).
123456
- 28 Feb 2006 16:52
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ithink the tray under test is for fast food mcdonalds ! not asda or wm it could be a big deal just think kfc m.d b.k and the rest its a big IF:but in time it could come true .hearshopeing
kimoldfield
- 28 Feb 2006 17:16
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I like that last buy! Not heard from SEO yet, spoke to Sylvia who said she would get a director to phone me back.
kim
the manageress
- 28 Feb 2006 18:22
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120 000 pound buy at close of trading.impressive1
zscrooge
- 28 Feb 2006 19:34
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Sorry O/T and a little late in reply.
aldwickk - 27 Feb 2006 21:28 - 15198 of 15296
One of the best uses for charts is for trading mostly blue chips, thats why Zak Mir advises CFD firms like Blue index who trade on tight stops.
I agree. Charting may have its uses on blue chips with large volume. (Even then I always find it retrospective and full of caveats.)
Eric re Evos
-They recommended Regal shares whilst selling them at the same time before they collapsed
-were fined for shorting Room Service shares.
-they recommended etq stock at around 15 times their current value
-an aggressive MM who shaft PIs known in many circles as evil EVOs
imho
They're not alone
Deutsche Bank were recently downgrading Bradford and Bingley to 320; they were about 440 when I last looked
RHPS suggested selling ASC at 42 (Im sure you were more sensible Eric ;) now around 100p; ITH at 18p now at 50 having been to 85 etc etc
And what of the other tools?
IC - safe advice for retired colonels usually just a summary of the last balance sheet with no ref to future prospects.
Newspapers charlatans, lackeys? Clueless? Daily Mail LOL
Citywire lackey to big institutions?
BB sharks, crocodiles, rampers, derampers everyone with an agenda LOL Surely not here ;)
Hedge funds, institutions, mms (a whole arena there for manipulation), shorters, naked shorters on Berlin exchanage
And just how do you keep a track of buys/sells? Level 2 may be a help but do you keep a track of figures from virt-x and Plusmarkets?
A book by David Alexander called "Crooked Knight" which has many chapters serialised on a US website that makes some shocking accusations about the activities of Seymour Pierce and some very high profile UK directors, all allegedly milking PIs for large personal gains.
All IMHO of course.
Good luck to little ol private investor at the bottom of the feeding chain!!
LIcom
- 28 Feb 2006 19:49
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With ASDA's exclusivity running out in July now not so far away, why are the two trial machines not being followed up by mass orders? What on earth is holding up implementation? I would have preferred to see SEO commenting on this obvious constraint.
Our guess, and it is a pure guess,(Until SEO answer our call) is that noone likes paying the licence fees and royalties and are trying to haggle these down without success. The only royalty deals that I have come across previously in Packaging have been the well known Tetrapak, and a series of proprietary carton locking forms like Kliklok, where the model is to rent the machine, or otherwise subidise it as long as it is consuming vast amounts of high margin cartons. SEO may be finding it difficult to get these supermarket price chisellers into the actual net. They may prefer to accept higher costs than a forever lasting enthralment to SEO.
There was no sensible alternative to Tetrapak and its 'three dimensional' patent half-nelson except for glass bottles - not really a universal option.
SEO prospects can still package away as usual, using existing metods at the cost of rejecting higher efficiency, hoping the SEO's price will crack if they hang back ,long enough.
At the very least, some supermarket suppliers would expect to be able to buy the machinery at a heavily subsidised rate to tempt them into royalty agreements, where they are going to be paying a substantial premium on the basic packaging material - even though they would be improving service quality standards, reducing leakage rates, and saving on overall packaging costs. Instead they have to pay a premium for the machinery. Unheard of. There is probably a battle of wills going on.
As the exclusivity draws near, it may be that interest from other groups like Tesco may bring resistance crumbling down.
SEO ALERTS
barney12345
- 28 Feb 2006 19:53
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"We are currently working with ASDA and five of its key suppliers including those
referred to above to fulfil the initial stage of the ASDA contract"
Sorry but this does not say 5 machines IT SAYS 5 suppliers this could be 198 machines held by 5 suppliers.
I do not believe these lying bxxxxds for a minute and trying to read the best in a bad job, but i guess the 7 and 2 machines are in no way related to 5 suppliers.
I also thought PM said the initial contract and idea was that ASDA were going to say to its suppliers you either use greenseal or not but either way we are paying you x pence per item less to take account of the savings you could get from greenseal ..... so take greenseal.
Re the earlier post "who cares if they drop greenseal starpol is the next big thing" come on really, first its pharmacueticals, then its frogpack, the its quantom, then its greenseal, then its wlmart, then its mcds, then its starpol. PLEASE make one of them earn some god damn money.Still holding since 3p so no abuse pls.
Bugz
- 28 Feb 2006 20:57
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Ditto the last paragraph Barney
ssanebs
- 28 Feb 2006 21:21
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i have spoken to a person ........ ....... who says that yes ,they did have a problem with the greenseal sealing process but this has now been resolved hence the delay, and now the two machines are imminent to be fully commercialised, then we will see a ramp up in the rate of machines being installed. 80 to 100 by july and the exclusivity period will probably have to be extended for a few months until the full 200 are installed.
As mentioned above yes the us fast food giant in talks is macdonalds and they are very impressed with the product and want the ball rolling asap, and are ready to put their hand in their pockets to finance it, we are looking for a deal as early as 2 months.
No doubt that with only 17 staff seo are struggling to keep up with greenseal, and with hiccups on top has delayed the rollout cosiderably,but there is no doubt that the 200 will be installed. The walmart story will go from strength to strength as starpol 2000 and 3000 overtake greenseal as the breadwinner for seo. The 75000 tonnes is just one example for one tray needing 500-600 machines.
Obviously working with big companies such as walmart and macdonalds, seo will be limited in what they can say and release, so once again the next 3 months will have to be patience and trust the management.