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

Interims due on Thursday (I hope), those of a nervous disposition should hide behind the sofa. Surely the report will be packed with good news???
kim

Looks like 2 big trades at 8.5p last night after hours.

By Thursday, Kim, I will be on a beach in Mexico, so the interims will not bother me one way or the other. ;-)
I'll just wait till I get back to see how rich / poor I am.
Alan

There is a pigeon, trained and ready to go Alan, a message will be delivered to the beach of your choice! Have a good holiday hombre.
kim

Whilst agreeing that a trial may mean ' owt for now't ', I feel that the trials were so in depth and time consuming on both sides ( now over 12 months ) that Asda and Seo must have discussed very big figures.

I don't think the delay in fitting Greenseal is purely down to SEO, I think the main problem has been finding the capacity to fit and test properly, the equipment with a supplier. I would have thought 3 months over Christmas would have been more or less written off. Then, if SEO were waiting for delivery of spare lidding machines, that would have delayed things by a month or 2. If it was all down to problems with Greenseal equipment and Stanelco, I doubt wal-Mart would be talking to them, they would only have gone on feedback from ASDA surely. All just my opinion.

Biscuit

Biscuit,

Yes, I fully agree. Not saying it was down to any particular problem with greenseal, ( as we were told it was mainly the down time re the machines ) , just that the trials were time consuming. I like you think that if there had been any significant problems we would have been informed by now. My point being that to spend over 12 months on trials, both companies would want significant rewards for the time spent.

Thanks, Alan: suspect we have hit the nail on the head re the commercialisation issue. This process has not been a problem to ASDA as they have had significant exposure with so-called trial packaging hitting their shops. Latterly, the problem has been round the clock working and taking machines out of service for retro-fitting. Nor have we heard much recently about licensing deals so how profitable will the deal negotiated be to SEO? OK, Tesco, Sainsbury et al will be in the wings but their approach doesn't differ one jot. I accept the argument that Martin Wagner is now on board; was the primary reason for his recruitment that it dawned that they had been taken for a ride in the negotiation last Spring. So commercialisation should mean some lolly but hardly on favourable terms. I hope I am not being unduly pessimistic. Even if the deal is not that profitable, we should still get some overhead coverage and a basis for decent profits from softer parts of the market (if they exist in packaging!).

Eric

Another big buy after hours tonight.

Can anyone elaborate as to why non of the Directors, the CEO or the chairman has bought any shares in SEO recently. Only Ian Balchin And P Lovegrove have shares (not that many either) and they have had these for some time. Surely if they had confidence in the company and it's products they would buy in?

Happy holidays Alan.
Lets hope there is news before you return and that the news brings lots of smiling faces -we all seem to be a little 'down' at the moment on this thread.

Thats because the bloody SP is a little down at the moment!

Well!!!!!
We need a Happy, Happy , Happy Face not one a little bit sad.
Know it hurts a bit because the sp is down - but this is normally a happy positive thread and you all usually play at 'silly (or should I say clever) jokes when there is no news to discuss.
However lately you all have me worried - lots of you have vanished and the rest of you - well ???
Anyway - goodluck and hope the sun shines on you all soon.

I am still here!

The Directors are not well paid and do not have disposable income after the penal tax we all live under to invest - also to do so could cause problems with potential customers!

This company is for the future and if their clients are anything like those that I have to deal with then patience is certainly a virtue!

Let's hope it comes good while we are all young enough to enjoy it!

Don't worry Samon, we are all going to be smiling soon. It could be a manic, gone totally bananas, type of grin, or it could be a really happy, got rich, type of grin!!
kim

angusrjy ,

It is also because they are in a closed period. Even prior to that they would be wary of the LSE rules if they dealt in SEO shares if there was the possibility of info re the ongoing trials or negotiations of contracts leaking out, ( insider dealing ).

Pinnacle, greekman...

Yeah, I did wonder if there was the usual red tape and LSE rules that may prevent them from buying or even selling shares at the moment, thanks for the response & fingers crossed for the release of the interims which I notice have just been changed from the 29th to the 30th June??

I think you will find that although they do not own outright many shares !! - they do have quite a lot of share options - which is an effective way of accumulating shares in your company if it is profitable

Angusrjy,

Where did you see the change of date mentioned.

I saw it on my TD Waterhouse account under key dates, it said 29th June last week and now it says 30th June