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

Did no one notice "We are hoping the suppliers to the supermarkets will help us take the technology forward."
Once again, or more accurately "still", a lack of marketing acumen, By now they should have tied up several development partners in this particular market sector, not be "hoping". It is pretty obvious the shake up did not do enough or go high enough. Anyone who has been in a competitive industry knows you cannot achieve anything without proper marketing. It is fairly obvious that no one at SEO was taught it. These guys would be chucked out of the Dragons den in a couple of minutes. Pity because the products have huge potential, but only in the right hands.

depart & Starpol materials can be printed using either water or solvent based inks without pre-treatment.
kim

Kim, Oily, thanks for posting a very informative and interesting article.

I'm inclined to reserve judgment a little, but this looks encouraging.

Thanks Tony.

Alan,

Also, am I wrong or is that the first time SEO have publically stated that they are in talks with WM, about GS?

Yes, as Tony says, The 24Feb06 RNS does link WM with GS.

Nice to know they are still talking though!

Tonyrelaxes- Where did you hear the MMF inTREDEGAR had been shelved? Is that definite?
I thought monies had been obtained to build it?

Now if only chelsea can LOOSE again this weekend, I'll be a very happy chappy.

If the sp drops on monday, I'll cry.
LOL

duplicate

Tweenie

I asked at the AGM (2 May) "exactly where in Blaenau Gwent was the proposed production and R&D facility to be and is it under construction already or even announced by a billboard proclaiming it". I was told "in Tredegar but there was nothing to be seen as nothing had started". More recent research of a drive around and a bit of question asking produced the reply that it was not going to happen/shelved. I forget the exact words but it was pretty definite, and from an authoritative source.

The facility (posh for factory?) was going to cost SEO "around 3m". Not sure if this was before or after the grant promised by the Welsh Assembly Government and the local County Council - I can't find where I got it from but I have a figure of 0.75m in the back of my mind.

Personally I am satisfied to see that they are not (these days) trying to do everything at once and overstretch themselves and our cash. But it does raise my question here of earlier today, where and by whom would Starpol be made if, as we think, ASDA propose using it very shortly?

The SP will not drop on monday. I promise. Trust me, there are some things I know more than you. ;-))

cheers man.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.Do rats eat Starpol,if so I can see very little biodegredation taking place ,more likely the reclycling of said product into RATS and RAT POO.Overcast and windy in Torquay.

KIMOLDFIELD.......... Thanks for your reply
TWEENIE................Thanks for your reply on FYB.

HEWITTALAN.......... Shock horror! You really must take action to help to get your ASDA friend back in the team.

My suggestions,
1. Give him some urgent and extensive coaching or pay for some private coaching sessions, perhaps throw in a quick hypnotherapy session?
2. Bribe the bloke who picks the team.
3. Tell your friend that you've heard there is an absolutely fantastic young player who plays in his position going to the other club he is thinking of moving to.
4. Nobble the bloke who's taken his place in the team (do a good job of it!)

Looks like a slight deviation from the tray lidders...but hopefully a start:

"Importantly the technology is now also being applied to the area of vertical-form-fill-seal packaging, for example with salad bags, which opens up our technology to another food packaging market which is less complex than tray lidders and thermoformers"

GBL

You got it. ;-))

Regards

Asda mulls biodegradable packaging
15 Mar 2006

UK retailer Asda has is considering its options for using biodegradable plastic packaging.

According to Ian Bowles, corporate social responsibility manager at Asda, the retailer is looking at using polylactic acid (PLA) supplied by US resins producer NatureWorks in some of its product lines.

Asda has had an initial meeting with NatureWorks, and is now looking for appropriate product lines to make the conversion to PLA.

Bowles says although it is too early to give specific details as to when a conversion to PLA will be made, more solid plans could be in place within the next month.

NatureWorks already supplies PLA to Wal-Mart, Asdas parent company in the US, for four of its product lines and another twenty are being trialled.

Not heard anything since. I wonder if that was another reason for the delays. Competition. The only bright spot is that since we didn't hear anything more on NW, did Asda (and therefore WM) prefer Starpol 3000? In which case a total of 24 product lines at WM are up for grabs!!
Alan

Alan, Natureworks supply SEO so there is a nice connection!
kim

God you rotten lot are about as garrulous as turkeys .......... after they're cooked!

The oily one

Somebody, anybody tell me the sp is going to be 1 by Xmas .......

2008

Oilywag,
The SP will be a pound by Christmas 2008, (but don't hold your breath)

20p would be nice! I think FDA approval of Starpol 3000 is our next landmark. If it comes before we're broke we should be ok.

Aahhhh, that makes me feel so much better!

The oily one

oilywag.
once bitten twice shy to ramp...
Think the sky is the limit. If natureworksc starts producing starpol under contract. Who knows?- walmart and tyson are hopefully in the bag.
lets just get some deals and keep everything crossed.
Don't want to be dissapointed again.

Kim re 19440

Nice connection?
Possibly.
Possibly not.

There was indeed a contract (first RNS of 30Aug05) whereby Natureworks will supply SEO with PLA (the largest component of Starpol 2000), so that a planned minumum of 15,000 tonnes of Starpol can be "produced and sold within the next 12 months".

Exactly how many tonnes were in fact "produced and sold" within this time, now completed? Hopefully more than the planned minimum, but somehow I don't get a good feeling over this.
OK, still 2 days to go!!!

More interesting is what happens now as I have seen Natureworks PLA in clear plastic (bio?)degradable trays and containers in my local M&S.

Could Natureworks be pissed off by a failed take-up?
Were there penalties for not achieving a minimum take-up?

Could SEO be held to ransom, or even blanked out, in the future if they failed in a contracted take-up?

As most of you realise, I am an SEO supporter but at each stage there always appears to be potential pitfalls or setbacks, especially when one researches back over information in the public domain. I do note, however, that the RNS was in the pre Martin Wagner days.

Tweenie re 19431
I am pleased for you that you football team won.
I still confidently predict no fall in SP on Monday!!
Looks like a good weekend for you .
Trust me. ;-))