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

Reference to Wilbs' post of 25th Jan - could be fun to see a merger [of interests] between SEO and SYM (Symphony Plastics) who make bio-degradable plastics for supermarket bags for Tesco's, Co-op, Somerfield, Quicksave, Saudi Arabia and Columbia.

RHPSG rates SYM a buy up to 17p (above that currently) and SEO a watch until more certain - you guys don't seem to need to be any more certain.

I'm in at 8.125 as of today - couldn't wait to dip below 8, as my head tells me to, but then I'm all heart!

Good luck everyone.

Sorry if this has been mentiones, is the packaging that seo have, bio-degradable? It would be great maybe to see the two merge as they both have great products, but cant see that happening. lukan, what is RHPSG? Excuse me if it is obvious.
wilbs

RHPSG is Red Hot Penny Share Guide monthlt, with weekly email updates - it covers quite a few of the hot stocks posted on MoneyAM - just started subscribing to it - quite like it, except of course you can never get in at the price they publish, especially with the mail arriving after we've all left for work these days!

My understanding is SEO do NOT use bio-d materials, just less and lower energy.

A recent "Note to Editors" states: "-Stanelco has been applying its technology (R/F) to other markets; current developments include biodegradable air cushion packaging, sealing of low-cost conventional plastics for food packaging, water-soluble detergent capsules, foamed starch trays, edible sachets and waste packing."

Thanks lukan, I may have a look at RHPSG. Pity seo does not adopt bio-degradable products such as all of its packaging and possible the trays that the meat etc is put in. sym could make a bio-degradable bin bag and call it 'Bio-Bag' (TM to wilbs 2005) that the householder could put all of their bio waste in which is then taken by the bio-bin men to a bio landfill!! Cuts down on waste & energy.
Now where is blairs number....
wilbs

Yes,, Wilbs
But first you'd have to buy-o the boy-os who empty the bin-os to come round often enough before the bag-os have dissolved into C-O2s and H2-Os.

lukan,
you are getting all technical now, I just saw my dream fly out the window. By the look of the boy-o's who come to empty my bin'os are not very bio.Oh well,back to the drawing board.R.I.P 'Bio-Bag' (TM to wilbs 2005).
wilbs

seo had a rights issue not too long ago. it certainly didnt affect the price negatively. i am not saying they are planning one for the near future , its just seo are quoted as saying they are not looking for a rights issue but i cannot find anything official from seo saying this. felt disapponted with the slight drop today but i shouldnt be really. it just felt so good to break away from 7p. you just wanted it to go on for ever. as far as i am aware the beauty of seo is that its products are biodegradable.once asda (hopefully) sign up for the sealing process they may then take on seo's starch trays.and then the bubble wrap for the electrical items.and then the edible sachets for the soup and coffee.... oh it goes on and on the possibilities......

bosley

I don't see any reference to a rights issue in the alst year. There was some 400K investment from Cardinal Health which Balchin said would be applied to commercialising their R/F technology. Re the bio-degradable issue, they do not describe their R?F packaging as that but it may effectively be the same thing. I expect Andysmith or Dynamite can elucidate.

Eric

Eric...Sorry I have never really got ino this area...Maybe Andy will know?
ON Stanelco website www.stanelcoplc.com they descibe the bubble packaging as dedradable but also under Adept Polymers they say that there thermoplastics are also biodegradable. You also have the 'Starpol' edible food packaging and you cannot get more biodegradable than that and again the gelatine capsules.Then there is Aquasol- water-soluble packaging. The one thing they do not say is whether the Radio Frequency solution is degradable but I take it that this could apply to their Adept Polymers which are degradable but other films also.

Hope this makes sense.
Di

I beleive due to the RF sealing the actual CPET trays that microwave meals etc go in no longer have to be laminated as was required with the heat sealing ( the heat could cause contamination of the product). The lack of lamination required for the trays means that they can then be recycled which the lamination prevented. I believe ( although not 100% sure) that Stanelco are also working on starch based trays which can be manufacted up to 10 times fasted using RF tachnology than using heating and are recyclable. I also think that most other R&D has been put on hold so that the existing cash that SEO has is put into commercialisation of the RF sealing technology. The tachnology that SEO appears to be pioneering does seem very exciting and in some ways quite revelutionary! Of course this is all just my humble opinion. DYOR

does anyone think seo are sitting ducks for a take over? ....is time of the essence and are seo moving fast enough/

good point tipton. company not quite on its feet , dynamic , cutting edge technology, one or two problems, i suppose its plausible.eric, ths rights issue was sometime in 2003, i think , late on, not too long after i first got in.

THIS IS FROM JANUARY 2004. DO NOT PANIC. ITS TO SHOW ERIC THAT THERE WAS A RECENT RIGHTS ISSUE BECAUSE HE SAID HE COULD NOT FIND ANY NEWS ABOUT IT. OKAY.
(sorry about shouting, i just didnt want anyone to think this was a recent rns.)

Stanelco PLC
15 January 2004

For Immediate Release

15 January 2004

Stanelco PLC ('Stanelco' or 'the Company' or 'the Group')

Audited Results for the year ended 31 October 2003 and details of Rights Issue

The Directors are pleased to announce the audited results for the year ended 31
October 2003. At the same time the Directors are taking the opportunity of
raising approximately 1.6 million, after expenses, by way of an underwritten
Rights Issue (save with respect to the Committed Shares which represent 0.05 per
cent of the issued share capital of the Company) on the following basis:

1 New Ordinary Share for every 12 existing Ordinary Shares held at 3p per share.

The Rights Issue of 58,527,479 New Ordinary Shares represents 8.3 per cent. of
the issued share capital of the Company.

A Circular dated 15 January has been sent out to all Qualifying Shareholders
(subject to certain exceptions) and is available from the offices of Eversheds,
Senator House, 85 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4JL for a period of one
month from the date of the Circular. Copies of the Circular have been submitted
to the UK Listing Authority and are available for inspection, as from the date
of the Circular, at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility
situated at The Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary
Wharf, London E14 5HS.

Background to and reasons for the Rights Issue

The Group has concentrated significant effort on being able to apply its RF
technology to sensitive polymeric materials in order to weld and form them
without modifying their molecular structure. The success of this work has opened
significant market opportunities and the Group is concentrating efforts on four
of these:

-Rapid production of foamed starch packaging, initially for organic food trays;
-Edible food sachets for packet soups, ready meals, bread mixes, and pre-weighed
portions;
-Capsules/pouches of liquid and/or powders in water soluble sachets for
applications such as detergents and other chemicals; and
-Edible softgel capsules from gelatine alternative materials for healthcare
applications such as pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals.

The net proceeds of the Rights Issue will be used substantially to complete the
development and to commercialise these technologies through licensed technology.

hope that helps, eric.

bosley

That answers the question re rights issue. It seems to have raised about 1.5m. Net funds at end of April 2004 were about 850K so that there had been a fair cash burn. Add the 400K from Cardinal Health. But they could be getting quite low and have the cc to settle. So it is feasible that we see another exercise like the last one to raise something like 1.5m but this time at a much better price: if 7.5p that would be only 2M shares or a 25% dilution. Nothing to get worked up about. The faster they get to the market the more money they will need but the faster the sp will grow to compensate. Not a problem! (By the way, bos, could you answer my question on the AGL thread please?)

Eric

I believe they also raised 1m through some oprions been excersied and sold to Andy Brough (Fund Manager). I read he's bought 29m shares at 4p which raised roughly 1m.

Just to clarify, the RF sealing technology is NOT anything to do with the biodegradable films, that is a completely different string to the bow.
RF sealing saves costs by allowing thinner films to be used,it uses less energy to manufacture finished product and the technique also facilitates less product waste as it apparently seals through most "product contaminants" e.g oils from the products themselves reduce seal performance and create waste. In other words, less spend on packaging materials, less processing waste, less energy costs and in future less packaging waste taxes which would be borne by the those selling the final product which is an additional interest for the retailers. Progression of all PET packaging should increase rapidly with this technology, it has been held back by seal performance limitations. All PET packs are cheaper and contain no chlorine unlike many current meat packs.
I hope this helps.

Stanelco PLC
31 January 2005

31 January 2005



Stanelco plc



Stanelco signs Agreement for innovative New FrogPack Packaging





Stanelco, the RF (radio frequency) applications group, is pleased to announce a
new product line that it has developed and patented. Stanelco's FrogPack product
is a simple, new, patented packaging format. It is lightweight, highly impact
resistant, low cost and greener than the conventional packaging it is designed
to replace, such as padded envelopes and boxes with polystyrene inserts.



Aquasol Ltd, the wholly owned subsidiary of Stanelco has signed its first two
distribution agreements for the packaging product which will be manufactured
under licence. FrogPacks will now be available from Network Packaging Ltd and
Lightning Packaging Supplies Ltd as distributors for the new product.



FrogPack incorporates Aquasol's Shock Absorbing Arcuate Panel (SAAP) technology
into the design, providing considerable added strength into the packaging.
FrogPack also has the advantage of being tamper evident. FrogPack is intended
to be used to protect items such as electronic components, car parts and compact
discs. Further information about FrogPack can be viewed at
www.frogpack.com
.



Ian Balchin, Chief Executive of Stanelco commented:



'We are very excited by this new packaging product which opens up a new and
separate revenue stream. The initial reaction has been very positive with first
orders already received by distributors. Although in its early stages, following
its launch, royalty revenues from FrogPack orders are expected to flow to
Stanelco shortly. We are continuing to identify additional distributors for the
product both in the UK and worldwide and, if successful, we would expect to see
an immediate impact on our business.'



In addition, Stanelco's traylidding trials with food manufacturers and packaging
companies continue to progress well. In some instances trials have completed
and are awaiting results of shelf-life stability tests which are a pre-requisite
for products being placed in store. We will provide further updates in due
course.





- Ends -

For further information please contact:

Ian Balchin, Chief Executive
Stanelco PLC
Tel: +44 (0)2380 867100

Jonathon Brill/Billy Clegg
Financial Dynamics
Tel: +44 (0)20 7831 3113

Gary Lewis,
Network Packaging Ltd,
Tel: +44 (0)121 501 3666

Martin Taylor,
Lightning Packaging Supplies,
Tel: +44 (0)1707 635343



Notes to Editors:



Stanelco was founded in 1953 and is a world leader in the development of radio
frequency technologies for processing polymers for edible and packaging
applications and the design and manufacture of optical fibre technology,
induction heating and dielectric welding equipment. The Company's current core
business is the manufacture of optical fibre using Radio Frequency (RF)
technology. Stanelco has been applying its technology to other markets. Current
developments include biodegradable air cushion packaging, sealing of low-cost
conventional plastics for food packaging, water-soluble detergent capsules,
foamed starch trays, edible sachets and waste packing.





FrogPack is a trademark of Aquasol Ltd.

All they need now is a decent website designer :-)

Agreed dclinton but they seem to be under construction stil...Never mind the products are brilliant and Stanelco is a star.
Di

Just got back in after taking profit last week... Seems to be good news after good news, wonder if we might hear about CC soon...