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

PTH Hi,

I sent them (Capsugel) an e-mail about 10 mins ago :)

Cheers,
PM

Stanelco develops alternative to gelatine hardshells

By Dominique Patton

14/09/2005 - UK-based Stanelco says it has developed a starch-based alternative to gelatine hardshell capsules that could also offer cost benefits for dietary supplement makers.

Gelatine,, an animal derived material, is becoming less favoured as a delivery form owing to recent safety scares in the meat industry and the increase in number of vegetarians.

Vitamin and supplement ingredient makers are increasingly offering formulations without gelatine to meet market demand but many of these are more expensive than the standard gelatine variants.

The main alternative to gelatine hardshell capsules is HPMC (hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose), a synthetic material with a significantly higher cost base than gelatine.

Stanelco said in a statement on Monday that both its starch-based material and the manufacturing process offer the prospect of lower unit costs of production than for gelatine capsules.

Gelatine capsule shells are currently made using a dip moulding process followed by a slow drying process, which injection moulded starch-based alternatives do not require. They are ready for filling immediately following manufacture.

Starch-based hard-shell capsules also offer greater resilience to humidity and heat than gelatine and allow for easy filling since they are non-static.

The product, in development for five years, still needs to get regulatory approval before the product can be consumed by humans but the firm is now looking to join up with third parties to optimise formulations and develop the route to market.

“We believe that the world market for hard capsules is significantly larger than that for soft capsules with many billions of hard capsules produced annually,” said Stanelco.

The product was created by subsidiary Adept Polymers - which developed the new polymer blend along with recently acquired Biotec Holding - and partner Carclo Technical Plastics, working on the capsule.

Stanelco's subsidiary, Aquasol Limited, filed for patent protection for the new hardshell capsule in 1999. The patent, which is jointly owned with Carclo, is proceeding to grant in various territories.

The design of the capsule also offers tamper evident and novel dissolution features as well as the possibility of multi-compartments.


http://www.nutraingredients.com/news/news-ng.asp?n=62500-stanelco-gelatine-capsule

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Something new on SEO's capsules here:-



http://www.nutraingredients.com/news/news-ng.asp?n=62500-sta nelco-gelatine-capsule




A new Stanelco mention here:-



http://www.citywire.co.uk/News/NewsArticle.aspx?VersionID=76 940&MenuKey=News.Home

Hi All,

Just reading Pfizer SEC filings, where it states 'Capsugel and Pfizer CenterSource' had turnover for the first 6 months of 2005, of $451m, up 5% ....

CenterSource don't do much by the look of it, they only feature in the accounts, and there is no other information on what this part of the business does.

Cheers,
PM

Obo Hi,

The Citywire link don't work :(

This one does though :)

http://www.citywire.co.uk/Home/Search.aspx?SearchPhrase=stanelco

Cheers,
PM

Thanks Paul - now yours doesn't work! The link keeps changing.

You'll need to do a fresh search for Stanelco on the page that turns up - the article in question is headed 'Fund Result: Brough's spending fears ' dated 14th. Sept.

Obo Hi,

I just tried it again and it worked ?

I am only doing a link to a search for Stanelco, not to the document itself, the first result on the page from my link is the one to choose :)

Cheers,
PM

The capsule is still in development and is several years behind the Bprg offering who go commercial in less than six months, i'm afraid this pluff rns appears to be just a smokescreen to prop up the price as this market is sown up.

Why announce it now? it's patent was filed six years ago; they claim to have worked on it for five years and regulatory approval and machine design will take another five if it ever gets that far. These things tend to cost many many millions of pounds to get to commercialisation.

ps emailing these companies is futile, all companies like Stanelco and Bioprogress have sales teams speaking to the right people and will not take kindly to shareholders embarresing them with amateur sales attempts.

yaaaaaaawwwwwnnn! bed-time, definitely

zebed-d

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......Wrong thread again Shamona, funny how you keep clicking the wrong button.........

Well argued responses chaps, shows i'm right imo.

ps Come January this may be owned by Bioprogress, what we'll do with it is anyone's guess but it should be worth something as a cashshell.

Today is a critical day for SE0 and if there is no news - about RF sealing conversion sales not the other smoke and mirrors - then it may be testing new lower levels near to the bottom of the downtrend band.

All IMO - DYOR !!!!!!

If that's all it takes to prove yourself right Shamona, you'll soon be rolling!

Then you spoil it all by giving away BRPG's secret strategy. I won't take advantage of it, because I don't want to be accused of insider trading. But thanks for the tip anyway.

sd

I had a limit buy order filled yesterday. Multiple tests of support



Silly verbose thread lately. It doesn`t inspire serious comment and gentlemen please: re the f words. There are ladies about

Good old ii. Sticks a chart in and off it goes again. Good on yer, ii.

Good to see that Shamona thinks that SEO is worth buying - looks like he may well have missed the boat again though!!!

Apologies to any ladies present if I offended ( 2 "F"'s in that)

Baza

None taken! F

Like the sense of humour felicity

Baza

morning all. snip, re "Multiple tests of support ", do you take that as a good sign?

Have been an avid watcher/holder since 5/6p and although don't normally post find this thread very amusing as well as informative!