moonie2
16 Mar 2018
Re: Why! The beast awakens lol - I wish.
tejo
15 Mar 2018
Patents? Does anyone know if their technologies are protected by patents, please?
cricket2
01 Mar 2018
Re: Why! Yes!
staffai
28 Feb 2018
Re: Why! long slow slog year after year .false dawns ,but now results soon may show the way forward ( we live in hope )
moonie2
28 Feb 2018
Why! Why aren't these shares doing anything in this plastic sensitive era we're in now. Biome are motoring ahead, and we're just treading water. I got out of Biome when they were Stanelco, as I thought we had the better technology. What's gone wrong! or is it bad management....
pharmaspecialist
13 Jan 2018
Lack of credibility I have just read an article dated 17th October 2017 on the Symphony web site suggesting that "deadly" bacteria lurk in re-usable bags and could get on to food. As a microbiologist I can assure you that potentially pathogenic bacteria are everywhere and that this article amounts to scaremongering without any evidence that these bags carry a significant risk of food poisoning to users.How can a company which claims to have scientific expertise produce rubbish like this which I would expect to read in publications like the Daily Express. I wonder how credible the science is at this company.
ybhere
11 Jan 2018
Sky News CEO of SYM on Sky News this morning, 9:45 approxLooks goodYB
Dot Waudby
11 Jan 2018
Why aren't these shares going through the roof? ..
staffai
09 Jan 2018
Re: Better plastics for healthier oceans we need to act fast to make the most of the chance we have..... the thing here is have management after all the years lost the drive ?
Artji
09 Jan 2018
Re: Better plastics for healthier oceans Proactive interview with FD[link] to follow this company many years ago but gave up on them. Came across them again last year. Could definitely be a case of in the right place at the right time. Haven't looked at them too closely yet so not invested here, but getting interested.Artji
Small Holding
07 Jan 2018
Better plastics for healthier oceans [link] Qatar- Better plastics for healthier oceans(MENAFN - Gulf Times) Plastics are among the most popular materials in use today. Given the material's versatility, it is little wonder that some 320mn tonnes of it are used around the world each year. Indeed, the recent holidays left many with a mountain of plastic products and packaging. But plastics also pose a serious environmental threat.If not disposed of properly, plastics can lie or float around for decades. In addition to being harmful to terrestrial and aquatic life, free-floating plastics in oceans can adsorb toxins and break up into micro-plastics, which then enter the food chain.It is this seeming immortality that has led governments to tax certain environmentally damaging plastic products or ban them altogether. Many governments are also encouraging better waste management, and the reuse, redesign, and recycling of plastic products.This is prudent policymaking. But while taxes, bans, and waste-management policies will reduce the problem of plastic pollution, they will not solve it. And, because plastics are made from a byproduct of oil refining, a ban would have little or no impact on hydrocarbon extraction, either. What taxes and bans will do is deprive the poorest people of a useful and inexpensive material.The fact is that, despite the best efforts of well-intentioned lawmakers and nongovernmental organisations, thousands of tonnes of plastic waste are still entering the environment, particularly the oceans, every day. Clearly, a better approach is needed.Some governments and companies have been persuaded that 'bio-plastics which are derived partly from biomass like cornstarch are the solution. But this argument is flawed: bio-plastics are very expensive and energy-intensive to produce, and still contain large amounts of material derived from oil.Moreover, recycling bio-plastics requires that they be separated from ordinary plastic. Such polymers are tested to biodegrade, but only in the particular conditions found in industrial composting. In other words, while this technology might sound appealing, it will not solve the problem of plastic litter seeping into the environment.The focus of the plastics industry has long been on a product's functionality during its lifespan. This approach is no longer tenable. The world needs a new type of plastic one that will perform well, but will also biodegrade much faster than the plastics we use today.Enter oxo-biodegradable plastic. Unlike other plastics, including bio-plastics, OBP biodegrades anywhere in the environment, and can be recycled if collected during its useful life. Ordinary plastic products can be upgraded to OBP with existing machinery at the time of manufacture and at little to no extra cost, using technology that the Oxo-biodegradable Plastics Association is working to explain.OBP is produced when a special additive is mixed with a normal polymer. The additive (produced by a company where I am a director) dismantles the molecular structure of the polymer at the end of its useful life and enables natural decomposition in an open environment.And, when it comes to OBP, decomposition doesn't mean breakdown into plastic fragments. As Ignacy Jakubowicz, a professor at the Research Institutes of Sweden and one of the world's leading experts on polymers, explains, when OBPs break down, the material changes entirely, with hydrocarbon molecules becoming oxygen-containing molecules that can be assimilated back into the environment. According to international standards (such as ASTM D6954), the use of OBP would demand proof of degradation and biodegradation, and confirmation that there are no heavy metals or eco-toxicity.As plastics change, the ways countries integrate them into their economies must change, too. The good news is that, though the United States and Europe have been slow to embrace innovative solutions, others
staffai
27 Oct 2017
news Thumbs up for once.....................
snodgrove
06 Oct 2017
Opportunity If ever there was a company in the right place at the right time it is this one. Plastics are becoming the curse of the moment and everyone is crying out for (or will be forced into) biodegrable. The opportunities will come thick and fast and the future is bright.
spankaroo
21 Apr 2017
Re: Looks fully valued to me.... Once momentum gets behind some of these stocks, reality goes out of the window IMHOThese bullets points taken from 31 Dec 2012 accounts· Revenues for January and February 2013 are 100% higher than same period in 2012· Legislation in UAE extended to cover 13 more products for oxo-biodegradable technology· Legislation in Pakistan makes oxo-biodegradable technology mandatory· Launch of SYM-Tyre S300The stock was trading at 4p as of 28 March 2013. Revenue had dropped from £8.5m the year before to 4.9m.Perhaps things will be different this time.. As usual DYOR
appamama
21 Apr 2017
Re: Looks fully valued to me.... Thanks Spankaroo. I was holding this for quite some time. Sold out this month. Your recommendation pushed me to sell...The other slightly negative point was that (if my memory serves me right, ) they got an ex-yell executive involved in some small way some time back...and I was not happy about that..
