Ivor hi,
I don't see Stanelco coming back to the market within the next couple of years, unless they want to make a big aquisition, but even that is unlikely as Stanelco is now, and will most likely remain, an IP ONLY company, so the only aquisition would have to be IP related.
In a reply to one of my e-mails, Howard said that R&D on everything bar RF for packaging, had been put on hold until Tray Lidding/Rf for packaging had been commercialised. Also ALL manufacturing is now outsourced.
I see Stanelco selling off the Fiber Optic business, and concentrating on all the packaging technologies, RF sealing, foamed starch containers, biodegradable air-pillow packaging, water soluble tapes, etc
Cheers
PM