Company Overview

Business Description

Sector
Materials
Industry
Chemicals
Headquarters
United Kingdom UK
Employees
28
IPO date
Nov 30, 2001

Symphony Environmental Technologies makes additives and materials used in plastic packaging and other plastic products. Its best-known products are designed to change how plastic behaves after use, including materials that help plastic break down more quickly in the right conditions and products that improve the performance of films and bags. The company sells these products to plastic converters, packaging makers, brand owners, and distributors who need plastic materials for packaging and everyday consumer goods.

The company makes money by selling its additives, masterbatches, and related products, and by licensing some of its technology through partners and distributors. In practice, Symphony sits in the middle of the plastic value chain: it does not usually make the finished consumer goods, but supplies the ingredients that other manufacturers add to their plastic products. That gives it a business tied to packaging demand, waste-reduction rules, and customer interest in more responsible plastic materials.

What makes Symphony different is that it focuses on specialty plastic additives rather than bulk plastic production. Its role is technical and problem-focused: helping customers make plastic that performs a certain way, whether that is longer shelf life, easier processing, or a more controlled end-of-life behavior. For beginners, the key point is that Symphony sells the materials and know-how behind plastic products, not the finished products themselves.

Symphony Environmental Technologies PLC Investor Relations

Address
6 Elstree Gate Elstree Way
Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
United Kingdom

Business Segments

Plastic additives

This business supplies additives and masterbatches that are mixed into plastic during manufacturing, including the company’s d2w and related technologies that are used to change how plastic breaks down after use.

Customers and revenue model

Plastic products

This business sells finished plastic items made with the company’s materials, such as bags and other packaging products, for everyday commercial use.

Customers and revenue model

Management

Mr. Michael Norman Laurier

CEO & Director

Biography unavailable

Mr. Michael Stephen LLM

Deputy Chairman & Commercial Director

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Mr. Ian Bristow FCCA

CFO, Company Secretary & Director

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Mr. Radu Baciu

Group Technical Director

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Mr. Robert Bobroff

International Sales Manager

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Ms. Susan Kelly

Group Financial Controller & Head of Supply Chain

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