Company Profile- Symphony Environmental Ltd

Symphony Environmental Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc that is a British Public Company established in 1995 and dedicated to finding technical solutions to the world’s environmental problems.

Symphony is quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange; the Chairman is a Member of the European Parliament, and the Board includes a former Member of the UK Parliament. The company holds an ISO 9001-2008 certificate for quality management and is in the advanced stages of audit for an ISO 14001 environmental quality certificate. Not so long ago Symphony’s business was selling plastic bags mainly in the UK. Now, it is a profitable company with an international reputation in the field of environmental technologies. Symphony has 67 Distributors around the world, and is working in more than 90 countries. In addition, Symphony sponsors NGOs such as “Surfers Against Sewage” working to protect the environment.

Symphony has its own laboratories and test facilities in England where it constantly tests, develops, and improves its products, working closely with universities and other specialist scientific centres in the UK and overseas. Symphony’s team has a total of more than 100 years experience in the manufacture of plastic products, and is able to provide a high-quality product, and an after-sales service without parallel in the industry. During 2010 Symphony made substantial investments in the latest equipment, and strengthened its technical team with the addition of a PhD in polymer science and a BSc in physics. Symphony has also strengthened its marketing and sales teams, and is now established in larger and more modern operating facilities, with room for expansion.

Until 2010 Symphony focused almost entirely on degradable plastic, and is the world leader in controlled-life plastic technology which works by a process of oxo-biodegradation. This has been endorsed by the leading television environmentalist Chris Packham . Now, in search of new challenges and wider horizons, the company has introduced a new product called d2p, to protect human health. This is a suite of additives which give plastic products anti-bacterial, anti-viral, and anti-fungal properties. The first has already been brought to market, and the others are in development.

Symphony has also introduced what is believed to be the world’s first hand-held X-ray device (the “d2Detector”) for the purpose of analysing in less than 60 seconds the components of many different types of plastic products. This is in addition to a free and fast laboratory service for customers who are using or trialling Symphony's d2w technology inside their products. Not least, the company continues to develop systems for converting scrap tyres into useful products.

Symphony is a member of the Oxo-biodegradable Plastics Association; the Society for the Chemical Industry (UK); the British Plastics Federation (BPF); The European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment (EUROPEN); and the British Brands Group. Symphony actively participates in the work of the British Standards Institute (BSI); the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM); the European Standards Organisation (CEN); and the International Standards Organisation (ISO).

Looking forward, Symphony is taking on the challenge of the huge market of the United States. It has appointed a Distributor and has embarked on a major public relations and communications project, with one of America’s largest specialists in the field. The company will be strengthening its position in existing markets, and is determined to move forward strongly in China and India.

Symphony "a company in Harmony with the Environment"