Plastics

The LME plastics futures contracts gives the plastics industry an instrument to manage price risk, a traded reference price and the option of physical take up and delivery.

Elixir PET

RBS Sempra Commodities has the exclusive right to trade the Elixir brands of Polyethylene Terepthalate (PET) in a Licence and Marketing Agreement with B+H Polymers Inc (B+H).

PET is a polymer resin used principally for bottling and packaging. Global production of bottle grade PET is estimated at 14 million tonnes per annum and resin usage is expanding rapidly into the bottling of mineral waters and beer and food packaging.

Elixir is a leading range of PET resin and comprises a number of brands to cover different applications.

Elixir production is conducted at a number of locations across four continents. All production sites have received certifications, formal accreditations and ISO approval.

The Elixir brand of resins comply with all Federal Drug Administration (FDA) in the US and the relevant EC legislation for use with respect to food contact applications.

Rigorous testing and analysis above industry standards by B+H assures the quality of Elixir resin. The resin is first tested during manufacture and then post production at B+H's specialised laboratory in the UK before a quality certificate for the resin is produced to accompany the product to the customer.

The Elixir laboratory holds both ISO 9001 and ASTM certifications.

B+H act as the sales and marketing representatives for RBS Sempra Commodities for the Elixir resin and the B+H world-class laboratory undertakes the testing and analysis of Elixir resin to provide the ongoing high levels of quality assurance associated with the Elixir brand.

For further information on the Elixir brands of PET please visit www.elixirPET.com

For further enquiries please contact:

RBS Sempra Commodities

London:

Ryan Younger
Tel: +44 (0)20 7847 7615

Stamford:

Ron Rozgonyi
Tel: +1 203 355 5205

Email : plastics@rbssempra.com

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