Directa Plus says its graphene-enhanced face masks are now on sale
The company has moved quickly to develop a product that will prove useful during the coronavirus pandemic
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LON:DCTA
Directa Plus PLC is one of the largest producers and suppliers worldwide of graphene nanoplatelets-based products for use in consumer and industrial markets. The company's graphene nanoplatelets-based products are natural, chemical-free and sustainably produced. The Directa Plus production process is designed to meet large supply chains' requirements for volume, cost and quality control.
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The company has moved quickly to develop a product that will prove useful during the coronavirus pandemic
The producer and supplier of graphene nanoplatelets based products for use in consumer and industrial markets, announces that the Company has been granted an Italian patent for its Planar Thermal Circuit® invention.
Following the grant by the Italian Patent Office, a European Union patent application has already been filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of 2019 rose to €10.91mln from €5.50mln a year earlier, giving the company plenty of liquidity to ride out the disruption caused by the pandemic
“We now provide a full decontamination service in the very large oil and gas sector," the group's chief executive Giulio Cesareo noted
The new patent covers any kind of wastewater which contains relatively low but still dangerous amounts of hydrocarbons
The agreement allows the partners to take advantage of what they believe are significant existing business opportunities in the asphalt and bitumen sector
The company's Italian operations remain active and it has highlighted that its graphene could be used in the production of medical devices to ensure better prevention properties for the spread of the virus.
Directa Plus is fulfilling customer orders and working on opportunities in new verticals including in plastics and paints and has received a first small order to test G+ efficacy in enhancing bio plastics
Each ingredient in G+ printing paste was analysed to confirm that no element, nor the final product, is harmful to human health or to the environment
The contract is with GSP Offshore and worth €5mln over a seven-year period.
Directa Plus will receive an EU grant of €100,000 for the project
Directa Plus is interested in testing its G+ technology in polymer and elastomer manufacture and in promoting its products to Comerio's customers
"The Gipave trial at Fiumicino airport potentially opens a large new market for us."
Directa will employ its Grafysorber technology to treat oil pollution at the Trident gas field contained in Block 30 of the Trinity-1X gas project
The new operation, Setcar will be renamed Directa Environmental Solutions
Once laid, asphalt concrete with super-modifier can be 100% recycled
The investor-innovator, who owns newspapers including LA Times as well as tech firms NantEnergy and Nantworks, now owns 28.89% of the AIM-listed graphene company
Between them, six directors bought £303,656 worth of shares
"Just as we are seeking to do in textiles, we are now proposing to take more control of the environmental supply chain to capture maximum value from the commercial offering made possible by our Grafysorber technology."