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22/06/2022 07:00

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RNS Number : 6928P  Directa Plus PLC  22 June 2022

22 June 2022

 

Directa Plus plc

("Directa Plus" or the "Company")

 

Grant of Italian Patent for Filtration Applications

 

Directa Plus (AIM: DCTA), a leading 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 covering the use
of the Company's G+® pristine graphene nanoplatelets applied to textile
substrates for high bacterial filtration efficiency media for filtration
applications.  The priority date for the patent is 25 May 2020.

 

G+® applied to textile substrates provides proven antibacterial and antiviral
(including anti-SARS-CoV-2) performance.  The target filtration market
applications cover both medical and industrial use.  Directa Plus started
work on air filtration in 2020 with a signature project that successfully
supplied face masks with anti-SARS-CoV-2 protection.  This work led quickly
into exploring industrial filtration applications starting with the automotive
and HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) markets.  Directa Plus,
as already announced, has partnered with a leading worldwide supplier of
non-woven textile materials to develop a suite of new products for automotive
and industrial applications based on the antimicrobial properties
(antibacterial and antiviral), thermal comfort and electrical conductivity
properties of G+® enhanced fabrics.

 

Following the grant of the patent, Directa Plus's IP portfolio comprises 20
patent families with 73 patents granted and 28 patents pending.

 

Commenting, Giulio Cesareo, Founder and CEO of Directa Plus, said: "The grant
of a patent for a new market vertical demonstrates the speed with which we can
enter existing high potential markets to supply innovative new products.  The
international filtration markets are large and we believe that there will be
significant demand for proven antimicrobial products which we aim to launch
quickly with our industrial partners."

 

For further information please visit http://www.directa-plus.com/
(http://www.directa-plus.com/) or contact:

 

 Directa Plus plc                                            +39 02 36714458
 Giulio Cesareo, CEO / Giorgio Bonfanti, CFO

 Cenkos Securities plc (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)  +44 131 220 6939
 Neil McDonald / Adam Rae

 Singer Capital Markets (Joint Broker)                       +44 20 7496 3069
 Rick Thompson / Phil Davies

 Tavistock (Financial PR and IR)                             +44 20 7920 3150
 Simon Hudson / Heather Armstrong

 

About Directa Plus

Directa Plus (www.directa-plus.com) is one of the largest producers and
suppliers of graphene-based products for use in consumer and industrial
markets. The Company's graphene manufacturing capability uses proprietary
patented technology based on a plasma super expansion process. Starting from
natural graphite, each step of Directa Plus' production process - expansion,
exfoliation and drying - creates graphene-based materials and hybrid graphene
materials ready for a variety of uses and available in various forms such as
powder, liquid and paste.

 

This proprietary production process uses a physical process, rather than a
chemical process, to process graphite into pristine graphene nanoplatelets,
which enables Directa Plus to offer a sustainable, non-toxic product, without
unwanted by-products. Directa Plus' products are made of hybrid graphene
materials and graphene nano-platelets. The products (marketed as G+®) have
multiple applications due to its properties. These G+® products can be
categorised into various families, with different products being suitable for
specific practical applications.

 

Directa Plus was established in 2005 and is based in Lomazzo (Como, Italy) and
has been listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange since May 2016.
The Company holds the Green Economy Mark from London Stock Exchange which
recognises companies that contribute to the global green economy.

 

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