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RNS Number : 5361U  Directa Plus PLC  30 July 2020

30 July 2020

 

Directa Plus plc

("Directa Plus" or the "Company")

 

Italian Patent Grant for Shoe Outsoles

 

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 a patent by the Italian Patent
Office for the Company's G+® graphene to improve the performance of rubber
based shoe outsoles.  The patent covers both the formula containing G+® and
the outsole made with the formula.

 

The application of Directa Plus's technology to rubber based shoe soles allows
manufacturers to balance the conflicting properties of durability and grip in
both wet and dry conditions, a characteristic already demonstrated by the
Company in its formulations of G+® for the tyre and retread markets.

 

The grant is a further strengthening of the Company's intellectual property
portfolio which now comprises 56 patents in total:  33 granted and 23
pending, covering Directa Plus's production process and developed products and
applications.

 

Commenting, Giulio Cesareo, Founder and CEO of Directa Plus, said: "The
ability of our G+® graphene to balance the opposing characteristics of wear
and grip for rubber based products such as tyres and shoe outsoles is proving
to be of great interest to manufacturers.

 

"We aim to build a strong intellectual property portfolio and we will continue
to seek patent protection for our processes, products and product
applications."

 

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
 Marco Ferrari, CFO

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

 Pete Lynch

 N+1 Singer (Joint Broker)                                   +44 20 7496 3069
 Mark Taylor

 Tavistock (Financial PR and IR)                             +44 20 7920 3150
 Simon Hudson, Edward Lee

 

About Directa Plus

Our focus is principally on the two sectors in which we have strong commercial
advantage through developed and launched products and a technological lead:
environmental (based on our Grafysorber® product) and textiles (based on our
G+ products).  In addition, we will continue to pursue opportunities in
elastomers and composites (including tyres and asphalt), also using our G+
products.  All our products are hypoallergenic, non-toxic and sustainably
produced.

 

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