30 Jul 2020 07:00
30 July 2020
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Directa Plus plc
("Directa Plus" or the "Company")
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Italian Patent Grant for Shoe Outsoles
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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.Â
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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.
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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.
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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.
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"We aim to build a strong intellectual property portfolio and we will continue to seek patent protection for our processes, products and product applications."
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For further information please visit http://www.directa-plus.com/ or contact:
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Directa Plus plc | +39 02 36714458 |
Giulio Cesareo, CEO | Â |
Marco Ferrari, CFO | Â |
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Cenkos Securities plc (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) | +44 131 220 6939 |
Neil McDonald Pete Lynch | Â |
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N+1 Singer (Joint Broker) | +44 20 7496 3069 |
Mark Taylor | Â |
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Tavistock (Financial PR and IR) | +44 20 7920 3150 |
Simon Hudson, Edward Lee | Â |
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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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