Directa Plus PLC EU grant to enhance Covid resistant face-masks
03 February 2021 - 6:00PM
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Directa Plus PLC
03 February 2021
3 February 2021
Directa Plus plc
("Directa Plus" or the "Company")
EU grant received to further enhance Covid resistant
face-masks
Directa Plus (AIM: DCTA), a leading producer and supplier of
graphene nanoplatelets based products for use in consumer and
industrial markets, announces that it has received a grant as part
of the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme.
The grant has a total value of EUR100,000, on a non-refundable
basis, and covers a project which is expected to be concluded
within the next 8 months.
As part of the Inno4Cov-19 Project, the grant will be used to
assist Directa's research into using graphene technology to help
prevent the spread of Covid-19. This will build on Directa's work
undertaken during 2020 to develop the G+(R) face-mask and G+(R)
filtering system.
The main technical targets of the projects are:
-- To undertake the extensive testing and improvement needed to
qualify and market G+ enhanced surgical masks (compliant to
European Standard EN 14683)
-- The development of new biodegradable G+(R) enhanced filters
-- Development of a sanification process for the face-mask using
household items such as an iron or a hairdryer
Commenting, Giulio Cesareo, Founder and CEO of Directa Plus,
said: "We are very proud of Directa's contributions so far to the
fight against Covid-19.
"In conjunction with our research partners we have proven that
graphene enhanced materials can hinder the spread of Covid more
effectively than other fabrics.
"This grant will allow us to invest further and faster in
improving the properties of our face-masks, allow us to supply them
into clinical settings, and improve the environmental
sustainability of their production."
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For further information please visit 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
Rick Thompson
Phil Davies
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(R) product) and textiles (based on our G+(R) products).
In addition, we will continue to pursue opportunities in elastomers
and composites (including tyres and asphalt), also using our G+(R)
products. All our products are hypoallergenic, non-toxic and
sustainably produced.
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