Directa Plus PLC World's First Road Surface Containing Graphene
26 Setembro 2018 - 3:01AM
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Directa Plus PLC
26 September 2018
26 September 2018
Directa Plus plc
("Directa Plus" or the "Company")
World's First Road Surface Containing Graphene
Directa Plus (AIM: DCTA), a producer and supplier of
graphene-based products for use in consumer and industrial markets,
announces the re-surfacing of the first road in the world with a
supermodifier containing graphene. The road surface, on a section
of Rome's Strada Provinciale Ardeatina, is part of a commercial
test of Ecopave, which is based on Directa Plus's Graphene Plus
(G+) graphene product. Ecopave has been developed by the Company
with Iterchimica, an Italian based world leader in products that
enhance both asphalt performance and the laying of road surfaces in
order to increase safety, environmental sustainability, and
efficiency.
This phase of testing for Ecopave follows successful laboratory
tests which showed that Ecopave can increase fatigue resistance up
to 250 per cent, extending significantly the service life of the
road surface at a lower life cycle cost than existing tarmacs.
Ecopave increases materially the surface's physical and mechanical
performance by increasing resilience to deformation and by
decreasing sensitivity to variations in ambient temperature. The
test involves the refurbishment of the two upper layers of a 1
km-long section of Strada Provinciale Ardeatina and is being
carried out by Iterchimica with University La Sapienza (Rome) and
the Metropolitan City of Rome which will constantly monitor the
performance of the road surface.
Ecopave is the result of a three-year research programme with a
patent filed in 2017. New technologies such as Ecopave and the
rejuvenation of old paving will help to meet Italy's Green and
Circular Economy standards. Once laid, Ecopave can be 100 per cent
recycled which can reduce the extraction of new materials from
quarries and first-use bitumen.
Commenting on the news, Giulio Cesareo, Founder and CEO of
Directa Plus, said: "Environmental sustainability is one of our
core values, embedded in our whole production process and in the
life cycle of our products. This application is perfectly in line
with our values, enabling us to help to create roads that last
longer thanks to our G+ family of products. It is another example
of the wide application of G+ technology into large established
markets where we can materially improve product performance. The
Ecopave opportunity is substantial and we look forward to a time
when motor vehicles with tyres containing G+ drive on roads
surfaced with tarmacs containing G+."
Federica Giannattasio, CEO of Iterchimica, added: "Our
supermodifier with G+ showed outstanding results in the lab tests.
The road service life significantly increases thanks to the
increased resilience of the asphalt, which becomes more resistant.
With this field test we can prove that this technology can provide
better roads, that are more sustainable and with less maintenance
needs, with consequent benefits for public authorities, citizens
and general contractors."
For further information please visit
http://www.directa-plus.com/ or contact:
Directa Plus plc +39 02 36714458
Giulio Cesareo, CEO
Marco Ferrari, CFO
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (Nominated Adviser
and Joint Broker) +44 20 7894 7000
Rick Thompson, Philip Davies (Corporate
Finance)
Caspar Shand Kydd (Sales)
N+1 Singer (Joint Broker) +44 20 7496 3069
Mark Taylor, Lauren Kettle
Tavistock (Financial PR and IR) +44 20 7920 3150
Simon Hudson, Sophie Praill, Edward Lee
This announcement contains inside information as defined in
Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation No. 596/2014 and is
disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under
Article 17 of those Regulations
Notes
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+ products). In
addition, we will continue to pursue opportunities in tyres and
asphalt, also using our G+ products. All our products are
hypoallergenic, non-toxic and sustainably produced.
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