Directa Plus PLC Trial of Graphene Enhanced Asphalt at an Airport
08 Janeiro 2020 - 4:00AM
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Directa Plus PLC
08 January 2020
8 January 2020
Directa Plus plc
("Directa Plus" or the "Company")
First Trial of Graphene Enhanced Asphalt at an International
Airport
Directa Plus (AIM: DCTA), a producer and supplier of
graphene-based products for use in consumer and industrial markets,
and its partner Iterchimica, an Italian based world leader in
products that enhance asphalt performance, are pleased to announce
the world's first trial of graphene enhanced asphalt at an
international airport.
The six month trial will take place at Rome's Fiumicino airport
on taxiway Alpha Alpha, a high traffic taxiway used for class E and
F intercontinental aircraft such as Boeing 777s and Airbus A380s.
Rome Fiumicino Airport (also known as Rome Leonardo da Vinci
Airport) is Italy's busiest airport with some 43 million passengers
handled in 2018, of which 31.5 million originated from abroad.
Total aircraft movements for 2018 amounted to 307,736.
The project will use the asphalt additive Gipave, developed by
Directa Plus and Iterchimica, containing the Company's G+ graphene
and will be in collaboration with G.ECO S.r.l., part of Italy's
largest multi-utility company Gruppo A2A, and the University of
Milan-Bicocca.
Gipave is the result of a three-year research programme with a
patent filed in 2017. In an initial trial in Italy, Gipave was
confirmed as providing significant benefits compared to traditional
asphalt in all areas tested: service life, resistance to the
passage of vehicles, resistance to deformation and permanent
plastic deformation. In addition, once laid, asphalt with Gipave
can be 100 per cent recycled, which can reduce the extraction of
new materials from quarries and first-use bitumen. Gipave is
currently being tested in the UK in Oxfordshire with the
co-operation of Oxfordshire County Council and the prime
contractor, Skanska AB.
Commenting, Giulio Cesareo, Founder and CEO of Directa Plus,
said: "The Gipave trial at Fiumicino airport potentially opens a
large new market for us. Taxiways are high traffic, high stress
areas and we hope to demonstrate that the use of a graphene-based
additive will improve performance, life and sustainability."
"Gipave is another example of our strategy to offer value-added
solutions to existing markets, rather than waiting for future
graphene markets to develop over what could well be the long
term."
Federica Giannattasio, Iterchimica CEO, added: "Gipave is our
latest patented innovation, created through collaboration with
G.Eco (part of Gruppo A2A), Milano Bicocca University and Directa
Plus. This is world leading Italian technology to create high-tech
(graphene), green (recycled plastics, milled and reusable
pavements) and highly resistant road surfaces. We believe that
Gipave will also be a successful technological innovation for both
maintenance and new works in airports, providing significant
environmental and financial benefits."
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, Will Goode
(Corporate Finance)
Caspar Shand Kydd (Sales)
N+1 Singer (Joint Broker) +44 20 7496 3069
Mark Taylor, Lauren Kettle, Mia Gardner
Tavistock (Financial PR and IR) +44 20 7920 3150
Simon Hudson, Edward Lee, Barnaby Hayward
This announcement has been released by Giulio Cesareo, Chief
Executive, on behalf of the Company.
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+ 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.
About Iterchimica
Iterchimica, an Italian based world leader in products that
enhance both asphalt pavements performance and the laying of road
surfaces in order to increase safety, environmental sustainability,
and efficiency.
http://www.iterchimica.it/en/
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