Business
Grant Award for Industrial Filtration
Grant Award for Industrial Filtration.
About this update from Directa Plus Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n RNS Number : 7993T\n Directa Plus PLC\n 29 November 2021\n \n \n \n 29 November 2021\n \n Directa Plus plc\n (\"Directa Plus\" or the \"Company\")\n \n Grant Award from TECH FAST Lombardy for Industrial Filtration\n \n 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 won a project tender from the state of Lombardy's TECH FAST programme for accelerating innovation processes by Lombardy based companies. The project will last for 12 months and has a total value of €294,058, of which 50 per cent. is non-refundable. The project will commence immediately.\n \n The project is titled 'GRAFYLTER: Eco-innovation for antibacterial and antiviral industrial filtration using graphene-enhanced filters' and will see the Company develop applications for G+® graphene in industrial filtration, such as for air-conditioning or transportation filters, which have antibacterial and antiviral properties. It will include the sanification of G+® filters using infrared radiation or electrical heating. \n \n GRAFYLTER will exploit the deep know-how and experience acquired by Directa Plus over the last two years for the production of its Co-Mask® line of face masks, leveraging the entire value chain, from raw materials major supplier to final customers and will include support from the University Cattolica of Rome.\n \n \n Commenting, Giulio Cesareo, Founder and CEO of Directa Plus, said: \"This project will fund us to develop specific applications of our technology for industrial filtration markets, building on the work we have already done to launch our range of anti-viral and anti-bacterial face masks and filters. Industrial filtration could be an important new market for our sustainably produced products.\"\n \n For further information please visit http://www.directa-plus.com/ or contact:\n \n \n \n \n \n Directa Plus plc\n \n \n \n \n +39 02 36714458\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Giulio Cesareo, CEO\n \n \n Giorgio Bonfanti, CFO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cenkos Securities plc (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)\n \n \n \n \n +44 131 220 6939\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Neil McDonald\n \n Adam Rae\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Singer Cap...