Directa Plus Share Discussion Threads

[bunz3] 06/1/2021 12:07

and more taking profits again ,

looks like might be one large seller

selling tranches of shares

[bunz3] 06/1/2021 08:56

more selling again Today

looking like some one selling shares on different days

[itsyou] 20/12/2020 17:55

Was also mentioned in the Economist a couple of weeks ago

", and in Oxfordshire and Kent "Gipave", a material made from adding a graphene­ based additive to asphalt, is being used to resurface entire roads. It is 15-­20% more expensive than asphalt but has twice the lifespan"





georgio1,
It's a Trademark




Other recent things :

"Poltrona Frau and Directa Plus Develop a New High-Tech and Sustainable Covid 19-Resistant Leather"




New range of products to buy online :

[bbluesky] 20/12/2020 17:51

Excellent find bg. This is being put on by the Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation, so blue, blue chip stuff and reading the blurb this looks like a win.

I was slightly disappointed with only a 22% saving figure over a lifecycle, but on second thoughts realised this is very significant and likely to improve, so plus the environmental gains...along with all the other positives, G+ and the supercapacitors, good chance of being a 10 bagger+. As I have mentioned before long term resistance at 88 -90, then up, up and away!

[bad gateway] 20/12/2020 16:03

Progressing slower than brexit but looks like end of next quarter the trials are over and results announced for the Kent councils gipave/tarmac tests.


Sustainable surfacing: Graphene in Live Labs 19 March 13:00 -14:00
This webinar will present the findings of a trial of Gipave – a Graphene enhanced asphalt product – as a new alternative resurfacing material in Kent. Kent County Council, as part of a Live Labs trial is exploring the use of Gipave on their highways network. This has the potential to offer significant gains in strength and lifespan over current methods in use throughout the UK.

The enhanced asphalt is produced by Iterchimica – a company based in Italy, who use Graphene pellets melted into bitumen to create an asphalt material that has been shown to deliver a ~150% improvement in the lifespan of the road material compared with traditional methods. The material cost of Gipave is circa 30% higher than normal asphalt, however this is offset by the savings of the life-time maintenance costs of the road – with the total lifecycle cost modelled at a 22% saving compared with traditional materials. Gipave can be linked to a wide range of strategic benefits for the county of Kent.

[georgeo1] 18/12/2020 15:02

The G+ is that a standard or a brand

[georgeo1] 17/12/2020 15:55

Haydale graphene also to market graphene face masks early next year. HAYD.

[bad gateway] 15/12/2020 14:40

Started buying a few back today. Not sure what value the markets willing to give on the potential of the Lithium-Sulphur batteries agreement yet but close enough to the 200dsma to start buying back.
FOMO strikes again.

[volsung] 11/12/2020 08:48

I do. Bought some more

[bunz3] 07/12/2020 13:13

more sellers clearing shares again Today ,will some see this as an opportunity

[itsyou] 05/12/2020 09:24

Ultra Soft (and Safe!) to Touch: Hygienic New Leathers by Poltrona Frau
December 4th, 2020

Poltrona Frau and Directa Plus Develop a New High-Tech and Sustainable Covid 19-Resistant Leather

All Pelle Frau collections, including ColorSphere, the brand’s new collection which features 73 dynamic shades, can be specified with this new finish, for safer upholstery.

Poltrona Frau has partnered with tech company Directa Plus, one of the world’s largest graphene producers, to develop a new collection of Pelle Frau leathers. The new collection will maintain all of the natural characteristics for which the Pelle Frau line is celebrated, soft to the touch and timeless in style, while benefiting from the extraordinary properties of graphene.

Graphene is naturally antiviral and tests show that it is highly effective against Covid-19. It is also reactive to body temperature, distributing or concentrating heat to be cooling in the summer and warming in the winter. Graphene Plus, the extremely pure graphene sheets developed by Directa Plus, provides exceptional antiviral and antibacterial properties and improves heat regulation, electrical conductivity and resistance to abrasion and ultraviolet light.

Founded in Italy in 2005, Directa Plus prioritizes innovation and sustainability: it holds 31 patents for its own technologies, 23 at the approval stage, and has certified its materials and extraction processes to guarantee their complete safety for humans and the environment.

With this partnership, Poltrona Frau underlines its commitment to continuously developing innovative solutions while remaining faithful to its principles and values. Blending the finest leathers with new technologies and an enhanced focus on sustainability, the new line of Pelle Frau leathers demonstrate the versatility of the classic and timeless flagship material, and its capacity to adapt to the times.

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[itsyou] 03/12/2020 08:49

2D,
Yes Grafysorber uses expanded graphite, but the process of creating graphene uses that expanded graphite in the next platelet exfoliation step, to create Graphene nanoplatelets.

So it's the first part of creating all their products.

Below taken from the Cenkos research note, which is available to download from their website. There's lots more explained about the process, but I've posted below just a bit

Plasma super expansion
The first production step is to expand the graphite using heat. Directa Plus’s production process is unique as it operates using a high temperature of around 10,000C in a process called PlasmaSuper-Expansion. It is called a Plasma Super-Expansion as the temperature is achieved by creating a plasma, an ionised gas in a chamber, through which the graphite passes. This temperature is far above the temperature graphite would normally melt and vaporise (3730C)and so the details of this process form a key part of the company’s IP. It has two patent families on this process which has a yield approaching 100%.

In order to achieve the 10,000C plasma, the company uses an atmospheric argon plasma supported by microwaves. This process requires just a few kW of power and so is cost effective despite the headline temperature of the process. At this temperature, the Intercalant agent evaporates suddenly which generates a shock wave in the graphite and expands it. This process expands graphite 300x (over three time more than other processes) and turns a relatively thick graphite platelet into an accordion or worm like structure of few layer platelets. Importantly the process does not damage the graphene lattice (no defects) nor does it oxidise any of the material (so no oxide functional groups) and there is no residual charge left from the intercalation step.

This wormlike super expanded graphite used to be called Basic G+ and is now known as Grafysorber which is used in the environmental division.

Platelet exfoliation
The expanded graphite accordion like structure is then broken up into bits to create exfoliated graphene platelets. This is achieved by two different physical processes using air or water and with no chemicals of surfactants. The morphology is controlled by the exfoliation parameters.

Air-shock exfoliation - 30-90 layer platelets to create Micro G+
Here the expanded graphite is fed into a milling chamber where particles spin in a vortex and crash into each other in a process called jet-milling. This creates graphene nanoplatelets which are called Micro G+ (and used to be called Ultra G+).

Liquid phase exfoliation - 5-10 layer platelets in water
In the liquid phase exfoliation, the super extended graphite worms are confined in water and subject to high pressure (water) to reduce the particle size. Both the thickness of the GNP (graphene nano platelet) and the platelet lateral dimension (diameter) can be reduced independently of each other.

[2dinvestor] 03/12/2020 08:29

The improved production is liked to the graphite product not graphene! Still a good RNS though, but it should be remembered not all that they do is graphene. Upscaling production and proper commercialisation of graphene is still the challenge here and for their peers.

[metis20] 03/12/2020 07:31

..the Board is confident of achieving total revenues for the year ending 31 December 2020 of approximately €6.0 million, exceeding current consensus market expectations.

...This improvement in trading performance has been primarily driven by the sales of G+ enhanced face masks..

...The new machinery has a production capacity at least five times higher, and is much more durable, than the Company's existing technology,

[beergut] 03/12/2020 07:17

I like this from today's news release. Directa Plus was recently granted a second patent on the equipment used for the super-expansion of intercalated natural graphite in the Company's core plasma technology. The new machinery has a production capacity at least five times higher, and is much more durable, than the Company's existing technology, resulting in an increase in manufacturing capability and lower maintenance costs. The grant of the new patent protects the Company's core production process for an additional 20 years.Directa Plus seeks to build, maintain and expand its valuable portfolio of patents to protect key innovations and processes for the benefit of its shareholders. The Company's patent portfolio is currently composed of 38 patents and 24 pending patents, grouped together in some 15 patent families - four covering the Company's unique production process and 11 covering products and applications for G+(R) graphene.

[toffeeman] 30/11/2020 09:33

>> bunz - you are still deluded

[bunz3] 30/11/2020 08:46

slightly blue Today ,not good for the shorters .

[bunz3] 26/11/2020 09:54

More sellers ,some look to be taking profits ,some who bought in around 60 earlier this week might be taking profits while still up around current share price .

[bbluesky] 25/11/2020 21:22

Yes. Makes me think that when the atom was cracked and if Oppenheimer etc were on AIM, there would be sellers at "90". Risk reward balance here massively on the DCTA side, in that maybe 30 % downside, several x upside.

[mam fach] 25/11/2020 19:53

Potential is enormous. This is the future.

[shirley83] 25/11/2020 19:10

This could replace all lithium batteries. Just think of the potential in that. Expect new orders soon

[mam fach] 25/11/2020 17:02

Price holding well considering huge increase.
Agree to breakthrough 90p and hold might take a little time.
Good sign that buys and sells pretty equal.
GLA

[cheshiremoggie] 25/11/2020 12:19

>>bunz

I think you are deluded

[bunz3] 25/11/2020 11:55

have looking at selling pattern over days since 40% share price rise ,
looks like shorters busy

[toffeeman] 25/11/2020 11:42

>>bunz

I think you are deluded to think folk are shorting this - 90 is resistance and people who bought lower down will see 90 as a good offload point.