{"id":143613,"date":"2020-04-27T12:30:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T12:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/directa-plus-pioneers-graphene-use-as-sector-evolves\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T12:30:27","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T12:30:27","slug":"directa-plus-pioneers-graphene-use-as-sector-evolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/directa-plus-pioneers-graphene-use-as-sector-evolves\/","title":{"rendered":"Directa Plus pioneers graphene use as sector evolves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h3>What it does<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Textiles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk\/LON:DCTA\/Directa-Plus-PLC\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Directa Plus PLC<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk\/LON:DCTA\/Directa-Plus-PLC\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LON:DCTA<\/a>) has signed deals with consumer brands Oakley and Bioracer, which used the companys Graphene Plus (G+) to launch a cycling jersey in early July.<\/p>\n<p>Alfredo Grassi, another customer, is one of Italys largest workwear suppliers while G+ will also be used to treat a range of jeans made by Arvind, one of Indias top textile groups.<\/p>\n<p>Directa Plus is also part of a \u20ac1mln EU-sponsored initiative to develop a digital printing method for textiles using graphene.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transport, oil and gas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Directa is working with Marangoni \u2013 one of Italys leading re-tread companies \u2013 to produce better performing tyres for commercial buses and lorries.<\/p>\n<p>Cycle tyre maker Vittoria was the first manufacturer to use Directas products, firstly in a carbon fibre wheel, and then in \u201cintelligent\u201d bicycle tyres.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grafysorber <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the oil and gas sector, the firm has joined forces with Italian firm Sartec to develop a commercial-scale industrial system using its graphene-based Grafysorber product for treating oil-contaminated produced water.<\/p>\n<p>In September, Directa bought a majority stake in oil services partner, Romanian firm Setcar.<\/p>\n<p>It is buying Setcar jointly with GVC, a company whose owner supplies offshore oil rigs in Romania, Turkey, Greece and Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2020, Setccar won a \u20ac5mln contract for Grafysorber with GSP Offshore, part of the Romanian oil services group GSP and worth \u20ac5mln over a seven-year period.<\/p>\n<h3>How it&#039;s doing<\/h3>\n<p>In a trading update in March, the company trading in the first quarter of 2020 has been robust.<\/p>\n<p>Revenues are expected to clock in at around \u20ac1.52mln, slightly more than triple the level they were in the same quarter of 2019.<\/p>\n<p>This significant improvement has been primarily driven by the strengthening performance of Setcar, Directa Pluss environmental division.<\/p>\n<p>The order book to date is in line with management expectations for 2020 with confirmed orders of \u20ac5.85mln, while discussions over other significant contracts are taking place.<\/p>\n<h3>What the boss says: Giulio Cesareo, CEO<\/h3>\n<p>&quot;The strategy we are pursuing to gain traction and capture more value in our key vertical markets is succeeding. We hope that this will help insulate us from the worldwide economic uncertainty caused by the coronavirus\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3>Inflexion po<a href=\"https:\/\/www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk\/companies\/news\/218240\/directa-plus-pioneers-graphene-use-as-sector-evolves-218240.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More \u2013 Source<\/a><br \/>\n[contf]<br \/>\n[contfnew]<br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/webfiles.thecse.com\/PRO_LOGO_P_COLOUR.png?sYToe11NLbcXiyGkVa5syF9WB04cy98G\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Proactiveinvestors<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>[contfnewc]<br \/>\n[contfnewc]<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What it does<br \/>\nTextiles<\/p>\n<p>Directa Plus PLC (LON:DCTA) has signed deals with consumer brands Oakley and ..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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