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LOMAZZO, Italy–Directa Plus (“Directa” or “the Company”), one of the largest producers and suppliers of graphene-based products for use in consumer and industrial markets, is pleased to announce that all of its graphene-based products have received international certification from Farcoderm Srl., the renowned toxicity testing organisation, confirming them to be safe for human contact. Farcoderm is a specialist testing agency that assesses safety, tolerability and sensory aspects of all products which may come in contact with human skin.

Giulio Cesareo, Chief Executive Officer of Directa Plus, stated: “We are delighted to receive these certifications following thorough testing from a world renowned organisation such as Farcoderm. We believe we are the first graphene producer to be awarded such certification. The results confirm that our graphene-based products are created through a process that uses only physical forces and no chemical additives. Our customers and the end users can enjoy using our innovative products in the knowledge that they have been certified safe for human contact.”

Highlights of the tests that were conducted and the results are as follows:

1- Evaluation of the CYTOTOXIC POTENTIAL of a product: Cytotoxicity is defined as the capability of a substance to cause damage to a cell.

At the end of the study, BASIC G+/GRAFYSORBERTM and PURE G+ were classified as NOT TOXIC.

2- Evaluation of SKIN IRRITATION and CORROSION: For these tests, in vitro reconstructed skin tissues were used. These analysis evaluated the cellular damage induced by the substance put in direct contact with the tissue.

At the end of the

MWC Shanghai will host the Graphene Pavilion.

The Mobile World Congress (MWC) Shanghai is the Asia’s premier mobile industry event and features a cutting-edge product and technology exhibition coupled with a thought-leadership conference. Attendees include a mix of senior-level industry leaders and mobile-passionate consumers.

MWC Shanghai will take place on 29 June – 1 July 2016 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC), China and will include 40.000+sqm exhibition space, 400+ exhibitors and a total of 50.000 visitors from over 8.000 companies around the world.

For the first time, and after the successful experience in MWC Barcelona, this edition 2016 will present a 150 square meter space devoted to Graphene. The call for exhibitors is now open until April 25th, if you are working on graphene related technology this is the perfect chance for promoting it! 

If you want to learn more about the Graphene Pavilion in Barcelona, check out our wrap up video, this youtube playlist, flickr gallery and the slides attached to this post.

Source: ICFO

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Australia will become the first country in the world to use the new ‘super material’, graphene in the large scale manufacture of an industrial product, the CEO of Imagine Intelligent Materials Pty Limited, Chris Gilbey said today.

Graphene, whose discoverers were awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 2010 is a one atom thick layer of carbon extracted from graphite. It is 100 times stronger than steel, is impervious to water and gases, can stretch like rubber and has extremely high electrical and thermal conductivity.
Mr Gilbey said that Sydney headquartered Imagine IM, the leading Australian developer of graphene applications for industry had entered into a licensing agreement with Australia’s largest geotextiles manufacturer, Geofabrics Australasia Pty Limited. He said that the insights gained from working with Geofabrics, which is headquartered in Melbourne was key to the development of the graphene manufacturing solution.

The ground-breaking agreement will see Geofabrics become the exclusive Australian  licensee of Imagine IM’s graphene coating technology for applications in geotextiles. Geofabrics will use the technology to offer Australian civil engineering companies
significantly improved capacity to locate and remedy leaks with applications in landfill and mining construction.
“Increased environmental regulations in Australia and around the world are driven by the need to address water safety and conservation and by the need for cost effective leak detection in the mining industry. We estimate our technology will save customers around 20 to 40 percent on their current solution costs,” Mr Gilbey said.
“Our graphene coating technology has the potential to become a key element of the world’s geotextiles industry which is growing at around ten percent per annum and will

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BGT Materials, the graphene technology company based in Manchester, UK is pleased to announce it has received the first commercial order for its subsidiary, Graphene Security. Over the last two years, BGT Materials has successfully transformed from raw material provider into a technology incubator company.

Graphene Security, registered in the United Kingdom in 2015, develops revolutionary flexible, breakable and green wireless antenna solutions.  The first application is in the RFID industry where graphene is used as the antenna inlays. Graphene Security demonstrated this technology most recently in the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as part of a prestigious invited talk.  Graphene Security is also set to present at the RFID Journal LIVE! in Orlando, where it has been shortlisted for the best new product award.

BGT Materials has also a second subsidiary, Graphene Lighting, registered in the United Kingdom in 2014. Graphene Lighting designs and manufactures next-generation LED lighting, using graphene as a thermal dissipation solution. It has developed the Graphene Light Bulb, featured in news media including the BBC, the Economist and others. A full product rollout is underway which includes a full range of home, commercial and street lighting.

Sales and marketing efforts have been ongoing for the last 3 months for both companies and Graphene Security is now pleased to announce it has secured its first commercial contract.

BGT Materials CEO Dr. Chung-Ping Lai said: “BGT Materials has a broad graphene expertise and good engineering knowledge which allows us to tap into the wealth of this wonder material’s properties. We

This is a press release by European Circuits Limited. 

Xefro have employed the services of European Circuits Limited to design (hardware and software), and manufacture the electronics for their ground breaking heating system. Test systems are currently under trial, but XEFRO confidently expect this to be the world’s first commercial heating system using the new wonder material Graphene.

Graphene has been selected by XEFRO for the heating element because of its potential for extremely efficient energy transfer. This is the basis of their expectations of reduced energy costs of up to 70%.

The XEFRO heating system will consist of a Central Heating Controller which will communicate via RF signals to a Hot Water Controller and to the various zones, each zone consisting of a radiator or at least one heating element with AC Power Controller and separate temperature sensors. The user interface for the entire system will be via a mobile app.

All of the electronics for the system have been designed and produced entirely at ECL’s Glasgow based facility. ECL offer the following services – PCB manufacture, PCB assembly, test, box build and design, one of the few companies that can provide this type of integrated service in the UK.

Graphene is being widely hailed as the latest wonder material with limitless potential applications across a wide spectrum ofindustry. This is due to its very Impressive and valuable list of properties.

 Why use Graphene for a heating system?

The answer is simple – Surface Area. If we want to turn electrons into heat then we want all