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News and press releases related to SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited Company (SMXWW) focus on its material-embedded identity and digital traceability platform, as well as corporate and capital-markets developments. Readers can find updates on how SMX embeds invisible molecular markers into materials and connects them to digital records to support authentication, origin verification, lifecycle traceability, and circular-material strategies.
Recent news highlights SMX’s activities across several sectors. In rubber and latex, the company has announced expansion of its industrial rubber traceability program into latex and rubber gloves, describing how embedded identity can support contamination-aware segregation, safer handling, and potential recovery of glove materials. In fashion and luxury, SMX has outlined plans to extend its cotton-based material identity capabilities into denim and recycled denim, linking this to challenges such as excess inventory, overproduction, and the need to verify recycled content, as discussed in The State of Fashion 2025 report.
Press releases also describe SMX’s work in precious metals, including the application of molecular marking and digital tracking to gold and silver. The company has announced a joint initiative with FinGo and Bougainville Refinery Ltd to evaluate an integrated framework for authenticating the gold supply chain from mine and miner through refinery and export, combining material-level authentication with biometric identity and compliance infrastructure.
On the corporate side, SMX news includes disclosures about financing arrangements, such as convertible promissory notes, and subsequent conversions that the company states have reduced long-term liabilities and eliminated corporate-level convertible indebtedness. Announcements also cover equity incentive plan amendments, grants of restricted stock units and stock options, and the planned formation of a treasury and digital asset subsidiary to potentially hold cryptocurrency assets as a treasury reserve, subject to governance processes.
Investors and observers can use this news feed to follow how SMX positions its platform in response to regulatory trends, sustainability expectations, and sector-specific challenges in materials, fashion, rubber, and precious metals, as well as to monitor key corporate actions and capital-structure updates.
SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) has announced a strategic alliance with Skypac Packaging, a Singapore-based flexible plastic materials producer, to enhance plastic packaging traceability. The partnership, revealed on April 28, 2025, integrates SMX's invisible molecular marking and blockchain-based digital platform with Skypac's PP, OPP, HDPE, and LDPE product lines.
The collaboration aims to implement the principle of "Paper When Possible, Plastic When Useful" while enabling lifecycle monitoring of packaging materials. Skypac's products, which serve multiple industries by preserving freshness and minimizing shipping costs, will now feature enhanced traceability capabilities for reuse, recovery, or energy conversion at end-of-life.
The alliance specifically addresses Singapore's waste management approach, where incineration is preferred over landfilling, making conventional plastics a practical choice when properly tracked and recycled. The partnership offers companies a solution for meeting ESG standards through improved sourcing transparency and compliance monitoring.
SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) has announced a strategic partnership with Aegis Packaging, a Singapore-based innovator in high-barrier coatings for recyclable flexible plastic packaging. This collaboration marks SMX's expansion into the ASEAN region, encompassing major manufacturing nations like Singapore, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, and Malaysia.
The partnership combines SMX's molecular traceability technology with Aegis's proprietary O₂X™ high-barrier coating to create a solution for recyclable and verifiable circular packaging. SMX's technology embeds invisible markers at the molecular level, enabling complete tracking from production to end-of-life reuse, while Aegis's coating maintains high-barrier performance using recyclable mono-materials.
The collaboration introduces digital reporting capabilities that replace traditional manual audits, reducing costs and verifying ESG compliance. SMX's Plastic Cycle Token system allows companies to trade recycled content as a commodity, facilitating a more efficient circular economy approach in the ASEAN region.
SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) has announced a strategic partnership with Aegis Packaging to revolutionize sustainable plastic packaging. The collaboration combines SMX's molecular marking and blockchain technology with Aegis's O₂X™ high-barrier coating technology.
The initiative enables end-to-end traceability of plastic packaging while improving recyclability. SMX's markers remain permanently embedded throughout the plastic's lifecycle, allowing real-time verification of recycled content, reuse cycles, and origin. Aegis's O₂X™ coating enables mono-material recyclable packaging to replace non-recyclable multi-material alternatives.
This partnership aims to transform packaging from a linear model to a circular economy approach, addressing increasing regulatory and consumer demands for sustainability. The solution reduces manual audit costs through digital reporting and helps companies prevent greenwashing while ensuring compliance with ESG mandates.
SMX PLC (NASDAQ:SMX) offers a solution to address military hardware vulnerabilities following a Ukrainian sabotage operation where explosives planted in Russian drone pilots' VR goggles injured dozens of operators. This incident highlights critical weaknesses in global military supply chains that SMX's technology aims to solve.
SMX's patented system combines sub-molecular marking with micro-GPS trackers and blockchain ledger technology to authenticate, track, and secure supply chains at the molecular level. Key features include real-time authentication, blockchain-based digital twin technology, and geolocation restrictions to prevent unauthorized use.
The press release emphasizes that the U.S., as a major military exporter that also imports some components, faces similar vulnerabilities. It suggests SMX's technology should be mandatory for all military equipment to create a digital security layer against enemy tampering, particularly as warfare becomes increasingly digital.
SMX (Security Matters) PLC has successfully regained compliance with two critical Nasdaq listing requirements as of February 13, 2025. The company has satisfied both the Bid Price Rule (5550(a)(2)) and the Annual Shareholder Meeting Rule (5620(a)), as confirmed by a Nasdaq Hearings Panel decision. As a result, SMX's ordinary shares and public warrants are no longer at risk of delisting from the Nasdaq exchange.
SMX PLC has unveiled a groundbreaking hardware protection technology specifically designed to safeguard critical AI industry hardware components. As highlighted in a recent Frost & Sullivan report, the technology combines patented sub-molecular marking with micro-GPS trackers and blockchain encryption to ensure supply chain integrity.
The system features real-time authentication and control capabilities, allowing manufacturers and regulators to monitor component origins and authenticity. It implements a blockchain-based digital twin IoT2 system that pairs marked components with tamper-proof digital records for lifecycle tracking and fraud prevention.
This expansion into cyber hardware security builds upon SMX's existing expertise in marking metals, textiles, liquids, and fashion jewelry. The technology specifically targets the protection of electronic components like NFC and RFID chips, offering geolocation restriction and authentication features throughout their lifecycle, while also supporting circular economy initiatives through e-waste recycling and reuse.
SMX has announced the deployment of its proprietary hardware protection technology for cyber hardware and electronics, including AI applications. The system utilizes patented sub-molecular marking, micro-GPS trackers, and blockchain encryption to ensure component traceability and security.
The technology offers three key features: real-time authentication for monitoring and verifying component origins, blockchain-based digital twin IOT2 for lifecycle tracking, and circular economy enablement supporting e-waste recycling. SMX is specifically focusing on protecting NFC and RFID chips through its proprietary coating and digital platform technology.
The company is extending its blockchain and digital asset patents, currently used in its Plastic Cycle Token, to the cryptocurrency sector, offering protection for hardware and data centers. SMX's approach aligns with its 'AAA' (AI Autonomous Arteries) and 'SSS' (Sand to Silicon to System) visions, enabling marking capabilities from raw materials to finished products.
SMX is positioning itself as a key player in securing AI hardware infrastructure through its molecular marking technology. The company's solution creates an indelible 'digital twin' for hardware components using sub-molecular markers that integrate with circuit boards without affecting performance, linking each component to a tamper-proof blockchain.
The technology enables geolocation enforcement and blockchain-backed tracking to prevent unauthorized hardware transfers and tampering. SMX's solution also supports ESG compliance and enables transition to circular economies by recording component lifecycles for recycling and refurbishment.
The company's approach addresses growing concerns about hardware security in AI infrastructure, where breaches can compromise system integrity and lead to regulatory fines. SMX's technology builds upon its existing expertise in marking and tracking various materials through supply chains.
SMX announced the implementation of a 28.5:1 reverse stock split effective January 15, 2025. The split will reduce outstanding ordinary shares from approximately 33 million to 1 million, while maintaining the existing 'SMX' ticker symbol. The company's ordinary shares will receive a new CUSIP number (G8267K 158) and ISIN code (IE000WZ90ZV5).
The reverse split, approved by shareholders on December 10, 2024, will proportionally adjust all outstanding options, warrants, and convertible securities. Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company will manage the exchange process. Fractional shares will be aggregated and sold at market prices. The primary objective of this corporate action is to increase the per-share trading price of SMX's ordinary shares.
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