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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / September 18, 2025 / The strength of a nation is measured not only by its military or its economy but by the resilience of its infrastructure. Airports, hospitals, data centers, energy grids, defense facilities, and high-rise buildings are the quiet backbone of modern life, and when they fail, the consequences ripple far beyond the site of the accident. A single fire in a data center can cripple financial systems. A faulty panel in a hospital can put patients at risk. A misrepresented cladding in a high-rise can ignite tragedy on a scale that scars a generation. All of that sends a common and urgent message: National security is not just about borders; it’s about materials.

For decades, the materials that shape infrastructure have been wrapped in layers of promises. A certificate says they contain recycled content. A datasheet insists they are fire-resistant. Regulators nod, insurers underwrite, and contractors install, all with the assumption that these claims are accurate. Yet history tells a different story. Recycling targets are overstated, safety claims are exaggerated, and enforcement comes only after disaster has already struck. The Grenfell Tower fire in London was the most visible of these failures, but it is far from the only one. The truth is simple: without proof at the molecular level, infrastructure is built on trust that cannot be trusted.

SMX (NASDAQ: SMX) is rewriting this equation. By embedding molecular markers into materials and valuing them through their Plastic Cycle Token (PCT), the company makes safety and sustainability inseparable from the products themselves. A single scan can confirm that recycled plastics are genuine and that flame retardants are present and effective. That includes the hardest-to-detect materials – the “ghost plastics” like carbon black and flame-retardant compounds that slip past traditional scanners and usually end up in the plastics graveyard.

Shining A Light On “Ghost Plastics”

For infrastructure, this is not a nice-to-have. It is a necessity. It means airports can be built with verified fire-resistant panels, hospitals can be equipped with certified safe and sustainable materials, and defense facilities can operate without the hidden risk of non-compliant supply chains. Proof becomes part of the infrastructure itself, available whenever and wherever it is needed.

Singapore has already embraced this vision. Through its partnership with A*STAR, SMX has launched the world’s first national plastics passport, creating a system where recycling claims are enforceable across the entire economy. Europe is moving in the same direction, where SMX and REDWAVE have brought molecular verification onto factory floors, turning industrial sorting into a continuous act of compliance. These programs demonstrate that proof is not theoretical. It is scalable, enforceable, and practical at the level of nations and industries.

Now, SMX is extending this capability into flame retardants with the North American Flame Retardant Alliance (NAFRA), and that takes the story directly into the realm of national security. Fire safety is not an abstract regulatory box to be checked. It is the difference between infrastructure that can withstand disaster and infrastructure that becomes the disaster. By embedding proof of flame retardants into the same system that verifies recycling, SMX gives governments, contractors, and defense agencies a tool they have never had before. They can demand molecular evidence that materials meet the dual requirements of sustainability and safety.

Tapping Into Trillions in Infrastructure

For stakeholders, the implications are enormous. Critical infrastructure represents trillions of dollars in global spending, and every new project faces tighter regulations, higher insurance scrutiny, and rising public expectations. The ability to deliver materials that are not just claimed but proven safe and sustainable is a competitive advantage that will shape markets. Contractors will pay a premium for verified inputs to avoid liability. Insurers will lower costs for projects with proof embedded. Governments will set new standards that mandate verification because they can finally enforce it. SMX sits at the center of this transformation, not as a supplier of materials but as the infrastructure of trust that materials will depend on.

National security is about resilience, and resilience is built from the ground up. It is built from materials that can prove they are what they claim to be. With A*STAR showing how a nation can enforce recycling, REDWAVE proving how industry can scale verification, and NAFRA legitimizing flame-retardant claims across North America, SMX has created the first system where infrastructure can be both sustainable and safe by design. The molecules themselves carry the evidence, and the scan provides the certainty.

Old World Promises Yield to New World Molecular Proof

The old world of promises and paper compliance has already proven its weaknesses. The new world of molecular proof is what governments, insurers, and contractors have been waiting for. For consumers, it means peace of mind that their hospitals, airports, and schools are protected. For nations, it means infrastructure that strengthens security rather than undermines it. And for stakeholders, it means entry into a market where proof is not optional but foundational.

The future of national security will not be decided only by armies or budgets. It will be decided by the trustworthiness of the materials that hold societies together. SMX is building that trust one scan at a time, and in doing so, it is securing not only infrastructure but the future it lives on.

About SMX

As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

Forward-Looking Statements

The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, for example: matters relating to the Company’s fight against abusive and possibly illegal trading tactics against the Company’s stock; successful launch and implementation of SMX’s joint projects with manufacturers and other supply chain participants of gold, steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX’s ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX’s ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX’s ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX’s product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX’s business model; developments and projections relating to SMX’s competitors and industry; and SMX’s approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; any lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMX’s business; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX’s products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

EMAIL: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / September 17, 2025 / Every industry has its white whale, the problem that defies solution year after year. For the recycling world, that problem has always been carbon black plastics. Their dark pigmentation absorbs the infrared and laser signals used by sorting systems, making them virtually invisible on conveyor belts. Billions of tons of this material flow into landfills and incinerators every year because no one could figure out how to separate and certify them at scale. Until now.

SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) and BT-Systems’ Competence Center REDWAVE just demonstrated that the unsolvable problem is finally solved. Over two days of live trials in front of NAFRA from Europe, the partners showed that food-grade plastics, flame-retardant plastics, and yes, even carbon black plastics, can be detected, sorted, and certified in real time –with an accuracy rate of 99% to 100% at 2m/s – a pace at the high end of sorting speeds. That showing was more than a technical success. It was the moment recycling’s toughest problem, carbon black plastics, met its match.

The breakthrough comes from SMX’s molecular marking technology, which embeds invisible markers at the sub-molecular level into the products themselves. Unlike traditional systems that rely on surface imaging or paperwork, SMX makes proof inseparable from the plastic itself. When paired with REDWAVE’s high-speed detection systems, those digital markers can be read and acted on instantly. And it does something few thought possible. For the first time, carbon black plastics are no longer ghosts in the recycling stream. SMX makes them visible, verifiable, and valuable.

Unleashing Massive Untapped Plastics Value

The implications for industries are enormous. Automotive and electronics manufacturers depend heavily on carbon black plastics because of their strength, durability, conductivity, and resistance to UV light. Yet the inability to recycle them has created supply bottlenecks and added costs. With SMX’s breakthrough, recycled carbon black plastics can flow back into supply chains, reducing reliance on expensive virgin materials. That lowers costs, improves sustainability, and provides regulators with compliance tools they have never had before.

Flame-retardant plastics, another complex category, were also addressed in the trials. These materials are vital for safety but nearly impossible to recycle without contaminating other streams. SMX’s markers allow them to be identified, separated, and reused with confidence. This opens the door to closed-loop recycling systems for electronics and automotive components that were previously off-limits.

And then there is food-grade plastic, the most sensitive and tightly regulated of all. For years, companies have been forced to blend recycled content of questionable quality into packaging or pay a premium for virgin material. SMX and REDWAVE just proved that food-grade plastics can be reliably separated and certified, creating a secure pipeline of recycled content that meets global safety standards. That is not just a technical win. It is a commercial unlock worth billions.

SMX, the PCT, and Layers of Proof

The Plastic Cycle Token (PCT) opens that door to turn proof into financial power. Once plastics are certified through the SMX system, they can be tokenized and traded on open markets. That means recycled carbon black plastics, flame-retardant plastics, and food-grade plastics are no longer liabilities. They are assets. Governments can enforce quotas with real-time data, companies can show compliance without red tape, and investors can treat recycled content as a new class of tradable commodity. Waste becomes wealth, and the hardest problems in recycling become the biggest opportunities.

By embedding value into the material itself, the PCT closes the gap between sustainability promises and economic performance. Instead of chasing subsidies or surviving on regulatory pressure, companies now have a commercial reason to scale circular practices. The more they recycle and certify, the more value they unlock. That feedback loop transforms recycling from a cost burden into a competitive advantage and even a profit center, aligning stakeholder interests with environmental outcomes.

The PCT also lays the groundwork for a transparent global marketplace in recycled materials. Every token represents certified proof tied to actual plastic, eliminating the guesswork that has plagued sustainability reporting for decades. This standardization enables spot pricing, cross-border trading, and verifiable accounting for recycled content. With investors, regulators, and consumers demanding certainty, the PCT provides it by turning proof into performance and making recycling a measurable, bankable part of the material economy.

Why NAFRA Matters

What makes these demonstrations so important is not just the science but the setting. They were conducted under the eyes of NAFRA, a respected European industry body for flame retardants and critical safety materials. These institutions are not casual observers. They influence policy, standards, and industry adoption.

For SMX, showcasing its Plastics Passport technology in front of NAFRA is especially significant. This is the body that speaks directly to regulators, manufacturers, and safety authorities across Europe. It validates SMX’s ability to tackle flame-retardant materials, a challenge first explored in technical work as far back as 2021. To return in 2025 with a live demonstration that proves the concept at industrial speed is a door-opener to new markets and regulatory frameworks. By impressing NAFRA, SMX is not just solving a plastics problem. It is creating credibility that can accelerate adoption across the automotive, electronics, and packaging industries where safety standards rule the game.

Don’t under-appreciate the accomplishment. Carbon black plastics have been the Achilles heel of recycling for decades. Many companies and governments have tried to solve the problem, and every effort has fallen short. With this breakthrough, SMX and REDWAVE have done what no one else could. They have made the invisible visible, the unsortable sortable, and the worthless valuable. And they did more than unlock recycling.

By embedding molecular proof directly into all types of plastics, SMX now provides manufacturers and regulators with a system that verifies both recycling integrity and flame-retardant compliance in a single scan. Don’t under-appreciate that result, either. That is more than a technical milestone. SMX just proved that even the most complex and chemically treated plastics can finally play by the rules.

About SMX

As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

Forward-Looking Statements

The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, for example: matters relating to the Company’s fight against abusive and possibly illegal trading tactics against the Company’s stock; successful launch and implementation of SMX’s joint projects with manufacturers and other supply chain participants of gold, steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX’s ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX’s ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX’s ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX’s product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX’s business model; developments and projections relating to SMX’s competitors and industry; and SMX’s approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; any lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMX’s business; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX’s products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

EMAIL: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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Exposing carbon black and flame-retardant plastics with one scan

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / September 19, 2025 / The world has been told for years that we must choose between sustainability and safety. If we want recycled materials, we may have to accept a compromise in performance. If we want maximum fire safety, we may have to tolerate chemicals whose presence can only be assumed, not proven. That false choice has haunted regulators, manufacturers, and consumers alike, because no one has been able to deliver both with certainty. Until now.

SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) has created a breakthrough that makes the trade-off vanish. By embedding molecular markers directly into materials, the company enables a single scan to do something no one thought possible. It can prove that a product contains verifiable recycled content and, at the very same time, confirm that it holds the flame retardants necessary to protect lives. Recycling verified. Fire safety verified. Ghost plastics exposed. One scan, two proofs, zero compromise.

Because this goes deeper than traditional recycling blind spots. SMX is the first company to track and certify the invisible “ghost plastics” – the carbon black and flame-retardant compounds that conventional systems cannot detect and usually banish to landfills or incinerators. By making the invisible visible, SMX has brought the hardest plastics out of the graveyard and back into supply chains with proof built in.

Old Systems Failed
This matters because the old system has failed on both counts. Recycling has too often been a story of good intentions undermined by weak follow-through. Materials labeled as sustainable turn out to be nothing of the sort once traced back through the supply chain. Consumers are left skeptical, governments are left guessing, and progress stalls. Flame retardants have been no less problematic. Producers assert their chemicals are present and effective, but when tested in the real world, too many products fall short. The Grenfell Tower fire in London proved the cost of that gap in the starkest terms imaginable. Materials sold as fire-resistant accelerated a tragedy that claimed dozens of lives and left regulators grasping for answers.

SMX’s technology changes that equation entirely. By embedding proof into the molecular structure of materials, sustainability and safety can now be verified together. No paperwork. No assumptions. No loopholes. A scan can verify to regulators that recycled content is real, inform insurers that flame retardants are indeed present, and confirm to manufacturers that products leaving their plants meet all claims stated on their labels. And critically, it can expose the ghost plastics that have haunted the system for decades, turning them from invisible waste into verifiable assets.

The vision is not a far-off dream. It is already in motion. In Singapore, SMX is working with A*STAR to build the world’s first national plastics passport platform. Every unit of plastic carries its own digital identity tied to molecular proof, giving policymakers a tool to enforce circularity targets with science instead of slogans. In Europe, SMX has an LOI with REDWAVE to place this verification directly on factory floors, turning conveyor belts into checkpoints of trust where proof is built into the process. These programs demonstrate that the system is both scalable and practical.

One Scan, Two Verifications
Now comes the next chapter, and it is the most profound yet. SMX is extending this same verification to flame retardants, and doing so with the full engagement of the North American Flame Retardant Alliance. NAFRA represents the largest producers and distributors in the field, and for years, it has faced the credibility problem head-on. Working with SMX, the alliance can finally replace claims with proof. It can tell regulators that fire safety is no longer a matter of assumption. It can tell the public that disasters like Grenfell will not be repeated on its watch. And it can prove that recycled materials can be both safe and sustainable in the very applications where performance is non-negotiable.

The combination is nothing short of transformational. For the first time, recycled plastics can flow into high-risk sectors like construction, aviation, and automotive without a shadow of doubt about their safety. Flame retardants can be certified in real time, creating a new benchmark for compliance that is global, enforceable, and transparent. Insurers can reduce liability, governments can move from paper mandates to scientific enforcement, and manufacturers can reclaim consumer trust.

An Action, Not a Mission Statement
SMX has always been clear about its mission. It is not to talk about a circular economy, but to make it enforceable. It is not to debate fire safety, but to prove it. The company is delivering a system where sustainability and safety are not two competing goals but two halves of the same scan. Recycling and fire resistance, verified together, with ghost plastics exposed for the first time in history.

The message to the world is as clear as it is overdue. We do not have to choose between safety and sustainability. We can demand and verify both. With partners like A*STAR, REDWAVE, and NAFRA, SMX has built the infrastructure to make it happen. The false trade-off is gone. In its place is a new reality, one scan that proves what matters most: that the future can be sustainable, safe, and filled with the ghost plastics we used to bury.

About SMX
As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

Forward-Looking Statements
The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, for example: matters relating to the Company’s fight against abusive and possibly illegal trading tactics against the Company’s stock; successful launch and implementation of SMX’s joint projects with manufacturers and other supply chain participants of gold, steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX’s ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX’s ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX’s ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX’s product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX’s business model; developments and projections relating to SMX’s competitors and industry; and SMX’s approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; any lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMX’s business; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX’s products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

EMAIL: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters)

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / September 22, 2025 / “After 30 years, the question is, are we failing? We must seize what may be our last opportunity.” With that statement at COP 29 – the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference – Prime Minister Russell Dlamini of Eswatini gave voice to a reality the world can no longer ignore. The intent behind these gatherings is genuine. Leaders and negotiators arrive determined to chart a better course for humanity. But sincerity is not the same as success.

Despite nearly three decades of climate summits, plastics are still incinerated by the millions of tons, safety standards still collapse in the real world, and consumers are still left unsure whether labels can be trusted. The applause rings loudly in the conference halls, but the impact rarely follows outside them. The gap between promises and proof has remained stubbornly wide.

That is the gap SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is closing. While world leaders debate language and deadlines, SMX has spent years building the tools that embed proof into the supply chain itself. Its molecular markers turn recycling claims into verifiable evidence, making action measurable, enforceable, and impossible to ignore in a world where words have too often outpaced results. Even for the hardest-to-track resins.

From Blind Spots to Verified Assets

For decades, the hardest challenge in recycling wasn’t ambition – it was verification. Certain plastics, especially those with carbon black and flame-retardant compounds, simply couldn’t be detected by traditional systems. These “under-the-radar” plastics slipped through recycling lines and ended up in incinerators or landfills. Their invisibility left governments unable to enforce recycling targets, manufacturers exposed to liability, and consumers uncertain whether progress was real or imagined.

SMX changes that equation. By embedding molecular markers directly into materials, it makes the invisible visible. A single scan can prove whether plastics truly contain recycled content and whether fire safety chemicals are present in the correct concentrations. For the first time, policymakers, insurers, manufacturers, and consumers can see beyond the slogans and verify results at the molecular level.

The breakthrough is that these overlooked materials are no longer a liability. They become measurable assets, certified for re-entry into supply chains. What was once wasted becomes valuable, and what was once unverifiable becomes enforceable. Conferences could not close that blind spot, but technology has.

From Promises to Policy in Action

The difference between speeches and systems is already visible. In Singapore, SMX and A*STAR are building a national plastics passport platform that will allow every piece of plastic to carry its own digital identity. Regulators no longer have to rely on reports or self-declarations. They can enforce recycling policy with real-time data tied directly to the material. It is the first example of a national circularity policy backed by science instead of spreadsheets.

Europe is moving in the same direction. Through its planned partnership with REDWAVE, SMX is embedding verification into industrial sorting facilities. Plastics flowing across conveyor belts can now be checked and certified instantly. Instead of waiting months for audits, regulators and manufacturers alike have continuous, enforceable evidence of compliance. This is not another target for 2030 or 2050. It is happening in real time, today.

And in North America, SMX’s proof points demonstrated in front of the North American Flame Retardant Alliance (NAFRA) bring the same enforceability to fire safety. Too many tragedies have demonstrated the cost of overstated safety claims. With SMX, compliance isn’t left to datasheets; it is built into the product. Panels, wires, and appliances can all carry proof embedded at the molecular level, giving regulators, insurers, and consumers confidence that words match reality.

Proof Replaces Promises

Prime Minister Dlamini’s warning was blunt: after 30 years, we may be failing. The world cannot afford another decade of declarations without delivery. Conferences can set ambition, but only technology can make that ambition enforceable.

SMX has always said its mission is to turn sustainability from a promise into proof. Today, with A*STAR, REDWAVE, and NAFRA, that mission is scaling across continents. The blind spots that global summits could not close are being solved by science that operates where the problem actually lies – inside the material itself.

The true measure of COP 29 will not be the speeches or the communiqués. It will be whether the world seizes this “last opportunity” to turn ambition into action. Proof is here. It is working. And the company delivering it is SMX.

About SMX

As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

Forward-Looking Statements

The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, for example: matters relating to the Company’s fight against abusive and possibly illegal trading tactics against the Company’s stock; successful launch and implementation of SMX’s joint projects with manufacturers and other supply chain participants of gold, steel, rubber and other materials; changes in SMX’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; SMX’s ability to develop and launch new products and services, including its planned Plastic Cycle Token; SMX’s ability to successfully and efficiently integrate future expansion plans and opportunities; SMX’s ability to grow its business in a cost-effective manner; SMX’s product development timeline and estimated research and development costs; the implementation, market acceptance and success of SMX’s business model; developments and projections relating to SMX’s competitors and industry; and SMX’s approach and goals with respect to technology. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing views as of any subsequent date, and no obligation is undertaken to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the ability to maintain the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq; changes in applicable laws or regulations; any lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMX’s business; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; the risk of downturns and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which SMX operates; the risk that SMX and its current and future collaborators are unable to successfully develop and commercialize SMX’s products or services, or experience significant delays in doing so; the risk that the Company may never achieve or sustain profitability; the risk that the Company will need to raise additional capital to execute its business plan, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all; the risk that the Company experiences difficulties in managing its growth and expanding operations; the risk that third-party suppliers and manufacturers are not able to fully and timely meet their obligations; the risk that SMX is unable to secure or protect its intellectual property; the possibility that SMX may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties described in SMX’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

EMAIL: info@securitymattersltd.com

SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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CAMBRIDGE, MA / ACCESS Newswire / September 19, 2025 / Moderna announced today that the first mRNA vaccines fully manufactured in Canada are being shipped to provinces and territories. This milestone advances Canada’s domestic vaccine production capacity and strengthens national health security.

“The delivery of the first made-in-Canada mRNA vaccines to provinces and territories across the country marks a major milestone in our partnership with Canada,” said Stéphane Bancel, Chief Executive Officer of Moderna. “This is not just about local manufacturing, it’s about scientific leadership, national health security and ensuring Canadians have timely access to the latest mRNA medicines. We’re proud to stand alongside Canada in advancing innovation, driving economic growth and investing in a resilient future for public health.”

All drug substance of Moderna’s authorized Spikevax^® (COVID-19 mRNA vaccine) product targeting the SARS-CoV-2 LP.8.1 variant is manufactured at the facility in Laval, Quebec. Fill-and-finish of the new single-use pre-filled syringes is completed by Novocol Pharma in Cambridge, Ontario.

Moderna’s updated COVID-19 vaccine targeting the LP.8.1 variant was approved by Health Canada on August 21, 2025 [1], and has also received authorization from regulators in the United States, Europe, Japan, Switzerland and several other countries. Additional regulatory submissions are under review globally in preparation for the 2025-2026 respiratory virus season.

Canadian Access and Eligibility

Timing and eligibility for the COVID-19 public vaccination program in Canada is set by each province and territory. Those who meet provincial criteria will receive COVID-19 vaccines free of charge. For individuals not covered under the public programs, efforts are ongoing with private insurers and payers to streamline access and reimbursement within the private sector. Canadians are encouraged to consult their provincial or territorial health authorities for the latest information on eligibility and availability.

Additional Quotes:

Stefan Raos, General Manager, Moderna Canada, said:

“As a Canadian, it’s incredibly meaningful to see our first made-in-Canada COVID-19 vaccines in pre-filled syringes now reaching across the country to help protect Canadians starting this fall. This marks a critical shift, demonstrating that Canada’s domestic manufacturing capability is real, operational and serving Canadians today. It reflects what’s possible when science, industry and government work together with purpose.”

The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, said:

“Today’s milestone of the production of the first made-in-Canada doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine represents a major achievement for Canada’s biomanufacturing and life sciences sector. Our government is building a resilient, forward-looking economy that positions Canada as a global leader in scientific research and innovation. Moderna’s investments in Canada strengthen our national life sciences industry, create good-paying new jobs for Canadians and bolster our national security.”

The Honourable Marjorie Michel, Minister of Health, said:

“Manufacturing the first-ever doses of a fully made-in-Canada COVID-19 vaccine demonstrates the power of collaboration between government, industry and science to help protect the health of Canadians. By producing vaccines here at home, we are supporting our economy while strengthening Canada’s ability to respond quickly and effectively to future public health emergencies.”

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[1] Moderna Canada. SPIKEVAX^® Product Monograph. August 21, 2025.

About Moderna

Moderna is a leader in the creation of the field of mRNA medicine. Through the advancement of mRNA technology, Moderna is reimagining how medicines are made and transforming how we treat and prevent disease for everyone. By working at the intersection of science, technology and health for more than a decade, the company has developed medicines at unprecedented speed and efficiency, including one of the earliest and most effective COVID-19 vaccines.

Moderna’s mRNA platform has enabled the development of therapeutics and vaccines for infectious diseases, immuno-oncology, rare diseases and autoimmune diseases. With a unique culture and a global team driven by the Moderna values and mindsets to responsibly change the future of human health, Moderna strives to deliver the greatest possible impact to people through mRNA medicines. For more information about Moderna, please visit modernatx.com and connect with us on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Spikevax^® is a registered trademark of Moderna.

Moderna Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, including statements regarding: the availability in Canadian provinces and territories of Moderna’s updated COVID vaccine for the 2025-2026 vaccination season; Moderna’s Canadian manufacturing; and Moderna’s pending regulatory applications for approval of its COVID vaccine globally. The forward-looking statements in this press release are neither promises nor guarantees, and you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which are beyond Moderna’s control and which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties, and other factors include, among others, those risks and uncertainties described under the heading “Risk Factors” in Moderna’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, and in subsequent filings made by Moderna with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Except as required by law, Moderna disclaims any intention or responsibility for updating or revising any forward-looking statements contained in this press release in the event of new information, future developments or otherwise. These forward-looking statements are based on Moderna’s current expectations and speak only as of the date of this press release.

Moderna Contacts

Media:
Sacha Kennedy
Director, Communications and Media
+1 647-385-6846
Sacha.Kennedy@modernatx.com

Investors:
Lavina Talukdar
Senior Vice President & Head of Investor Relations
+1 617-209-5834
Lavina.Talukdar@modernatx.com

SOURCE: Moderna, Inc.

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