The Albany Gazette - The Anti-Counterfeit Industrial War: How SMX Builds the First Molecular Firewall for Global Trade

This capability arrives at a moment when industries can no longer rely on visual inspections, barcodes or serial numbers to defend against sophisticated counterfeiting networks. Materials change form repeatedly throughout manufacturing, and most traditional identifiers get destroyed in the process. SMX solves that problem at the source. It embeds a permanent chemical signature directly into the material so every version of it, from original casting to recycled feedstock, carries undeniable evidence of identity.

The result is a verification architecture that cannot be separated from the material itself. Companies gain the ability to confirm authenticity at any checkpoint, regardless of how many times the metal, polymer or component has been melted, machined or reprocessed. SMX turns integrity into an intrinsic property instead of an external label.

A Global Trade System Under Threat

Industrial counterfeiting has become a multibillion-dollar liability across the manufacturing world. Aerospace companies fear fake alloys entering load-bearing structures. Automakers face risk from compromised metals and counterfeit electronics that jeopardize safety. Electronics manufacturers battle infiltration at the chip, sub-assembly, and substrate levels. Even recycling markets struggle with fraudulent declarations that distort both pricing and environmental reporting.

Traditional defenses cannot keep pace. Labels can be duplicated. Certificates can be forged. Digital tracking breaks the moment a material enters a furnace, shredder or chemical bath. Once the original identifiers disappear, companies are forced to trust their suppliers or rely on lengthy inspections that still miss subtle substitutions. SMX eliminates this vulnerability by embedding truth into the material before it enters the supply chain.

The market is shifting quickly. Corporations want feedstock that verifies itself. Governments want anti-counterfeiting systems that cannot be bypassed by reprocessing. Insurers want proof of authenticity before underwriting high-risk categories. SMX is supplying the backbone for this new industrial environment, creating a system that supports fast manufacturing without sacrificing integrity.

A New Global Framework for Industrial Defense

A new era of supply chain security is emerging, one in which authentication is no longer treated as a final checkpoint but as a foundational element of manufacturing. SMX is establishing this new framework by giving metals, plastics, and advanced materials a forensic identity that survives every transformation they undergo. It turns each shipment into a self-defending asset.

This shift strengthens every part of industrial production. Procurement teams gain clarity that eliminates vendor disputes. Quality control groups gain a verification tool that does not depend on external labeling. Compliance officers gain material-level certainty that aligns with increasing regulatory demands. The entire system becomes more trustworthy because authenticity is built into the inputs rather than inferred from paperwork.

The broader impact is emerging across multiple sectors. As counterfeiting threats increase, buyers are favoring suppliers who can prove the identity of every material they use. SMX is enabling this transition by building the world's first molecular firewall for industrial commerce, a system where authenticity is not reconstructed after a breach but protected from the moment a material enters global circulation.

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 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.

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SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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