SMX ANNOUNCES FULL INDUSTRIAL MARKING PROCESS FOR THE STEEL INDUSTRY
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Insights
The announcement by SMX PLC represents a significant stride in supply chain transparency, particularly within the steel industry. The ability to track and report the ethical sourcing of ores is a response to the growing demand for responsible supply chains. With environmental concerns and ethical sourcing becoming increasingly important to consumers and investors alike, this technology could provide a competitive advantage to companies adopting it. The implications for stakeholders range from enhanced brand reputation to potential compliance with stricter future regulations on material sourcing.
By embedding a marking system that survives the entire steel production process, SMX is offering a solution that ensures traceability without compromising product quality. This could lead to increased trust between manufacturers, suppliers and end-users and might even command a premium price for products verified as ethically sourced. However, the adoption rate of such technology will depend on cost, ease of integration into existing systems and the willingness of the industry to invest in traceability solutions.
SMX's technology aligns with the global push towards sustainability and the circular economy. The ability to authenticate the origin and recycled content of steel products is not just a matter of ethical sourcing but also pertains to environmental compliance. Companies are under pressure to reduce their carbon footprint and this system provides a method to validate claims regarding the use of recycled materials.
From a compliance perspective, demonstrating adherence to environmental standards can mitigate risks of regulatory fines and penalties. It also aligns with the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria that are becoming central to investment decisions. However, it is essential to consider the scalability of SMX's technology and its integration with international standards for it to have a broad impact on the market.
The retention of mechanical and material properties in marked IF steel is a critical aspect of SMX's technology. From a materials science viewpoint, ensuring that the marking process does not alter the tensile strength, microstructure, or hardness of the steel is essential for maintaining its structural integrity and performance. The confirmation that these properties remain intact after embedding the marking system suggests that the technology is viable for widespread use in the steel industry without compromising the end product's quality or safety.
Moreover, the successful blind testing of the marked steel indicates a high level of accuracy in the technology, which is important for its credibility and reliability. While the technology appears promising, it will be important to monitor long-term studies on the durability of the marked steel in various applications and environments to ensure that there are no unforeseen effects on the material over time.
SMX's technology would enabled customers to demonstrate with accurate data embedded within their steel products that they can track, authenticate and report origination and amount of recycled content in steel products, in an enhanced and compliant manner across their operations.
Objectives & Success criteria:
- To implement SMX's unique marking technology within IF steel by embedding the technology within IF steel slabs (raw material) during the melting stage at the authorized facility for authentication of the steel's origin.
- To detect SMX's marking systems within the IF steel after each process stage from casting to galvanization.
- To ensure the durability of SMX's marking system after each stage of the manufacturing process and provide traceability of the IF steel during its production process while maintaining IF steel properties.
- To demonstrate that SMX's marking system embedded within steel does not affect the material or the mechanical properties of the material and final product.
Outcomes:
SMX successfully implemented its marking system across several batches of the steel slabs at the melting stage and was able to differentiate marked from unmarked steel material, providing authentication of the steel's origin.
SMX's marking system was successfully detected throughout the steel production process from melting, casting, hot & cold rolling, annealing to galvanization, demonstrating its durability and traceability functionality.
SMX's unique technology provided a non-destructive way of tracing, identifying, authenticating and validating the marked IF steel. This was confirmed during blind testing where
SMX's marking system was confirmed to deliver the results while ensuring all the mechanical and material properties remained intact covering tensile strength, microstructure, hardness, grain size, and adherence.
SMX demonstrated consistently its capability to implement its marking system within the production process and report in a nondestructive manner accurate data from raw material to final product, thereby enabling complete traceability and authenticity.
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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.
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