NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / November 5, 2025 / Every generation reaches a point when progress demands proof. For Europe, following Singapore’s unprecedented action to usher in circularity, that moment is now. It’s unfolding in Valladolid, Spain, where SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) and CARTIF, one of the continent’s most respected technology research centers, are joining forces to turn circular-economy ambition into measurable results.
This isn’t a ceremonial partnership. It’s a revolution built from the ground up, where chemistry, code, and credibility come together to give sustainability what it has always lacked: verification. And Spain’s Castilla y León region, which produces more than €12.7 billion in industrial output each year, will be the EU’s newest proving ground. But here’s the catch: the region’s next stage of growth may not come from producing more but from proving more.
By embedding SMX’s molecular “physical-to-digital” tracing system into CARTIF’s pilot plants and laboratories, Spain gains something it has never had before: the ability to verify where materials come from, how they move, and when they return to the value chain. This is how the circular economy matures. Not through aspiration, but through authentication that proves accountability.
Monetizing Accountability
That transformation begins with SMX, whose technology does more than bridge ambition and accountability; it monetizes it through a molecular tracing system that turns materials into their own proof of origin. Invisible chemical markers bond at the molecular level, creating a digital passport that travels with each product from creation to recovery. Whether it’s packaging, computer hardware, metals, renewable components, or construction materials, every item gains a digital memory that can be verified at any stage of its life. What once relied on paperwork and promises now runs on chemistry and truth.
For decades, sustainability has been guided more by intention than by evidence. Reports filled with estimates and certifications built on trust all tried to approximate progress. SMX replaces that uncertainty with a proof system embedded directly into the material itself. Each movement, from creation to reuse, is logged and verified on the block-chain. No signatures. No declarations. Only evidence that endures. But this isn’t just for record-keeping and proof of provenance.
CARTIF will show how to turn SMX’s science into measurable impact, serving as Europe’s proving ground for technologies ready to move from pilot to production. With SMX integrated across its programs, Spain can operate with a real-time feedback loop that connects research with results. Each pilot plant becomes a generator of verified data that companies can use to meet compliance goals, win grants, and access sustainability-linked financing. Validation that once took years now happens in minutes, turning innovation into measurable growth.