NanoMalaysia Berhad Wins Accolades at ITEX 2025 for National Innovations
Competing in the Corporate category of the prestigious ITEX Invention & Design Competition, NMB presented four breakthrough innovations showcasing Malaysia's leadership in hydrogen mobility, advanced energy storage, sustainable household technology, and intelligent monitoring systems as high value technological interventions to Malaysia's economic growth trajectory to become a high-tech and high income nation through both the 12th and 13th Malaysia Plan periods.
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