SIRIM Bags Six Golds, Four Silver And Two Major Awards At ITEX 2025
KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 (Bernama) -- SIRIM Berhad (SIRIM) achieved oustanding success when all 10 of its participating projects earned accolades - six gold medals and four silver medals - at the International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (ITEX 2025), at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC), yesterday.
SIRIM, in a statement, said that its two top innovations also received the Best Invention and Best Green Invention awards in the Research Institution category.
Among the gold medal-winning projects was the Automated Drone Station (ADS) for Smart Aerial Monitoring and Surveillance, which also earned the Best Invention award.
It is a smart platform designed to manage, charge, and launch drones autonomously, without the need for human supervision.
The Bioactive Antimicrobial Material Enriched with Citrus Extract for Sustainable Applications (BioCitrusProtect) project, which also won the Best Green Invention award, combines chitosan, bacterial cellulose, and naringin extracted from citrus to create a natural and effective solution for inhibiting harmful microorganisms, with potential applications in food packaging and coatings.
Other projects that won gold medals included QUANTUMLFA: Revolutionising Hepatitis B Detection, a rapid test kit for detecting Hepatitis B surface antigen, and Sustainable Innovation: Biodegradable Microbeads from Pineapple Fibre, a sustainable scientific solution designed to replace plastic microbeads in skincare and personal care products.
Other gold award recipients include the Digitalisation of Clear Aligners Production Through Direct 3D Printing project, which introduced a fully digital workflow for producing clear braces, and REP4WRD®: Agile Best Practices for Industry, a framework designed to help organisations effectively implement Agile methodologies.
Meanwhile, four other projects earned silver awards: Green Plastics Sustainable Solutions Through G0-Terra Innovations; Smart Mosquito Repellent Dispenser (X-IOT); Low Pressure Storage System Using Amine-Functionalised Multiwall Carbon Nanotube (MWCNT) as Adsorbent Materials for Natural Gas Storage, and AI-Based Automated Data Extraction API for Dynamic Paper-Based Documents (aIDEA).
SIRIM Berhad president and group chief executive officer Datuk Dr Ahmad Sabirin Arshad said the recognition demonstrated SIRIM's commitment to driving sustainable solutions that not only advance the country's technological capabilities but also contribute to addressing global challenges.
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