KX Industries L.P., of Orange, Conn., announced that its newest technology, Matrikx Microbiological Barrier™, received the 2003 New Product Award at the 9th World Filtration Congress by the American Filtration & Separations Society. The product represents a totally new technological achievement in water filtration for the consumer market with applications in refrigerators, end-of-tap filters, whole house filters, water carafes, under-sink filters and above-sink filters.