Client: Innovia Systems (Innovia Security)
Status: Launched
Year: 2019
Innovia Security manufactures Guardian®, the world’s most sophisticated banknote substrate, currently issued on 80 denominations across 24 countries. They needed a specialised laboratory device that went beyond basic validation to forensically examine both the physical and optical layers of polymer notes. Filament was asked to design a precision scanner built specifically for central banks, police forces, and forensic laboratories.
Not a basic counterfeit validation scanner, a forensic laboratory instrument for central banks.
Technicians and security analysts deserve great interaction and inspiring design in their daily tasks. Filament recognised that the solution required stripping away mechanical clutter in both the product and the software. To build total trust, a complex scientific procedure had to behave like an approachable, modern fin-tech platform.
Security hardware does not need to feel sterile. It needs a clean, intuitive fin-tech interaction.
We resolved the complex challenge of precisely automating optics arrangements and substrate positioning under a custom scanning head. Our software integration enabled the system to execute dual analytical modes - measuring microscopic layer thicknesses and mapping the unique optical fingerprint of the material at 12,000 readings per second.
High-frequency physical analytics become effortless at a touch
We engineered custom firmware, automated clamping mechanics, and real-time graphical screens into a uniform architecture that scaled from the desktop lab scanner down to a pocket-sized handheld tool. This gave the sales team an immediate, tailored product line to demonstrate directly to global central banking delegations.
An entire laboratory scaled into a commercial product family.
The Verus™ product family picked up a prestigious Red Dot Design Concept Award during its release. For Innovia, working with Filament turned complex material science into a robust commercial product line that fits the realities of high-volume transaction points. For central banks and law enforcement agencies, it offers an instant, unquestionable method to verify note circulation and protect public trust.
From a disruptive industry innovation to a retail-ready platform for global security leaders.
