Ingenia Technology is a London based company established in 2003. Ingenia has invented a technology, known as “Laser Surface Authentication” or LSA™ which reads the surface of the inherent structure of paper and plastics using a low cost laser, with a reliability level of at least one million trillion. The reflected laser from the surface is used in capturing microscopic signatures of surfaces. This opens up a completely new way of authenticating and tracking goods and documents including credit cards, banknotes, ID cards, passports , with levels of security and protection that have never been possible before. At a microscopic level the surface imperfections and irregularities of a credit card, a banknote, a passport or a packet of cigarettes are unique and each scan generates a unique id which can be used for both authentication and track & trace.

The LSA technology was the winner of the ‘Global Security Challenge’ in 2006, sponsored by the U.S Department of Defence and Dept of Homeland Security to find the ‘Best new security technology in the world’. Ingenia won the HERMES Award at the Hannover Fair in 2007 for ‘Best Technology’ and are winners of the Red Herring Europe 100 and Global 100 emerging technology companies. Customers of LSA include governments and commercial global brands.