i-PRO marks sixth anniversary as independent company

Since its inception, i-PRO has experienced continuous double-digit growth and maintained sound profitability, underpinned by strong demand for its edge-processing AI cameras for security, safety and medical applications and a reputation for quality engineering and cyber resilience.

The company’s annual turnover is now more than 70% higher than it was prior to becoming independent. This steady growth affords partners and end users confidence in a business that’s both stable and forward-looking, offering technologies that are innovative, cost-effective and based on an open architecture that evolves with customer needs.

Manufacturing resilience

As of 1 October, the company’s new Saga factory (based at Tosu City, Saga Prefecture, Japan) is fully operational as an i-PRO production facility, strengthening global manufacturing resilience and ensuring long-term supply stability for partners and customers.

By relocating production to Japan, i-PRO is planning to bring its design and manufacturing teams under one roof, improving collaboration and accelerating testing and production. The site also aims to introduce agile, high-mix, low-volume manufacturing, combining standardised core modules with custom configurations. This approach is aimed at reducing production time, boosting efficiencies and enabling faster global delivery of a wider variety of products.

ISO/IEC 42001 certification

Earlier this year, i-PRO became the first company in the security industry to achieve ISO/IEC 42001 certification for AI management, setting a new benchmark for transparency, ethics and security governance.

i-PRO has been at the forefront of AI R&D for many years now, delivering innovative camera hardware that uses edge AI technology in the security, public safety and medical fields. Compliance with global standards reinforces customer confidence in the safety, integrity and accountability of i-PRO’s technology.

Enhanced AI search capabilities

Last month, and as reported by Security Matters at the time, i-PRO released Version 3.0 of its Active Guard intelligent search software, adding generative AI features that give operators more intuitive ways to find critical evidence.

The update enables free text search in natural language across leading VMS platforms to return precise results without predefined tags. By combining edge-processed metadata from i-PRO AI cameras with an on-premises generative AI engine, Active Guard 3.0 delivers powerful search and situational awareness, while keeping data under customer control.

A new Person Image Similarity Search feature further improves investigations by helping to locate visually similar appearances, even when conditions like clothing or lighting change.

Expanded global leadership

Reflecting its growth as a global organisation, i-PRO has expanded its Board of Directors and leadership team to include experienced executives and respected industry leaders with diverse and international backgrounds.

Those individuals include Gerard Figols (director and chief operating officer), Hiroo Okamoto (director, corporate head and chief financial officer), James Rothstein (non-executive director and global executive advisor), Kaori Yagi (director and Audit and Supervisory Committee member), Bill Brennan (chair of the Americas Board) and Dayanna Nunez (chief Human Resources officer). Their expertise underscores the company’s ongoing transformation as a global organisation and helps guide its strategic investments in innovation and responsible AI.

“With a growing global footprint, an expanded leadership team and continued investment in AI and edge innovation,” stated Masato Nakao, CEO of i-PRO, “the company enters its seventh year positioned as a trusted and long-term ally for partners and end users seeking technology that delivers both immediate value and future readiness.”

*Further information is available online at www.i-pro.com