Holography News articles from April 2006

Holography News archives from April 2006

Visa pulls plug on HoloMag, CFCI deal called off.
April 1, 2006... As reported in the March issue of Holography News, American Bank Note Holographics (ABNH) issued a warning in February in a US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing that it had learned of 'a small number of incidents in which certain...

Profits up 34% at Hologram Industries.
April 1, 2006... On March 21 Hologram Industries reported an increase in operating profit of 34% on sales growth (excluding the non-recurrent engineering contract in China) of 28%. The operating profit at [euro]3.8m was [euro]1m higher than in 2004 and...

Take nothing for granted in a volatile sector.(EDITORIAL)
April 1, 2006... In April 2002 Holography News included the first 10 Years Ago column. That first item reprised news of the CFC Applied Holographics joint venture; a US SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) grant to Silhouette Technology to develop a...

Kinegram[R] secure memory for ID chip verification.(NEW PRODUCTS)
April 1, 2006... OVD Kinegram (OVDK), the specialist subsidiary of Leonhard Kurz GmbH, has developed an optical method to record and match the data set in a biometric chip, to provide an alternative verification of the authenticity of the data on the chip. ...

The history of holograms and magnetic stripes.(SPECIAL REPORT)
April 1, 2006... The combination of an embossed hologram and a magnetic stripe has held promise for the industry for almost 15 years. Holography News first began reporting on this subject in 1992 and interest, activity and news have been sporadic but consistent...

First banknote for Motion.(SPECIAL REPORT)
April 1, 2006... Motion, the new optically variable feature from banknote paper maker and printer Crane, has made its first appearance, in the new Swedish 1000 Kronor. Motion is a micro-lens based overt security feature with refractive as opposed to...

HoloMag failure wrecks ABNH's price and CFCI sale.(STOCKWATCH)
April 1, 2006... Last month I reported that ABNH's share price had fallen sharply from $6.1 to $5.4 (-11%) following a warning by the company that a problem with HoloMag could affect its performance. But the shares had recovered most of their losses within a...

Holo-pack * Holo-print 2006 takes shape.(CONFERENCES)
April 1, 2006... The annual industry conference and tradeshow Holo-pack * Holo-print, which takes place from November 15-17 in Vienna, Austria, now has as its theme The Expanding Universe of Holography. The emergence of new techniques, renewed interest in...

Embossing 1 - display 0.(10 YEARS AGO)
April 1, 2006... The contrasting fortunes of two hologram producers were juxtaposed on the front of Holography News in April 1996: Applied Holographics (now Applied Optical Technologies) had supplied a full embossed hologram mastering and production line for...

When is a hologram not a hologram?(10 YEARS AGO)
April 1, 2006... The UK's new [pounds sterling]2 coin was to be introduced in September 1996, produced in a bi-metal design with a hologram in the centre--at least, according to the description produced by the Westminster Collection, which was marketing a...

Exhibitions and conferences.(Calendar)
April 1, 2006... 49th SVC Annual Technical Conference April 22-27, 2006 Washington DC, USA www.svc.org 16th Annual CardTech/SecurTech May 2-4, 2006 San Francisco, CA, USA www.ctst.com Intergraf May 17-19, 2006 ...

3M advances Confirm with Floating Image.(TECHNOLOGY NEWS)
April 1, 2006... 3M used the occasion of Reconnaissance International's Authentication Connections Forum to launch Floating Image, the newest variant on its well-established Confirm[R] retro-reflective authentication labels. This new variation features an image...