Holography News articles from April 2009

Holography News archives from April 2009

Prism Solar - a new dawn for solar panels.
April 1, 2009... According to a recent press report, Prism Solar Technologies Inc (PST), based in Highland, New York, is looking to raise $150m for a solar hologram plant. This is not the case, however, with Jessica Barry, Director of Business Development,...

IHMA's Image register - easier & free to members.
April 1, 2009... The International Hologram Manufacturers' Association (IHMA) is making major improvements to the Hologram Image Register (HIR) to facilitate and encourage more members to register more of the holograms they produce for their customers. The key...

Reconnaissance buys Cross Conferences.(Company News)(Conference news)
April 1, 2009... Reconnaissance International, publisher of Holography News, has acquired Cross Conferences, which holds high security printing events annually in Asia and Eastern Europe, from Cross Group and BSC International. Established in 2001, these...

Ver-tec ceases trading.(Company News)
April 1, 2009... British company Ver-tec Security Systems Ltd, which was developing a holographic fingerprint system and other security holograms, has ceased trading and has been placed in administration. The joint administrators, Steven Law and Mark Upton of...

18% sales growth for HI.(Company News)
April 1, 2009... Hologram Industries followed its exceptional results for 2008 and the acquisition of Advestigo (see HN 23, No 3), by announcing this month an 18% increase in sales for the first quarter of this year compared with the same period last year....

Quantum holographic storage.(Technology News)
April 1, 2009... The technical journal Nature Nanotechnology announced earlier this year that a group of research workers at Stanford University in California, using 'quantum holography', have taken the first steps in demonstrating that information can be...

OptiKey takes on the giants.(Technology Profile)
April 1, 2009... OptiKey is both the company and the name of the product it offers, which is an optical authentication system for ID verification. In an exclusive interview with Holography News, company president William Schroer outlined the challenges faced by...

Belt & braces for new TWIC card.(Hologram of the Month)
April 1, 2009... April 14 2009 marked the final compliance date for introduction of the Transportation Workers Identification Credential (TWIC) for all the major ports in the USA. This 'credential' is a new form of ID complete with chip and holographic overlay...

International Holography Fund closes, holo-art center follows suit.(Hologram of the Month)
April 1, 2009... In a sign of the economic times, the International Holography Fund (IHF) has closed, which will have negative consequences for the whole field of art holography. Established two years ago as a follow-on to the Shearwater Foundation (see HN Vol...

Defying the gloom.(Stockwatch)
April 1, 2009... It is impossible to get away from the gloom of the global recession, but all is not lost! Although there is still no agreement among the experts on how to fix it, the G20 summit did not turn out to be the disaster some predicted it might be....

10 years ago.(Conferences)
April 1, 2009... Weissman Resigns from ABNH The April 1999 Holography News reported that Morris Weissman had resigned as Chairman and CEO of American Bank Note Holographics (ABNH). He had replaced Ed Weitzen as Chairman when US Banknote bought American...

20 years ago.(Conferences)
April 1, 2009... ABN Holo Sales 1988 The April 1989 issue of Holography News included one of our first reports of a hologram company's annual accounts - those for American Bank Note. Total sales for 1988 were $81.lm, with holographic sales split out at...