Holography News articles from April 2011

Holography News archives from April 2011

OpSec going private following takeover bid.(Corporate News)
April 1, 2011... On April 27, OpSec, the Anglo-US hologram producer and brand protection company quoted on the London Stock Exchange, announced that it had accepted and was recommending to shareholders an offer of 50p per share from Orca Holdings Limited (Orca),...

Embossers by the Dozen--SanJian Packaging Co. China.(Company Profile)
April 1, 2011... In September last year we reported on Sanjian's UV transfer process, and at the time the company had a new production process in development, so Holography News[R] paid another visit to learn more about the company's production processes. ...

Holography & IPR: protecting the protectors.(Editorial)
April 1, 2011... Holography has been more active and more helpful in the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) than any other technology in the modern era. To understand this claim, we must look more closely at the meaning of the term 'intellectual...

Pacific Holographics updates security components.(Authentication)
April 1, 2011... US hologram origination company Pacific Holographics has developed a number of new or evolved image components to make it both more difficult to copy and more easy to recognize an authentication hologram. At the Security Document World (SDW)...

A normal month--almost!(Stockwatch)
April 1, 2011... Each month this year has seen major events taking place, each had significant implications for markets and the world's economies because they brought uncertainty and signalled instability. This month has been no exception--unrest has continued...

Submission deadlines approach for key industry conferences.(Events)(Conference news)
April 1, 2011... There is still time to submit a proposal for a paper at the 2011 Holo-pack*Holo-print[R] conference, and the deadline for submission of a paper for the Optical Document Security 2012 conference is approaching. Holo-pack*Holo-print, the...

ITW buys Foilmark.(10 YEARS AGO)
April 1, 2011... In April 2001 US conglomerate ITW took another step to becoming one of the biggest hologram producers in the world with the acquisition of US hot-foil manufacturer Foilmark Inc, as reported in that month's Holography News[R]. The total purchase...

HI launches DID.(10 YEARS AGO)
April 1, 2011... Also reported in April 2001 was Hologram Industries' launch of diffractive identification device, or DID[R], specifically aimed at banknotes and ID documents. DID shows a distinct red-to-green colour change on rotating the item through...

20 years ago.(Events)
April 1, 2011... In April 1991 Holography News reported the use of holographic interferometry to study the tidal deformations of the earth's crust by Dr Shuko Takemoto of the Kyoto University Dept of Geophysics. He was hoping to develop this in to a technique...

Exhibitions, conferences and meetings.(Diary)(Conference news)(Calendar)
April 1, 2011... May 9-11 Digital Holography & Three Dimensional Imaging Tokyo, Japan www.OSA.org May 18-19 Luxe Pack New York New York, USA www.luxepacknewyork.com July 11-14 Banknote 2011 Washington DC, USA ...

Holograms on vehicle plates in India.(Vehicle Plates)
April 1, 2011... The Delhi government decided that by September 2014, all vehicles in the city will have to install high security, tamper proof number plates carrying holograms, in a bid to check vehicle theft. For new vehicles, such plates will be introduced...