Holography News articles from August 2008

Holography News archives from August 2008

Bayer MaterialScience plans new photopolymer launch in 2010.
August 1, 2008... Bayer MaterialScience (BMS), one of the world's largest polymer companies, is developing a holographic photopolymer which it plans to launch in 2010. It is designing the material with mass replication in mind and intends that it will become the...

DLR provides secure solution for 2010 FIFA World Cup.
August 1, 2008... De La Rue Holographies has announced that it has been reselected to provide the protection for FIFA's official licensed merchandise, including products for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa [TM] This follows its success with the...

60 Years of holography revisited.(EDITORIAL)
August 1, 2008... At Easter 1947 Dennis Gabor conceived of wavefront reconstruction; in the autumn of that year his patent on this topic was applied for; in August 1948 his paper on microscopy by reconstructed wavefronts, which included the word 'hologram', was...

Record growth for HI.(COMPANY NEWS)
August 1, 2008... Hologram Industries has reported a record second quarter with sales increasing 50% over the same period last year to [euro]7.1m, much of this growth being attributed to identification documents. Over the half year period, HI's sales were...

Sports merchandise protection--holograms take gold.(SPECIAL FEATURE)
August 1, 2008... With the Olympic Games in Beijing just over, and the award to De La Rue Holographics of the contract to provide protection for the merchandise for the FIFA World Cup in South Africa in 2010 (see page 1), the issue of global event licensing is...

The effect of a recession.(STOCKWATCH)
August 1, 2008... It was the anniversary of the start of the credit crisis early in August, and we are still arguing about the causes, never mind the cure. Well it seems that good old market forces are already having some effect with oil prices having fallen...

Pushing the boundaries.(CONFERENCES)
August 1, 2008... The programme for this year's Holo-pack * Holo-print [R] has now been posted to the conference website and can be viewed at www. holopackholoprint.info. The conference is on the theme of Pushing the Boundaries and will examine and cover the...

Exhibitions and conferences.(Conference news)(Calendar)
August 1, 2008... China Brand Protection and AntiCounterfeiting Technology 2008 September 3-5, 2008 Shanghai, China www.anti-counterfeit.cn The Future of Secure Documents September 8-11, 2008 Chicago, IL, USA ...

10 years ago.
August 1, 2008... AH Prismatic. The End of an Era A lead item in Holography News in August 2008 reported the impending closure of AH Prismatic Ltd. The history of holography is littered with the corpses of short-lived companies, but AH was founded in 1980...

20 years ago.
August 1, 2008... $50m Market in 1988? Holography News in August 1988 reported the presentations and discussions regarding the size of the holography market at the Lake Forest International Symposium on Display Holography. Estimates of the market for...

Faster prototypes with new simulation software from DNP.(COMPANY NEWS)
August 1, 2008... Dai Nippon Printing Co Ltd. (DNP) has developed simulation software that allows users to verify rendered images closely approximating real holograms produced from three dimensional computer graphics. These include calculated interference...