Holography News articles from December 2002

Holography News archives from December 2002

The $99 custom hologram from LitiHolographics.
December 1, 2002... American company Liti Holographics Inc, which has been producing full colour stereograms for point-of-purchase and similar commercial work for several years, is now introducing 6" x 6" and 12" x 9" full-colour reflection holographic stereograms...

A good year but some problems. (Review of 2002).(hologram industry)
December 1, 2002... According to most of the hologram company executives contacted by Holography News for this annual 'Review of the Year', 2002 has been a good year with demand remaining high. This was especially so in North America, where both packaging and...

New president at CFC. (On the Record).(Greg Jehlik )(CFC International)
December 1, 2002... In June 2002 Greg Jehlik was appointed as president and chief operating officer at CFC International, which produces laminates, stamping foils, magnetic stripes and other coated film materials, with sales of around $60-70M annually. It produces...

2 groups with the same REID/holography licence tags idea. (Holo Products).
December 1, 2002... Two groups have recently launched an intelligent licence tag for vehicles linking holograms for visual authentication with chips for data storage. French company Hologram Industries and German licence-plate producer J.H. Toennjes GmbH...

Two new producers of holo-scratch off coatings. (Holo Products).
December 1, 2002... Alpha Lasertek (India) and De La Rue Holographics & Tapes (UK) have joined Pura Barutama (Indonesia) as producers of scratch off holograms as a more secure replacement for the usual grey latex-based ink. DLR is positioning its product for the...

Art Holography CD-ROM. (Art Holography).
December 1, 2002... With the support of the Shearwater Foundation and the unstinting commitment of Georges Dyens, MGD Productions, in association with GRAM (Research Group in Media Arts, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, (UQAM) has published AR: Holography, a...

Shearwater grants approach $100,000. (Art Holography).(Shearwater Foundation)
December 1, 2002... The Shearwater Foundation has announced almost 5100,000 in grants to holographic art and artists worldwide. Grants go to support holographic art purchases, documentation and archiving and creative opportunities. The largest grant - $50,000...

New heat resistant foil from CFC. (Art Holography).(CFC Holographics)
December 1, 2002... CFC Holographics, Security Group has introduced a new laser printer-resistant hot stamping foil Hololaser - which is suitable for both patch and stripe application onto security documents and labels. Laser printers are increasingly being...

Label specialist for AOT. (People on the Move).(Applied Optical Technologies)
December 1, 2002... Andrew Mills, formerly of security papermaker Portals Bathford, has been appointed Sales Director for Applied Optical Technologies, covering Europe and Asia. He replaces Tim Formoy, who has left the company Edwin Shuffelbotham, Strategic...

31% of producers have seen counterfeits. (Counterfeits).
December 1, 2002... David Pizzanelli of Light Impressions International (and a former Chairman of the IHMA) conducted an informal web-based survey last year to ascertain producers' experience of counterfeit holograms. The results are somewhat alarming, revealing...

Ten years ago: final act for the Museum of Holography. (Counterfeits).
December 1, 2002... The auction of the assets of the Museum of Holography in New York was to take place on January 9 1993, as announced on the front page of Holography News in December '92. The core asset was the Museum's collection of holograms, including some...

Holo-pack * Holo-print: marking the third age for Holography? (Holo-Pack * Holo-Print).
December 1, 2002... The thirteenth annual Holo * pack Holo-print conference and trade show, held in November in London, England, was by all measures the most successful yet, dispelling some of the gloom that had settled over last year's event, which - held in...

Emerging and applications for large format surface relief holograms. (Holo-Pack * Holo-Print).
December 1, 2002... Several papers covered new applications for holography Two in particular could have a substantial benefit for surface relief hologram manufacturers. In the final paper Melissa Crenshaw of Ledalite Architectural Products, described the company's...

DuPont consolidates display business. (Company News).
December 1, 2002... Following its acquisition of LCD display and laminating company Polar Vision a year ago (see I-IN vol 15 No 9/10), DuPont has now consolidated its display device business into one Display Solutions business unit, merging the Polar Vision and...

New holographic ID cards in New Jersey. (Company News).
December 1, 2002... The security ID cards for Passaic County New jersey have been upgraded to incorporate new security features, including two holograms from Crown Roll Leaf. The old cards were made of laminated paper, held a Polaroid photograph of the bearer and...

Flex moves into label market by acquisition. (Company News).
December 1, 2002... JDS Uniphase has purchased Los Angeles Label Corporation (LAL) to expand its subsidiaty Flex Products' capability in the brand protection market. Flex makes interference pigment products and is well known for its ColorShift products used on...

Westmead still trading. (Company News).
December 1, 2002... Walter Clarke, the sole owner of Westmead Technology Ltd, has contacted Holography News to point out that the company has not closed down, as we reported in the previous issue. He acknowledged that there is a disagreement between the company...

The tin can patents: a method for replicating a surface relief and an article for holding a surface relief.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... The patent Lars Lindvold refers to covers the process and the product for holographically embossed metal packaging. Key points of the patent are: Abstract The present invention relates to a method for replicating a surface relief. In...

Holman wins Caykur order.(Holman Technology Inc gets contract from Caykur Tea Company )
December 1, 2002... The public tender for the Caykur Tea Company was won by Holman Technology Inc of Hamilton, New Jersey. The Caykur tea project has been the subject of fierce competitive bidding at every tender since the mid 1990's steadily driving down the...

IHMA expands membership categories. (Industry Association).(International Hologram Manufacturers Association )
December 1, 2002... The International Hologram Manufacturers Association annual general meeting, held the day before the Holo-pack-Holo-print conference in London, England, was the best attended for several years. It was also one of the most lively, with several...

A good year end, a promising new year! (Stock Watch).(Industry Overview)
December 1, 2002... It makes a change to be able to write positively about holography company share prices after months of gloom and doom. But don't get too excited just yet. The signs are positive and for once the graphs are virtually all pointing upwards, but it...

2002 Holography Awards demonstrate the industry's innovation. (Holography Awards).
December 1, 2002... In their tenth year, the Holography News[TM] Awards for Excellence in Holography demonstrate the ingenuity and innovation that continue to drive commercial holography forward. The Awards ceremony, at the annual holographic industry conference...

De La Rue scales back. (Corporate News).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... De La Rue's interim results for 2003/2003 showed overall sales of [pounds sterling]270M, down from [pounds sterling]295M in the same period last year. Operating profits were also down - from [pounds sterling]31M to [pounds sterling]15M. As...

Half year losses for AOT despite Euro deliveries. (Corporate News).(Applied Optical Technologies )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Following its autumn profits warning, Applied Optical Technologies announced a loss of [pounds sterling]200,000 on a turnover of [pounds sterling]14M for the half year ended September 30 2002, down from a profit of [pounds sterling]200,000 and...

Kerala Holography. (Corporate News).(NEW COMPANY)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... The State of Kerala in India has established a hologram company to serve its own needs for embossed authentication holograms, but also with the facilty to produce display holograms. Established under the leadership of Dr P.T. Ajith Kumar and...