Holography News articles from December 2003

Holography News archives from December 2003

Holotools joins nanostructure producers.
December 1, 2003... German company Holotools is producing standard and custom-designed optical microstructures for use in a variety of functions, including daylight management and distribution optics, diffractive patterns and antireflection materials. The company...

Hspace approached to contribute to automotive design.
December 1, 2003... The Toronto-based holographic architectural firm, Hspace, has been approached by Magna Advanced Technologies to work with it to develop holographic automotive applications. Magna is a multi-billion dollar automotive development company and...

A mixed year for holography.(Comment)
December 1, 2003... 2003 proved to be a varied year for commercial holography across the world. Most producers report a flat year, or a flat first half of the year as the impact of SARS and various other factors was felt. Yet not all was gloom; there were bursts...

Attendance down at practical holography; switch next year?(Conferences)
December 1, 2003... Attendance at SPIE's Practical Holography XVIII conference was lower than usual, while there were no break-throughs announced, although there were some interesting developments reported. The reduced attendance also meant there were several...

Sal D' Amato, long-time business innovator.(On the Record)
December 1, 2003... Salvatore (Sal) D'Amato was selected by the IHMA Board to receive the Brian Monaghan Award for Business Innovation in the 2003 Hologram Awards. Sal was a founder of American Banknote Holographics, helped to build it into one of the industry...

Laser-lit display holograms for Xen Restaurant.(Industry News)
December 1, 2003... The Xen Restaurant hologram waterfall installation, which won the Best of the Year award in the 2003 hologram awards, represents a return to holography's routes by exploiting optical fibres to illuminate the laser-display holograms. The...

IHMA simplifies fee structure.(Industry News)
December 1, 2003... The International Hologram Manufacturers Association has simplified its member fee structure for 2004 to create a smaller differential between its largest and smaller member companies. Since its establishment in 1993 the IHMA has operated four...

Practical Holography third edition.(Publications)
December 1, 2003... The third edition of Graham Saxby's book, Practical Holography, has now been published by the Institute of Physics (UK). The previous two editions became the standard text book for any-one wishing to learn how to make holograms, from basic home...

We regret to announce the death from a heart attack of Peter Ncholson, one of the pioneers of pulse laser holographic portraiture.(People in the News)
December 1, 2003... We regret to announce the death from a heart attack of Peter Nicholson, one of the pioneers of pulse laser holographic portraiture. Peter first came across holography after meeting Lloyd Cross and he became director of the Smithsonian...

Martin Richardson, formerly proprietor and holographer at The Hologram Image Studio in London, has moved to Leicester to take up a post as Senior Research Fellow in the Imaging & Graphic Design Communications department of De Montfort University.(People in the News)
December 1, 2003... Martin Richardson, formerly proprietor and holographer at The Hologram Image Studio in London, has moved to Leicester to take up a post as Senior Research Fellow in the Imaging & Graphic Design Communications department of De Montfort...

CFC International has appointed Mark Mitravich to the position of Vice President of Sales.(People in the News)
December 1, 2003... CFC International has appointed Mark Mitravich to the position of Vice President of Sales. He will report directly to CFC's President and Chief Operating Office Greg Jehlik and will over-see the company's North American sales activities and...

Bernd Mainzer has joined Hologram Industries as Sales and Marketing Director--a new position which brings together the company's global sales activities in holographic security.(People in the News)
December 1, 2003... Bernd Mainzer has joined Hologram Industries as Sales and Marketing Director--a new position which brings together the company's global sales activities in holographic security. Bernd was previously with Bundesdruckerei International Services,...

2003 share price and valuation review.(Special Feature)
December 1, 2003... 2003 was not a bad year for the value of hologram companies, at least as shown by the companies that we follow in the Holography News stock track. From January 2003 to January 2004 the share price of these companies increased an aggregate 48%....

Dollars could feature optically variable features.(Industry News)
December 1, 2003... The US banknote printer, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, has issued a solicitation notice for new counterfeit deterrent technologies which includes reference to diffractive or reflective, laminated or hot stamped materials, fuelling...

Some high spirits!(Stockwatch)
December 1, 2003... It would have been a seasonal miracle if all hologram company shares had rallied in the final month of the year but it was heartening nevertheless to see some sparkle in the festive season. Leading those on the up was Applied Optical...

Expansion for CFC.(Stockwatch)
December 1, 2003... CFC International has announced plans to buy 58,000 sq ft of office, manufacturing and warehousing space which borders its head offices and main production facility in Chicago Heights, IIIinois. The purchase agreement with its neighbour Chroma...

Jonathan Ross collection on CD-ROM.(Art Holography)
December 1, 2003... British hologram collector and archivist Jonathan Ross, who 'trades' as Holograms-3D, has created a CD-Rom of his collection. Ross has been collecting art and commercial holography since 1978 and his collection is among the most comprehensive....

Shearwater Foundation's awards.(Art Holography)
December 1, 2003... The Shearwater Foundation has announced a series of art holography awards totalling $123,500 for 2003, its highest grant amount since 1995. Three artists, Pearl John, Martin Richardson (both UK) and Waldemar Mattis-Teusch (Romania) each receive...

10 years ago computer origination.(Art Holography)
December 1, 2003... The lead feature in Holography News ten years ago discussed the uses of computerised holographic origination, following the launch of the Davis Light Machine previously reported. Using computers in design of holographic artwork facilitated...

Telic moving to larger premises for photomask and holo-blank production.(Company News)
December 1, 2003... The Telic Company, currently located in Santa Monica, CA, will shortly be moving to 2500 sq ft premises in Valencia, CA, expanding its facilities for the clean-room production of photomasks and holographic blanks. Telic was founded in 1968...

Dausmann Holographics: Phoenix from HSM.(Company News)
December 1, 2003... As expected, Gunther Dausmann has set up a new company following the difficulties at Hologram Systems Munchen. The new company, Dausmann Holographics (DH), operates in the same premises as HSM and several HSM staff have transferred to the new...

Bobst buys Steuer.(Company News)
December 1, 2003... The Bobst Group, which manufactures hot foil stamping machines, has bought a two-third stake in its rival Steuer for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition is subject to the approval of the appropriate merger control authorities. Bobst is a...