Holography News articles from December 2006

Holography News archives from December 2006

Holostik expands as Indian market booms.(CASE STUDY)
December 1, 2006... Holostik India Ltd, one of the country's first and largest hologram producers, is building new production facilities which will more than double its capacity. The facilities, in Rudrapur, Uttaranchal State, around 240 km north of Delhi (where...

Vista boosts OpSec profits.(COMPANY NEWS)
December 1, 2006... OpSec's interim results, for the six months to September 2006, have shown a marked improvement, largely on the back of profits from its 3dcd joint venture and the project to provide holographic DVDs for the launch of Microsoft's latest...

The value of the hologram brand--a good story to tell.(EDITORIAL)
December 1, 2006... Many of us in the global hologram industry work with some of the best-known global brands everyday. We know what the value of being clearly identified with a brand attribute or idea can bring. But the industry has so far failed to recognize...

De La Rue makes money at half year.(IN THE NEWS)
December 1, 2006... There can be few better feelings in business than to inform the market that your profit will be ahead of forecast. But when the time comes to actually announce the results, to be able to state that your profit is 43.5% ahead of a good result...

3rd quarter hits ABNH.(IN THE NEWS)
December 1, 2006... As expected, American Bank Note Holographics' third quarter results did not match those of the same period last year. Sales were $6.6m compared with $9.0m in the third quarter last year, a $2.4m (-27%) decrease. Net income at $0.7m versus $1.1m...

New board for IHMA.(IN THE NEWS)
December 1, 2006... At the AGM of the International Hologram Manufacturers Association, held on November 15 in Vienna, members elected Wilfried Schipper of Hologram Company Rako as the new Chairman, replacing Hugues Souparis of Hologram Industries who has stepped...

Protecting Jeddah Chamber certificates.(CASE STUDY)
December 1, 2006... Alkis Lembessis of Greek hot-stamping equipment supplier Cavomit gave a paper at Holo-pack*Holo-print[R] about the authentication of certificates issued by the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce. This reminded delegates that, alongside breakthroughs...

Two new techniques from De La Rue.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
December 1, 2006... De La Rue Holographics has launched the Combigram[TM]--a multi-technology image combining 2D/3D and classical 3D holography or stereograms with e-beam features. The different effects are recorded on the same mastering plate, doing away with the...

Holography booms in India.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
December 1, 2006... Holostik, probably the first hologram manufacturer in India, was founded in 1991. In 1994 the country's nascent hologram industry was given a boost by a national government decision to use a hologram to authenticate voter registration cards. At...

Excellence in holography awards 2006.(SPECIAL FEATURE--AWARDS)
December 1, 2006... For the 14th consecutive year, the International Hologram Manufacturers Association has given Excellence in Holography awards to outstanding holographic projects. Sponsored by Holography News[R] these awards arc for hologram products or...

Aztec--relief holograms with full parallax.(TECHNOLOGY NEWS)
December 1, 2006... As reported by James Cowan at Holo-pack*Holo-print[R], his Aztec holograms allow the mass-production of single-colour true 3D holograms using surface relief techniques. Formerly a researcher at the Polaroid Corporation, working on their...

The expanding universe at Holo-pack*Holo-print.(CONFERENCE REVIEW)
December 1, 2006... 184 participants and 19 exhibitors attended the 17th Holo-pack*Holo-print[R] conference and trade show held in Vienna, Austria in November. That is a record number of exhibitors, several of them taking orders at the show, or expecting orders...

Financial reports influence prices.(STOCKWATCH)
December 1, 2006... Opsec Gains 40% Last month I reported that Opsec's share price had fallen slightly following the gains made after the company's positive trading statement in September and indicated the market was probably still apprehensive as it waited...

SPIE's practical holography.(CONFERENCES)
December 1, 2006... The 21st Practical Holography conference takes place in San Jose, California, on January 21-22 as part of SPIE's Photonics West symposium and equipment exhibition. Chaired this year by Prof Roger Lessard of the University of Laval, Canada,...

Exhibitions and conferences.(CONFERENCES)(Calendar)
December 1, 2006... OPTO 2007: Practical Holography XXI: Materials and Application Conference January 20-25, 2007 San Jose, CA, USA www.spie.org Electronic Imaging January 28-February 1, 2007 San Jose, CA, USA www.spie.org ...

Agfa pulls out of holography.(10 YEARS AGO)
December 1, 2006... The lead item in Holography News in December 2006 was Agfa's announcement that it would no longer produce silver halide film or plates for holography. The stated reason was that, given the very small quantities produced it could not meet the...

Nescafe defeats counterfeiters.(10 YEARS AGO)
December 1, 2006... In Greece, Nestle was suffering a spate of counterfeiting of its Nescafe instant coffee, particularly in caterers' packs. The company turned to holograms to tackle this problem, but set up what amounted to a 'sting' operation to expose the...

Ver-Tec buys TD & I.(COMPANY NEWS)
December 1, 2006... The optical security technology development company Ver-Tec Security Systems Ltd has acquired Technical Development & Investigation Ltd (TD & I Ltd), as part of the company's declared realignment into authentication technologies and...