Holography News articles from February 2004

Holography News archives from February 2004

Louisenthal completes the production circle.
February 1, 2004... Security paper manufacturer Louisenthal, a major user of holograms for banknotes and other security documents, has gone into production of its own. The company now has fully-integrated origination, production, finishing and application...

Holograms come out top in 3 banknote studies.
February 1, 2004... Three North American studies of reaction to a variety of overt anticounterfeiting features on banknotes have each concluded that holograms or similar diffractive foils in the form of patches, stripes or threads are the most easily identified...

When is a hologram not a hologram?(Editorial)
February 1, 2004... Answer: when it's an image with elements of movement, depth or other forms of optical variability which have nothing to do with the phenomenen of diffraction. We pose the question (and provide the answer) in response to a number of recent...

AOT announces profit warning .... and more!(Company News)
February 1, 2004... Applied Optical Technologies has announced that, as a result of delays in three significant orders plus the 'recent movement in the dollar-sterling exchange rate' it expected the results for the financial year to be materially below (more than...

And now ... the singing hologram.(Company News)
February 1, 2004... We've all heard of singing telegrams--but singing holograms? Thanks to a new development by Optaglio, the security of holograms can now be enhanced with a digital code which replays a tune when scanned. The digital data is embedded into the...

American stocks surge ahead.(Stockwatch)
February 1, 2004... Last period I reported an unusually high level of trading in ABNH shares from mid to end December and by early January with the share price at $1.53, ABNH had gained 34%. This proved to be just the beginning. Trading continued at an...

Holo-pack*Holo-print 2004--Maintaining Market Leadership.(Conference)
February 1, 2004... Holo-pack*Holo-print 2004 will be held from November 16-18 in Prague, Czech Republic. Final dates and details of the venue are subject to confirmation but will be circulated shortly. Although there were provisional plans to hold this year's...

10 years ago.(Conference)
February 1, 2004... 1994: The Year of Photopolymer? That was the question posed by the editorial in the February 1994 issue of Holography News, referring to several news items regarding the use of DuPont's OmniDex and Polaroid's Mirage holographic...

Bobst completes acquisition of Valmet Converting.(Company News)
February 1, 2004... Bobst Group has completed the acquisition of Valmet Converting, which include Atlas, Titan and General Vacuum, all of which are involved in production and converting equipment for the hologram industry. Bobst's agreement with Metso Corporation...