Holography News articles from February 2008

Holography News archives from February 2008

DNP's Secure Image--a first for China.
February 1, 2008... Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) has announced that its Secure Image[TM] hologram has been awarded the 'Certification of Review and Assessment of Anti-Counterfeiting Technology' from the National Anti-Counterfeiting Technology Product Management...

New mastering studio sets up in US.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
February 1, 2008... Miami holographer Jeff Weil has established NorthBeach Holography Inc to provide a specialist mastering service for embossed hologram production companies. Weil has been working as a holographer for over 20 years, teaching himself...

Protecting holography's position.(EDITORIAL)
February 1, 2008... This is yet another editorial about standards and holography, as we also covered standards in the November 2007 issue. That editorial dealt with the need to establish standards to improve inter-operability between machine-readable holograms...

Cold foils from Amagic.(NEWS IN BRIEF)
February 1, 2008... Amagic has introduced its KOLDfoil HXP line of printable holographic cold foils in a variety of standard patterns such as Rainbow and Pillars of Light. According to the company, the KOLDfoil HXP has been specifically formulated to allow...

ABNH completes sale to JDSU.(NEWS IN BRIEF)
February 1, 2008... American Bank Note Holographics has announced the completion of its acquisition by JDSU, which was announced in December (see HN Vol 21, No 12) for a consideration of $138m. According to ABNH, the transition to JDSU will take place over several...

Vacumet offers holo films.(NEWS IN BRIEF)
February 1, 2008... Vacumet Corporation, manufacturers of holographic paper and metallised film and paper, has added to the former with the introduction of a range of holographic films. Described as complementary extension of its HoloPRISM[R] brand, the range...

ITW's Covid Security Group.(People in the News)
February 1, 2008... ITW's Covid Security Group has appointed David Albee to the new position of Director of Quality Control and Process Development. His 25-year career in holography has previously included positions with ABNH and OpSec.

Hologram Industries.(People in the News)
February 1, 2008... Corinna Murcia Guidecelli has joined Hologram Industries as Sales and Marketing Director.

3D AG of Switzerland has appointed two new Bueinss Development Managers.(People in the News)
February 1, 2008... 3D AG of Switzerland has appointed two new Bueinss Development Managers. Eric Woestenberg heads up the newly-formed business unit for high security, while Philippe Pouget is responsible for the micro- and nanotechnology division.

Certego takes on PhenoStor.(NEWS IN BRIEF)
February 1, 2008... A new company, Certego GmbH, has been formed to develop and market PhenoStor, the holographic security data storage system developed by Bayer Innovation (see HN Vol 20, No 10) that won Best New Holographic Product in the 2007 Excellence in...

An expanding and evolving battleground--optical security features at ODS.(TECHNOLOGY FEATURE)
February 1, 2008... The Optical Document Security (ODS) conference, which recently took place in San Francisco, is typically the venue where new developments in overt authentication for currency and other secure documents are unveiled. This year was no exception....

Stock markets nervous.(STOCKWATCH)
February 1, 2008... During January stock markets plunged and, just as we went to press, the US Federal Reserve responded with a 0.75% cut in the cost of borrowing. The Bank of England, the ECB and the Fed (again) have all since cut interest rates in an attempt to...

Holo-pack*Holo-print 2008--call for papers.(CONFERENCES)
February 1, 2008... The Holo-pack*Holo-print 2008 Conference and Trade Show will be held in Toronto, Canada from November 18-20, and organisers Reconnaissance International are now inviting companies to submit proposals for papers. The recent rapid pace of...

Exhibitions and conferences.(CONFERENCES)(Conference news)(Calendar)
February 1, 2008... FSEA National Convention April 10-12, 2008 Scottsdale, AZ, USA www.fsea.com 5th Pan European High Security Printing Conference April 16-17, 2008 Prague, Czech Republic www.cross-conferences.com DRUPA 2008...

Motorola adopts HOEs.(10 YEARS AGO)
February 1, 2008... The February 1998 issue reported that the American electronics company Motorola had been evaluating holographic optical elements (HOEs) on DuPont's photopolymer material, and--having been impressed with their performance and environmental...

3 new DCG producers.(20 YEARS AGO)
February 1, 2008... The February 1988 issue announced that three companies, all in the USA, were entering the market--or thinking of doing so--for personal dichromated gelatin (DCG) holograms. Portson, a Kansas company founded by Mike Porter, had started to...

Holograms: an exhibition of the First 60 Years.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
February 1, 2008... An exhibition titled Holograms: the First 60 Years, opens in Banbury, UK, on March 1 as a celebration of holography's 60th anniversary. It has been organised and curated by Jonathan Ross, probably Britain's most committed hologram collector,...