Holography News articles from July 2002

Holography News archives from July 2002

ABNH & Kurz agreement covers demet, hot-stamp and HoloMag patents.
July 1, 2002... American Bank Note Holographics (ABNH) and Leonhard Kurz GmbH have concluded a cross-licensing agreement giving Kurz a licence to ABNH's hologram demetallisation and hot stamping patents, and ABNH a licence to Kurz's hologram embossing patent...

ExxonMobil PP embossing patent.
July 1, 2002... In a move which has surprised many in the embossed hologram industry, on May 21 the US Patent & Trademarks Office issued a patent for Polyolefin film with embossed surface to the ExxonMobil Corporation. The abstract describes the product as 'An...

Patents: avoiding a return to the bad old days. (Editorial).
July 1, 2002... It is a long time since Holography News has reported on patent disputes within the hologram industry. Until the mid-1990s, such disputes were, sadly, a regular feature of this then-young industry. Patents are intended to encourage innovation by...

The ABNH & Kurz patents.
July 1, 2002... Hot-stamping film, and process and apparatus for its manufacture Patent Number: US4232077; Issue date: 1980-11-04 Inventor(s): Meisel, Fritz Abstract This invention relates to new hot-stamping films comprising a carrier film,...

Obituary.(Obituary)
July 1, 2002... Brian Monaghan 1968-2002: Loss of an Innovator. The hologram industry has lost one of its most innovative and energetic entrepreneurs with the death of Brian Monaghan, founder president of International Holographic Paper, at the age of 34...

Moet & Chandon holo-carton in register.
July 1, 2002... This is the time of year when consumer brands and retailers are putting the final touches to their winter seasonal promotions which, increasingly, include holograms as part of in-store displays or packaging for the all-important Christmas...

No sparkle but it's not all doom. (Share Performance).(economic downturn)
July 1, 2002... In the last few weeks billions of dollars, pounds and euros have been wiped off the value of the stock markets. The markets are now at their lowest for four years and may not have bottomed yet. And following the recent confession from Worldcom,...

Warner UK majors on Holo displays.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... UK display hologram producer Colour Holographics is carving a niche in cinema foyers for its Moviposter large format colour stereograms. Its latest success is with Warners, which has installed 50 x 60 cm holograms of Scooby Doo in 50 cinemas...

New point-of-issue Holo application unit. (Application Technology).
July 1, 2002... A new low-cost desktop unit to apply hot-stamping foil holograms at the point of issue has been introduced by Hague Computer Supplies of Wakefield in the UK. The Protectogram, which weighs 7.5 kg, has been designed to apply foil to both paper...

Geola expands and adds digital exposure to pulse camera. (Corporate News).
July 1, 2002... Geola UAB, the Lithuanian manufacturer of lasers and holographic camera systems, has been through a corporate restructuring, has expanded its production facilities and added digital mastering to its pulse-laser based silver halide holographic...

10 years ago.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Holography News, June 1992 HoloPak's Halo Paper was the headline, reporting the company joining Van Leer as a manufacturer of holo-paper, with plans to install a 65" wide production machine. In the event, HoloPak's primary product remained...