Holography News articles from July 2006

Holography News archives from July 2006

ITW to buy CFC.(TECHNOLOGY NEWS)
July 1, 2006... CFC International (CFCI) has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Illinois Tool Works (ITW), following the collapse of the previous acquisition by Quad C. Quad C's withdrawal followed Visa's problems...

Fudan-Techsun's holo-polymer.(TECHNOLOGY NEWS)
July 1, 2006... Shanghai R&D technology company Fudan-Techsun, which has focused on the anti-counterfeiting market in the last few years, has introduced the Protector[R] security label, available in two variations: t-OVD is a surface image which appears red...

Lake Forest comes to North Wales.(DISPLAY HOLOGRAPHY)
July 1, 2006... The 7th International Symposium on Display Holography was held at the Optic Technium in St Asaph, North Wales, July 10-14, moving this formerly triennial event from its spiritual home in Lake Forest, Illinois. The 7th Symposium followed the...

CIC's high speed large format dot matrix system.(ORIGINATION EQUIPMENT)
July 1, 2006... New company CIC (Cybernetics Industrial Corporation), formed by Steve Lev and Vitali Prisacar and based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, has introduced a high speed dot matrix hologram origination system which operates at 4,000 dots per second with...

Polarising authentication.(TECHNOLOGY NEWS)
July 1, 2006... Within the space of a few months, two companies have announced or launched hidden authentication products for document and product authentication based on polarising images which can be combined with holograms. Light Impressions, the UK-based...

Correction: Yuri Denisyuk 1927-2006.(Correction notice)
July 1, 2006... We were defeated by simple arithmetic in reporting Yuri Denisyuk's age. He was of course 78 at his death, not 88 as reported in the previous Holography News. We apologise for any embarrassment caused.

Only some perform in difficult market.(STOCKWATCH)
July 1, 2006... Last period we were looking at the performance of companies in the holography sector against the probability of a bear market as some investors seemed to be looking for a safer haven than the stock markets--the Financial Times top 250 shares...

Fuji holo film released in Europe.(EXPOSURE MATERIALS)
July 1, 2006... From July 1 FujiHunt made available its new silver halide holographic film--FujiFilm F HL--in Europe, following its release in North America earlier in the year (see HN Vol 20 No 1). It will initially be available in 30 x 40 and 50 x 60 cm...

Exhibitions and conferences.(Calendar)
July 1, 2006... European Metallizers Association Autumn Meeting 21-22 September, 2006 Bilbao, Spain www.eurometallizers.org Holo-Expo 2006 September 26-28, 2006 Moscow, Russia holoserve@mail.ru PISEC '06 October...

Bigger and better.(10 YEARS AGO)
July 1, 2006... Lead article in Holography News ten years ago was Dimensional Arts' introduction of a new Davis Light Machine capable of producing dot matrix photoresist masters up to 30' x 40". This brought the range of DLMs to five, from the original model...

Polaroid's new CEO, new photopolymer.(10 YEARS AGO)
July 1, 2006... Polaroid reported the development of a new photopolymer material to give better performance than its existing Mirage[R], especially for applications such as data storage. But this was accompanied by the appointment of a new CEO at what was...

CFCI's first public results.(10 YEARS AGO)
July 1, 2006... CFC International had become a public company in 1995, so published its first public accounts for that year. Total sales were $34m, with profit at $3.25. Sales at CFC Applied Holographics, the joint venture with Applied, were $4.7m, more than...

HoloFX 3D projection system.(TECHNOLOGY NEWS)
July 1, 2006... Holo FX Inc, based in Toronto, Canada, has developed a system for the projection of moving 3D images, which despite the company's name, is not holographic but uses a plastic diffraction grating laminated to glass or plastic to deliver the...