Holography News articles from July 2007

Holography News archives from July 2007

Dai Nippon & Sony high-res animated holograms.(NEW PRODUCT)
July 1, 2007... Sony PCL and Dai Nippon Printing Corporation (DNP) have combined forces to launch a high resolution animated photopolymer hologram, initially targeting the security market. By bringing together the two companies' stereogram expertise, Sony...

Holographic measurement of astigmatism.(HOLO-TECHNOLOGY)
July 1, 2007... A team of researchers at the School of Optometry and Vision Science at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, have invented a method for using a transmission hologram to measure the degree of astigmatism, so that one image can be...

Kurz, Reinhart and Kinegram: a formidable combination.(OBITUARY)(Interview)
July 1, 2007... Werner Reinhart 1952-2007 It is with great sadness that we report the death of Werner Reinhart, Kurz's security specialist and member of the Kurz Management Board, at the early age of 55 after a battle against cancer. Werner joined...

US bill a threat to holographic protection for medicines?(PUBLIC POLICY)
July 1, 2007... In mid-May, the US Senate passed a bill which mandates the use of 'overt optically variable counterfeit-resistant technologies' on pharmaceuticals supplied to the US public from internet pharmacies. This legislation has several steps to pass...

Holo-display screen at Lewisham Library.(PUBLIC POLICY)
July 1, 2007... Demonstrating a public-sector application of holographically enhanced rear-projection display screens, Lewisham Library in London, England, has installed a touch sensitive interactive information display in its street-facing window, claiming to...

Ver-tec moves into production of HD3D.(HOLO-TECHNOLOGY)
July 1, 2007... Ver-tec has announced that it has successfully concluded trials for the mass production of its High Diffraction Three Dimensional feature, or HD3D[TM], the new reflection hologram that it launched earlier this year (see HN Vol 21, No 3). ...

Centro Grafico expansion nearly complete.(COMPANY NEWS)
July 1, 2007... Centro Grafico (CG), the Italian producer of embossed holographic materials and holographic base films, has almost doubled the size of its production plant and is completing the installation of a new wide-width coater-laminator. CG was...

ABNH improves margins although sales fall.(COMPANY NEWS)
July 1, 2007... In its recent quarterly filing, American Bank Note Holographies reported first quarter sales of $7.3m, compared with $9.9m for the same period last year, a fall of 27%. This downturn in sales was expected following the termination of its...

ABNH, De La Rue, K Laser all gain.(STOCKWATCH)
July 1, 2007... The world markets have been fairly settled and gained this period even though the US economy still gives cause for concern. The London Stock exchange gained 2.75%, NASDAQ gained 3.75 and the Taiwan exchange gained 2.75. ABNH improves ...

Optical Document Security: final call.(CONFERENCES)
July 1, 2007... The deadline for submission of papers for Optical Document Security is fast approaching. The conference, under the Chairmanship of Rudolf van Renesse and the successor to the Optical Security and Counterfeit Deterrence Techniques conference...

IHMA marks holography's 60th anniversary.(CONFERENCES)
July 1, 2007... On a tennis court at Easter 1947, while waiting for a game, Denis Gabor had the inspiration that was to lead to holography. In autumn 1947, the British Thomson-Houston Company (his employer), applied for patents on this new invention. And in...

Exhibitions and conferences.(CONFERENCES)(Calendar)
July 1, 2007... 2nd Authentication Connections Forum September 18-20, 2007 Minneapolis, MN, USA www.acf-acd.com HoloExpo 2007 September 25-27, 2007 Moscow, Russia holoserv@mail.ru Labelexpo Europe September 26-29, 2007...

'There will be a renaissance in display holography'.(10 YEARS AGO)
July 1, 2007... That was the prediction of Prof Tung Jeong at the sixth International Symposium on Display Holography, reported in Holography News in July 1997. He was speaking at the first session of the Symposium, on Recording Materials, where Agfa's...

Call for standardisation in hot stamping.(10 YEARS AGO)
July 1, 2007... Terry Gallagher, inventor of hot stamping for holograms and president of Total Register, called for a standard registration mark in an article on the problems caused by the different types in use. He referred to the use of matte and diffractive...