Holography News articles from June 2007

Holography News archives from June 2007

Smart holograms to test aviation fuel.
June 1, 2007... Smart Holograms, the UK company which has developed sensor holograms (see HN Vol 18, No 10), is about to go into field trials with its first commercial product, a sensor to detect water in aviation kerosene. This has been developed with AirBP,...

New security foiling system for packaging.(COMPANY NEWS)
June 1, 2007... KAMA GmbH, the German manufacturer of post-press and finishing equipment for the graphics and packaging markets, is now offering a unit that can apply holographic hot stamping foil in register to sheets up to 1050 x 740mm in size. The...

60 years on and going stronger than ever.(EDITORIAL)
June 1, 2007... Halfway through 2007 it is appropriate to remind ourselves that this is the 60th anniversary of the invention of holography, the brainchild of Hungarian scientist Denis Gabor who was rewarded in 1971 with the Nobel Prize for Physics for his...

Companies announce record sales & profits.(COMPANY NEWS)
June 1, 2007... Three companies involved in holography have recently reported record sales and profits--OpSec, whose principal activity is in holograms, and De La Rue and Giesecke & Devrient, both banknote printers with holographic subsidiaries. OpSec's...

K Laser battles with globalisation.(COMPANY NEWS)
June 1, 2007... The key theme of K Laser Technology's report for 2006 is its battle with globalisation over the last few years, which it claims to be winning. Group consolidated sales for 2006 at NT$3.2 billion (US$1 = NT$33) were up 20% on the previous year...

New supplier of holographic security labels.(COMPANY NEWS)
June 1, 2007... PRISYM, a supplier of RFID, barcoding and secure labeling and identification solutions, has moved into holographic integration with the contract to produce customised security labels incorporating holograms to TMD Friction UK Ltd, a...

3M teams up with Verify Brand for added security.(COMPANY NEWS)
June 1, 2007... 3M and Verify Brand have signed a partnership agreement which enables 3M to sell, market and deploy the Verify Brand platform of secure mass serialization software products and services as an additional security layer to its range of security...

HI in line for Philippines passport.(COMPANY NEWS)
June 1, 2007... French embossed hologram company Hologram Industries looks well-placed to win the contract to supply the security laminate for the Philippines passport, an order which could be worth around [euro]4m, given the 40 million new passports likely to...

Holospot provides solution for NIVEA.(CASE STUDY)
June 1, 2007... At the UK launch earlier this year of tesa scribos' holographic security technology Holospot[R] (see HN Vol 21, No 4), Michael Ellis, head of global protection for Beiersdorf--a leading manufacturer of cosmetic and healthcare products--provided...

InPhase launches Tapestry drive.(CASE STUDY)
June 1, 2007... InPhase Technologies, the Colorado-based holographic data storage company, has launched its first commercial data drive under the brand name Tapestry[TM]. Developed with Hitachi-Maxell, the first model is a Write Once, Read Many times (WORM)...

Results liven up the market.(STOCKWATCH)
June 1, 2007... This month three listed companies announced their annual results--OpSec, K Laser and De La Rue--while others were in the news for different reasons, so it's been quite an active month for our industry. The markets too had their moments, the...

Holo-pack*Holo-print to raise the standard.(CONFERENCES)
June 1, 2007... The agenda for Holo-pack*Holo-print 2007, which is being held from November 14-16 in Hong Kong, is rapidly taking shape and the full programme will be published shortly on the conference website (www.holopackholoprint.info). The theme for...

Exhibitions and conferences.(CONFERENCES)(Calendar)
June 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...

ISIS printed security feature.(10 YEARS AGO)
June 1, 2007... Security hologram producers have been looking for ways to make it easier to incorporate 3D security into documents for many years, as shown by the report ten years ago that Applied Holographics (now OpSec) had developed an Ink Security Imaging...

Another way.(10 YEARS AGO)
June 1, 2007... An alternative method to incorporate holograms in printed documents was developed by NovaVision. Their approach added hot-stamping and embossing stations to a standard printing press, so that the foil could be added and holographically embossed...

Sensational packaging.(10 YEARS AGO)
June 1, 2007... It is perhaps difficult to remember as you stroll down the dental-care aisle in your local supermarket that it is only ten years ago that holographic toothpaste packaging became a reality. Colgate launched its Sensation range in 15 European...

All change at Spatial.(COMPANY NEWS)
June 1, 2007... Spatial Imaging's recent plans to spin off its two most valuable businesses are now complete. Spatial Imaging Technology, or SiTec, commenced trading on April 1 and encompasses Spatial's technology-related business. It is responsible for...