Holography News articles from March 2004

Holography News archives from March 2004

Liti offers stereo cameras.
March 1, 2004... American company Liti Holographics, which produces low-cost portrait holographic stereograms on DuPont photopolymer, has put together a range of stereo camera kits to facilitate its customers in providing the necessary artwork (see HN Vol 16,...

New foil application system from Gidue.
March 1, 2004... Gidue SpA of Italy has introduced a new hologram application system which can be integrated into or retro-fitted to narrow-web printing and converting machines. The HSS Holofoil-Unit has been designed for integration into Gidue's own range...

CFC reports loss for 2003.(Company and Market News)
March 1, 2004... On February 17 CFC International (CFCI) announced its fourth quarter and year-end results. The fourth quarter was not good compared with the same period last year--sales were lower by $0.7m ($15.3m compared with $16m) despite being favourably...

First Print Yard goes for stripes.(Company and Market News)
March 1, 2004... The Russian security print company First Print Yard of Moscow, which has recently set up its own holographic production facility (see HN Vol 17 No 8) has ordered a Rotostripe Le Mans 660 hologram transfer system from Gianasso General Graphic....

New banknote applications for holograms.(Company and Market News)
March 1, 2004... A number of new banknotes featuring holograms have been introduced since Holography News published its special report on the subject last autumn (see HN Vol 17, Nos 6/7), including five issuing authorities using diffractive devices for the...

General Vacuum introduces Holosec compact vacuum metalliser.(New Technologies)
March 1, 2004... General Vacuum Equipment Ltd (formely Valmet General) has introduced a new compact metalliser for the holographic market. The Holosec[TM] system has a web width of 150-300mm and can accommodate, in addition to aluminium, coatings such as zinc...

Securency introduces new diffractive feature.(New Technologies)
March 1, 2004... Securency, manufacturer of the Guardian[R] polymer substrate for banknotes, has introduced a new security feature--the DOE (Diffractive Optical Element). This is a holographic projection engraved onto the surface of the clear window (which is a...

Emmett Leith, a father of holography: Emmett Leith and his then-colleague Juris Upatnieks invented the off-axis holography technique. Prof Leith is still active in the field of optics and holography. Holography News interviewed him at the recent SPIE practical holography conference to get his story on their early work.(On the Record)
March 1, 2004... Holograph News: When you started work on holography you and your team were working on side- looking radar. How did this lead to holography? Emmett Leith: In 1955 I was working on synthetic aperture radar. Optical means was the best way to...

Interesting year ahead.(Stock Watch)
March 1, 2004... Just before publication last month, AOT announced a profits warning (see Vol 18, No 1) and its shares crashed, although not as much as might have been expected. The shares started this period at [pounds sterling]0.35 and hovered around that...

De La Rue shares rise on rumours.(Stock Watch)
March 1, 2004... De La Rue shares took a minor tumble at the beginning of this period following a consistent rise throughout January but quickly recovered and, in a period of fairly frantic trading, increased to an eighteen month high of [pounds sterling]3.44...

CFCI falls then rallies.(Stock Watch)
March 1, 2004... CFCI share price always seems to be on a roller-coaster ride but the announcement by the company on February 17 (see page 2) of a net loss of $162,000 compared with net income in 2002 of $2.3m looked set to send the share price into free fall....

K Laser gains.(Stock Watch)
March 1, 2004... K Laser posted its 2003 sales figures in February--they showed a fall of 2.7% over the previous year. The full results (including profit or loss) are not yet announced but these sales figures must have encouraged shareholders for the share...

Art & Science: a tribute.(Publications)
March 1, 2004... Many people in holography have long felt that Dennis Gabor's Nobel Prize for inventing holography should have been shared with Emmett Leith and Yuri Denisyuk, the first the inventor of off-axis transmission holography and the second the...

10 years ago: where are they now?(Publications)
March 1, 2004... The March 1994 issue of Holography News seems to be full of organisations which have since disappeared. The front page article reported Speedo using holograms on swimwear and accessories. Speedo remains a market leader, but where now is Imagen...

Diary - exhibitions, conferences and meetings.(Calendar)
March 1, 2004... AIMCAL Winter Management Meeting March 10-14, 2004 Indian Wells, CA, USA www.aimcal.com PAKEX 2004 March 29-April 1, 2004 Birmingham, UK www.pakex.com SVC 47th Annual Technical Conference April 24-29,...

Nanoventions unveils 'replacement film for holograms'.(Technology Profile)
March 1, 2004... Nanoventions has unveiled a new ultra-thin security film--Unison-which appears to have exceptional depth and can be tailored to present a number of different visual effects, including three-dimensionality and movement. The new film was launched...