Holography News articles from March 2006

Holography News archives from March 2006

NewSight & Sax3D launch 3D display screens.(NEW PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2006... NewSight GmbH, the German R&D subsidiary of 3D specialist NewSight Corporation, and Sax3D, of Chemnitz, Germany, have launched a new autostereoscopic 3D image display screen which combines NewSight's 3D imaging software and projector...

ABNH sounds warning on HoloMag.
March 1, 2006... Further to the adoption of HoloMag[TM] holographic magnetic tape by MasterCard, Visa and American Express, American Bank Note Holographics has filed a statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that sounds a warning for the...

The wheel turns again.(EDITORIAL)
March 1, 2006... This issue of Holography News reveals a fascinating trend in holography--especially for readers who have been involved with the medium for many years (and there are quite a few of you reading this!). Holography appears to be re-discovering...

FilmoTec's holographic films.(EDITORIAL)
March 1, 2006... FilmoTec GmbH specialises in high quality monochrome photosensitive films for movies, surveillance and, recently, holography. It produces a dichromated gelatin holographic film, ORWO GF 40, and two silver halide holographic films, GF 53 and...

Rolic enters OVD labels market.(NEW PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2006... Swiss company Rolic Technologies, which specialises in the development of new optical thin film devices based on proprietary liquid crystal and photopolymer materials, has introduced a new optically variable device which combines a...

Patent analysis shows trend to switchable materials and De La Rue patent strength.(PATENTS)
March 1, 2006... Nadya Reingand and David Hunt, of Landon IP, Inc, a specialist advisor and consultant based close to Washington DC, presented two papers at the recent SPIE Practical Holography conference which analysed the patent histories for two areas of...

Announcements impact prices.(STOCKWATCH)
March 1, 2006... ABNH falls on HoloMag[TM] Warning ABNH's share price has been riding high for some time on the back of a steady growth in profits and expectations in the market that there is more growth to come. These positive views are in no small way...

AOT eliminates [pounds sterling]23.85M deficit.(COMPANY NEWS)
March 1, 2006... On February 14 Applied Optical Technologies plc announced that it had received confirmation from the UK's High Court that its share premium account had been reduced by [pounds sterling]23,851,000. The company said it would use the reserve...

Passport contract for optaglio.(COMPANY NEWS)
March 1, 2006... Optaglio has won a contract to supply its high security H-PRO (Holographic Print Receptive Overlay) for the Peruvian passport. The new passports will be printed by Thomas Greg & Sons of Peru and are part of a comprehensive passport upgrade...

API: tough trading conditions.(COMPANY NEWS)
March 1, 2006... At API plc's annual general meeting, David Hudd, the retiring executive chairman, confirmed that trading conditions had been tough, as the board had predicted in the preliminary statement issued in December. The US and Chinese foil businesses...

Exhibitions and conferences.(Calendar)
March 1, 2006... The Authentication Connections Forum March 30-31, 2006 Tampa, FL, USA www.acf-acd.com 3rd Pan European High Security Printing Conference April 4-6, 2006 Sofia, Bulgaria www.cross-conferences.com IPEX 2006...

The DuPont family tree evolves.(10 YEARS AGO)
March 1, 2006... 10 years ago, Holography News reported the acquisition of the assets of US Holographics (USH) by Celadon Corp for $750,000, which was to market the company's dichromated and photopolymer holograms under the Krystal Holographics International...

Good news for authentication holography.(10 YEARS AGO)
March 1, 2006... There was good news for security hologram producers in the March 1996 issue... MasterCard gave a vote of confidence to holograms through the announcement that it would include a new 3D hologram (replacing its 2D3D design) on a card redesign....

Holo Sciences holo Light[TM].(10 YEARS AGO)
March 1, 2006... This is one of our occasional 'where are they now' items. Tucson company Holo Sciences, owned by Chuck Hassen, had launched a full-parallax holographic stereogram under the name Solid Light. The hologram comprised horizontal parallax strips...

CRST moves into holo-phosphor combinations and pushes e-beam resolution.(COMPANY NEWS)
March 1, 2006... Concern Russian Security Technology (CRST), one of the top five hologram producers in Russia, is broadening its product range and improving its e-beam origination system among its moves to mitigate the loss of tax banderol business (see...