Holography News articles from March 2009

Holography News archives from March 2009

HI publishes record results, acquires Advestigo.
March 1, 2009... Hologram Industries released its full figures for 2008 on March 3. The company had earlier released impressive sales figures so good profits were expected. The company did not disappoint! On sales of [euro]26.6m, up 26% from 2007...

Holograms as optical tweezers.
March 1, 2009... Researchers have developed a technique that uses a laser and holograms to precisely position numerous tiny particles including cells and molecules within seconds. According to the team from Purdue University the technique, described as a set of...

Document versus brand protection.(Editorial)
March 1, 2009... There is a stark difference between the recent performances of two of the industry's major players - Hologram Industries and OpSec. The first recently announced record sales for 2008 while the second, just days later, issued a profits warning....

Profits warnings from two industry leaders.(Corporate News)
March 1, 2009... Two of the industry's listed companies have issued profit warnings in recent weeks. First was API which, at the end of January, stated that it has experienced a significant reduction in demand and that, after reviewing performance for the...

Geola builds HoloCopier prototype.(Technology News)
March 1, 2009... Lithuanian company Geola Digital uab is running an in-house prototype of a hologram copier for the volume production of colour display holograms up to 30 x 20 cm and 30x40 cm in a near future. The equipment is designed to work with the...

Pronova's self-contained holo-screen unit.(Hologram of the Month)
March 1, 2009... German company Pronova has just launched the HoloTerminal, a new, self-contained back-projection screen using its HoloPro[TM] holographic screens which deliver enhanced brightness and contrast compared to conventional screens (see HN Vol 21, No...

Two new industry directories.(Hologram of the Month)
March 1, 2009... Following the success of the first Authentication Connections Directory, published by Reconnaissance International in 2006 as the first one stop reference source for specialised suppliers of authentication and anti counterfeiting technologies...

Recession gains momentum.(Stockwatch)
March 1, 2009... As the global recession gains momentum the markets continue to experience great uncertainty. Fortunes have been lost by companies, institutions and individuals, and everyone now accepts that this is the worst economic slowdown in three quarters...

Holography: the next 20 years.(Conferences)
March 1, 2009... HOLO-PACK HOLO-PRINT 2009 The 20th annual Holo-pack*Holo-print[R] conference and trade show will take place this year in Budapest, Hungary, birthplace of Dennis Gabor, inventor of holography. Reservations for the trade show and event...

DNP's mass produced true colour reflection holograms.(10 YEARS AGO)
March 1, 2009... The lead article in Holography News, March 1999, reported that Japanese company Dai Nippon had introduced TrueImage[TM] colour reflection holograms on DuPont's panchromatic photopolymer. It had taken DNP almost four years since the introduction...

ITW Buys Scharr.(10 YEARS AGO)
March 1, 2009... In 1999 Illinois Tool Works (ITW), a multi-billion dollar US conglomerate, acquired Scharr Industries Inc, a wide-web embossed hologram producer in Connecticut which specialised in the packaging market. Scharr had originally been a vacuum...

20 Years ago.
March 1, 2009... The March 1989 issue reported the January ruling in the patent litigation between American Bank Note and Light Impressions. This concerned three Holotron patents that ABN had acquired as part of the patent portfolio it bought from Atari to...

Exhibitions, conferences and meetings.(Diary)(Conference news)(Calendar)
March 1, 2009... Security Document World March 26-27, 2009 London, UK www.sciencemediapartners.com Pan-European High Security Printing Conference-April 1-2, 2009 Warsaw, Poland www.cross-conferences.com Intergraf May 12-15, 2009 ...

Correction: schipper/hologram company.(Correction notice)
March 1, 2009... In the January issue of Holography News we published a letter from Wilfried Schipper reporting settlement of the dispute between him and Hologram Company. In the introduction to the letter we stated that this letter had been sent with the...