Holography News articles from May 2005

Holography News archives from May 2005

CFCI announces intent to be acquired.(COMPANY NEWS)
May 1, 2005... On May 3 CFC International reported its first quarter results and in a surprise joint announcement that it has signed a letter of intent to be acquired. The company had a record first quarter--sales were up 10.4% to $23m and net income was...

New photopolymer from polygrama.
May 1, 2005... Polygrama, a Brazilian company established by Sergio A Oliveira, has developed a photopolymer specifically for holography. Oliveira has made clear to Holography News that they are still working on perfecting their chemistry, but meanwhile they...

In the authentication industry, it's time that RFID grew up.(EDITORIAL)
May 1, 2005... The emergence of the authentication industry during the 1990s was characterised on many occasions by manufacturers of the different technologies taking pot shots at one another through negative marketing that sought to promote their offerings...

Hologram Industries releases results.(COMPANY NEWS)
May 1, 2005... Hologram Industries has now published its full results for 2004 having previously given the market a flavour by releasing its sales figures (see HN Vol 19, No 2). As it turns out, this appetiser was not necessarily indicative of the entree, for...

Holography makes its mark in awards.(COMPANY NEWS)
May 1, 2005... AIMCAL (the Association of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators) has recently presented its 2005 awards for metallised or vacuum-coated products in the fields of packaging, graphic arts and security and, as in previous years, there...

Centro Grafico--a well-kept secret.(COMPANY PROFILE)
May 1, 2005... Following on in the series of company profiles of new members of the International Hologram Manufacturers Association, this month Holography News takes a look at Centro Grafico DG, the Italian security printer and hologram manufacturer which,...

Total Register expands machinery operation.(TECHNOLOGY PROFILE)
May 1, 2005... Total Register Inc (TRI), the American company which is well-known for its hologram registration system for hot-stamping equipment, has restructured to expand Total Register Machines (TRM), its UK-based machine-building operation, which has...

Most shares in reverse mode.(STOCKWATCH)
May 1, 2005... Last month I reported another marked improvement in most of the share values of the companies we cover and noted that this seemed to be a trend, but then made the fatal mistake of asking, 'How long can or will it last?' I did not have to wait...

Holo-pack*Holo-print takes shape.(CONFERENCES)
May 1, 2005... The programme for Holo-pack*Holo-print 2005, on the theme New Horizons--Global Opportunities, is currently being finalised and will be available shortly on the conference website (www.holopackholoprint.info). The event will be held in in...

Exhibitions and conferences.(CONFERENCES)(Calendar)
May 1, 2005... IADD/FSEA Odyssey June 15-17, 2005 Atlanta, GA, USA www.fsea.com/www.iadd.org AIMCAL Fall Technical Conference October 16-17, 2005 Myrtle Beach, SC, USA www.aimcal.org Diffractive Optics 2005 September...

Through the (photopolymer) Looking Glass.(10 YEARS AGO)
May 1, 2005... Some months, re-reading Holography News for this column feels like viewing the industry through Alice's Looking Glass--May 1995 was such an issue. The front page article reported the joint development between Polaroid and Motorola of a...

Paxar majors on Holography for secure labels.(TECHNOLOGY NEWS)
May 1, 2005... Paxar Corporation, headquartered in White Plains, NY, USA, one of the largest suppliers of garment and retail labels and label systems, has been offering security and tracing components on its labels for some time, but has now established a...

Flex debuts phantom labels.(TECHNOLOGY NEWS)
May 1, 2005... Flex Products has launched its SecureShift Phantom label, which it says contains unique optical effects and serves as an alternative to security holograms for brand protection. The technology is based on its multilayer pigments which are...