Holography News articles from November 2005

Holography News archives from November 2005

Highest ever attendance at Holo-pack * Holo-print.
November 1, 2005... The first annual Holo-pack * Holo-print conference and trade show to be held in Asia, from November 6-8 in Shenzhen, China, attracted over 260 participants, the highest ever attendees in the event's 16 year history. With 18 exhibitors, the...

DLRH develops own version of holographic magnetics.(TECHNOLOGY NEWS)
November 1, 2005... De La Rue Holographics has launched OVMS (Optically Variable Magnetic Stripe), its own version of the holographic magnetic tape technology developed by American Bank Note Holographics which has recently been adopted by Visa, Mastercard and...

Thoughts from Holo-pack * Holo-print and beyond.(EDITORIAL)
November 1, 2005... The first Holo-pack * Holo-print to take place in China... the biggest ever industry conference and trade show... China holography showing its face to the world... These are some of the impressions carried away from Shenzhen, location of...

IHMA recognises E Europe as membership reaches new record.(EDITORIAL)
November 1, 2005... Membership of the International Hologram Manufacturers Association has reached 74 hologram producers, the Annual General Meeting was told on November 6 in Shenzhen, China. This is the highest in the Association's 14-year history. The IHMA's...

Excellence in Holography awards 2005.
November 1, 2005... For the 13th consecutive year, the International Hologram Manufacturers Association has given Excellence in Holography awards to outstanding holographic projects for the year. Sponsored by Holography News, these awards were presented at the...

Upward trend as companies report 3rd quarter results.(COMPANY NEWS)
November 1, 2005... ABNH Sales and Profits Rise Third quarter results for American Bank Note Holographics, like the results to the half year, showed a significant increase over the same period last year. Sales at $9.0m were up $3.2m over the third quarter of...

Hologram defines 2004 Olympics protection programme.(CASE STUDY)
November 1, 2005... Five-Level Authentication Taurus Secure Solutions of Greece was awarded the contract to supply the authentication system for the 2004 Olympics, following a tender in 2001, by the Athens Olympics Organizing Committee (ATHOC). At the centre...

Spatial expands Lightgate range.(TECHNOLOGY NEWS)
November 1, 2005... Spatial Imaging has introduced two new versions of its Lightgate holographic design and mastering system specifically for the security and packaging markets. Spatial's high speed pixel recording technology 'Lightspeed', which won Best of Year...

EU funds project for colour hologram emulsion.(TECHNOLOGY NEWS)
November 1, 2005... A consortium of university and other research centres, operating under the name of the SilverCross Project, has won a European Union R&D grant to develop mass-producible silver halide film suitable for high resolution true colour holograms. The...

Bubble bursts for HI and ABNH.(STOCKWATCH)
November 1, 2005... Well it had to happen, the bubble had to burst, not that I take any joy from predicting it. After all, it was the investors who overegged the share prices of American Banknote Holographics (ABNH) and Hologram Industries (HI) and brought about...

Authentication Connections.(CONFERENCES)
November 1, 2005... Reconnaissance International, publisher of Holography News and Authentication News, is launching two linked projects to stimulate growth and development in the authentication industry, which will be of interest to security hologram producers....

Optical Security and Counterfeit Deterrence.(CONFERENCES)
November 1, 2005... Details are now available from the SPIE website of the program for Optical Security and Counterfeit Deterrence Techniques VI, which takes place in San Jose, CA from January 18-19 2006 as part of the IS&T/SPIE International Symposium on...

From 120 to 260.(10 YEARS AGO)
November 1, 2005... After this year's Holo-pack * Holo-print Conference, the biggest ever with 260 delegates, a look back to 1995 shows 120 people at that year's event. The programme included presentations from packaging converters, label producers and investment...

Green Card goes holographic.(10 YEARS AGO)
November 1, 2005... The US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS, now part of Homeland Security as the Citizenship and Immigration Services), announced that its coveted Green Card was to be holographic from 1996, with a clear holographic laminate made by...

Exhibitions and conferences.(Calendar)
November 1, 2005... ICE (International Converting Exhibition) November 22-24, 2005 Munich, Germany www.ice-x.com 6th Optical Security and Counterfeit Deterrence Conference January 15-19, 2006 San Jose, CA, USA ...

Photopolymer holo-serialisation under development at C-DIT.(TECHNOLOGY NEWS)
November 1, 2005... The Optical Image Processing Division at the Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (C-C-DIT) in Kerala, India, has produced machine readable photopolymer holograms with variable data in the laboratory, offering the possibility of scaling...

Idvac develops bright gold coating.(TECHNOLOGY NEWS)
November 1, 2005... Idvac Ltd, specialists in advanced vacuum process technology, has developed a new process for packaging and holography involving the application of bright metallic gold coatings for holograms and metallised films in place of traditional...