Holography News articles from November 2006

Holography News archives from November 2006

Idvac's anti-bacterial vacuum coatings.
November 1, 2006... Idvac Ltd has developed vacuum coatings which have anti-bacterial properties, so providing packaging or other material which meets the rising demand for anti-bacterial action, especially in indirect food-contact and pharmaceutical packaging....

Holography moves eastward.(EDITORIAL)
November 1, 2006... Once upon a time, say 20 years ago, the production of commercial holographic products and materials was confined to Western Europe, North America and Japan. Today, not only has the production of holographic items extended through Eastern Europe...

Bob Lee: banknote OVD pioneer.(ON THE RECORD)(Interview)
November 1, 2006... The Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) of Australia was an early pioneer in holography and related optics, in particular the application of electron beam lithography techniques to the origination of high security...

Web tension control.(COMPANY AND MARKET ROUND-UP)
November 1, 2006... The Montalvo Corporation, based in Maine, USA, and its European subsidiary Danarota Technic A/S, are leading producers of web tension control systems and are now targeting their systems for surface-relief holographic films, claiming to improve...

New scratch-off foil.(COMPANY AND MARKET ROUND-UP)
November 1, 2006... API Holographics has extended its range of scratch-off foils with a holographic version that can feature either a customer-specific security image or one of API's stock security designs. It is available as a hot stamping foil or a label. Cited...

Remembering Bill Wheeler.(COMPANY AND MARKET ROUND-UP)
November 1, 2006... I first met Bill Wheeler when I was working at American Bank Note Holographics in the early 1990s. Bill joined the company in 1991 aged 25, originally in the manufacturing department, providing technical and application support for customers....

More on Pronova.(COMPANY AND MARKET ROUND-UP)
November 1, 2006... Pronova has sold over 2000 of the HoloPro[TM] display screens described in the August issue of Holography News, according to CEO Martin Kischkoweit-Lopin, and is now selling 300-500 annually. He also revealed that the Agfa silver halide film...

On the rise.(STOCKWATCH)
November 1, 2006... Stock markets in the USA and Europe have made significant gains in the last three months--the FTSE All +5% and NASDAQ +10%--while the Taiwan Stock Exchange where K Laser is quoted has only gained 1%. The markets have fallen back a little in the...

First study into tax stamps.(PUBLICATIONS)
November 1, 2006... Reconnaissance International has announced that it will publish Tax Stamps: A Technical Study and Market Report in the first quarter of 2007. This will be the first published study of tax stamps (also known as banderols or seals), of which more...

Exhibitions and conferences.(Calendar)
November 1, 2006... Cartes 2006 November 7-8, 2006 Paris, France www.cartes.com IHMA AGM November 15, 2006 Vienna, Austria www.ihma.org Holo-pack * Holo-print 2006 November 15-17, 2006 Vienna, Austria ...

10 years ago.
November 1, 2006... HoloMax Launched Holografia Polska's HoloMax optical device writing system was launched in autumn 1996, with the introduction of a hologram for tickets for Polish State Railways. HoloMax was designed to create a covert optical image...

Spatial's Hydra image capture system.(TECHNOLOGY NEWS)
November 1, 2006... UK company Spatial Imaging Ltd has introduced a new parallax image capture system for 3D holograms and holographic stereograms of live subjects. This Hydra system is a more portable version of the company's VIP system (as used to capture the...