Holography News articles from October 2003

Holography News archives from October 2003

Holospot: variable data holograms.
October 1, 2003... German company tesa scribos, subsidiary of tesa AG, a European market leader in adhesive and packaging tapes and closures, has introduced a novel technology for holographic storage of variable data on the adhesive polymer material, which it is...

Stephen Benton 1941-2003.
October 1, 2003... It was with great sadness that we heard of the death of Dr Stephen Benton, a month before his 62nd birthday, as this issue was being readied for the press. He had been suffering from a brain tumour and died on November 9 after an operation....

The threat from invention.(Editorial)
October 1, 2003... What is the holography industry? What is the lifeblood that keeps the individual companies that comprise this industry in business? Perhaps we at Holography News should have asked those questions publicly 17 years ago, when we launched the...

Copyright caution.(Editorial)
October 1, 2003... Holography News and its contents are the copyright of Reconnaissance International Ltd, as stated on every page. Unauthorised copying, scanning or distribution is an infringement of this copyright and renders the infringer liable to a claim for...

Valmet develops copper metallisation for holograms.(New Coating Technology)
October 1, 2003... The vacuum coating company Valmet General has developed a method for the vacuum deposition of copper on film substrates, providing a variation for the aluminium reflective coating used on most surface relief holograms. As reported earlier in...

An inadvertent invention?(New Coating Technology)
October 1, 2003... Holospot had its genesis at the University of Mannheim, Germany, in 1998, where it was found that tesafilm, the common office and household tape, was an effective data storage medium. The data carrier material is a composite polymer film. The...

K Laser growth in 2002 but 2003 tougher.(Company News)
October 1, 2003... Taiwanese hologram producer has now issued its results for calendar year 2002, which show a 9% sales growth to NT$1.05 bn ([+ or -]US$31m) and a small growth in net income or profit to NT$229 ([+ or -]US$6.7m), but the company acknowledges that...

James River Products moves and expands.(Company News)
October 1, 2003... James River Products, one of the leading manufacturers of embossed hologram production equipment, has moved to new premises in Richmond, Virginia, expanding its facilities to 13,000 sq ft. This is the company's third move since its inception...

Instant Holographic Imaging, Information Spectrum venture vaporizes.(Company News)
October 1, 2003... A project to break into the holographic ID cards market appears to be have been snuffed, judging by searches to locate it, which have produced nothing but dead ends. The 1999 joint venture between Instant Holographic Imaging (IHI) and...

Gianasso gets busy.(Converting)
October 1, 2003... Gianasso General Graphic, the Belgian supplier of equipment and consumables to the security print industry, has introduced a series of new products to the market, including paper, foils and foil application equipment. First is the...

Yearly highs for holo shares.(Stockwatch)
October 1, 2003... I have followed Hologram Industries with great interest all year being surprised for the most part and even shocked on occasions at how badly the market has reflected its positive announcements and performance. At the end of the last Stockwatch...

Russia's First Print/Hologram company.(Company News)
October 1, 2003... Russia's first integrated security print and hologram production company is now in operation with the establishment of First Print Yard Holographics as a new subsidiary of security printer First Print Yard. The company was formed in 1992 as a...

Clear laminates emerge.(10 Years Ago)
October 1, 2003... DataCard announced that it was introducing a plastic card with an anticounterfeit clear holographic overlay, produced by Transfer Print Foils (now subsumed into ITW HoloPak), as reported in the lead story in Holography News of October 1993. The...

Diary--exhibitions, conferences and meetings.(Company News)
October 1, 2003... SPIE Electronic Imaging Symposium San Jose, California, USA January 18-23 2004 Includes Practical Holography Jan 19/28 Optical Security and Counterfeit Deterrence Jan 21/22 www.spie.org Graphics of the...

Op Graphics loses battle against DuPont.(Material Supply)
October 1, 2003... The UK Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has ruled that DuPont did not abuse its dominant market position in refusing to supply holographic photopolymer to Op Graphics, the British display hologram producer. This followed OP's referral to the OFT...