Holography News articles from September 2002

Holography News archives from September 2002

Calendering processes for holo-fabric manufacturing.
September 1, 2002... Munzer Makansi of Fiber Engineering Inc has made further developments to his process for embossing holograms directly into fabrics made of thermoplastic material such as polyester, nylon and polypropylene, bringing production within the scope...

'Holograms don't work'. (Front Page Editorial).(Editorial)
September 1, 2002... 'Tilt the cooker: the hologram will show the cooker and label alternately' was the educational slogan used by Indian company Hawkins to encourage the public to buy its genuine pressure cookers. But then the hologram was illegally copied, so the...

Mantegazza unveils sublimation numbering of holograms. (New Processes).
September 1, 2002... Italian company Mantegazza Antonio Arti Grafiche has unveiled a proprietary process to number or otherwise mark holograms on security documents such as banknotes, using a specially developed laser. It sees the process being used for...

Foil Saver patents issued. (New Processes).(Total Register )
September 1, 2002... Total Register has been granted US and European patents for its FoilSaver foil drive and hologram control system - 6,334,248 B1 and 0932501 B1 respectively. The patents are titled Apparatus and method for the continuous high speed rotary...

Direct embossable PET from Toray. (Production Substrate).(Toray Plastics (America), Inc)
September 1, 2002... Toray Plastics (America), Inc has introduced directly embossable polyester films for holographic applications. Under the trade name LumBrite[TM] Toray is developing several specialist hologram films, working with hologram producers to ensure...

Aprilis launches its CROP storage disk. (Holo Data Storage).(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... On October 8 Aprilis launched its holographic data storage medium and is now seeking drive manufacturers for the disk. The storage is also available in card form. The Write Once Read Many (WORM) disk holds up to 200GB of data (against...

Drury Baughan, embossing guru: 1940-2002. (Obituaries).(Obituary)
September 1, 2002... Holography is losing its pioneer generation, as the death of Drury Baughan from a heart attack in September adds to the chronicle of the initiators of the industry who have passed away. Drury was the founder and president of James River...

Gennadi A. Sobolev: holo-film pioneer -- 1933-2001.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
September 1, 2002... Dr Gennadi A. Sobolev, who developed Russian holographic film emulsions, has died in the USA. His work is known throughout the world for the high-quality silver halide reflection holograms of artefacts from the Hermitage and Kremlin Museum...

When no news is not good news. (Stockwatch).(holography market down)
September 1, 2002... There is a saying 'no news is good news,' but this certainly cannot be said for holography companies at the moment. Most holography share prices remain very depressed in comparison with previous levels and, judging by recent comments on the...

AOT profit warning--shares plummet. (People).(Applied Optical Technologies plc)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Applied Optical Technologies plc gave a profits warning on October 8, stating that profits for the year would be materially below market expectations. The share price, already near its lowest level for over 15 years, immediately fell and at one...

10 years ago: July/August 1992 $113m then.
September 1, 2002... The embossed hologram market generated $113M in sales (factory door prices), as reported in the lead item then years ago, summarising the key information from the 1991 Reconnaissance Market Study. The packaging and giftwrap markets were showing...

Optaglio wins Bangladeshi tax order. (Conference).
September 1, 2002... British company Optaglio Ltd, established two years ago by Philip Hudson after he left De La Rue Holographics (see HN Vol 14 No 5/6), has won a $l.375M contract to supply tax seal holograms and application equipment for the Bangladeshi State...