Holography News articles from September 2004

Holography News archives from September 2004

ITW moves into high security.
September 1, 2004... ITW Covid is the new name for ITW Holopak, which has opened a new facility in New Jersey to concentrate on high-security applications. Here it will be manufacturing computer-generated, high resolution, optically variable imagery, security top...

Smart Holograms funds UK & US expansion.
September 1, 2004... Smart Holograms, a Cambridge University spin-off which is developing photopolymer holograms for use as sensors in the life sciences, has recently raised [pounds sterling]5m ($9.5m/[euro]7.3m) which it is using to fund further research in new,...

The industry moves east.(Editorial)
September 1, 2004... 20 years ago the centre of the global holography industry was in North America; a decade ago it was western Europe where technical and commercial innovations were at their most energetic. Now the energy of the holography industry is moving...

Mantegazza acquisition finalised.(Editorial)
September 1, 2004... The Italian company Fedrigoni Group has finalised the acquisition of Mantegazza Antonio Arti Grafiche Srl, manufacturers of security holograms, threads and plastic cards (see HN Vol 18, No 3). Fedrigoni specialises in papers, films and...

A mixed bag of first half results.(Company News)
September 1, 2004... Following good first and second quarter results, both ahead of the previous year, ABNH reported sales for the first half of 2004 of $9.9m compared with $8.8m in the first six months of 2003, a 12.5% improvement. Operating income at $1.02m...

AOT moves to restructure in the UK.(Company News)
September 1, 2004... Applied Optical Technologies (AOT) has issued a statement that it has entered into consultation with its employees in the UK with regard to restructuring the company's European operations and that these consultations, together with other...

Holo-pack Holo-print 2004.(Company News)
September 1, 2004... Brand and document protection is a key topic in the programme for this years's Holo-pack.Holo-print, which takes place from November 16-18 in Prague, as are new technologies and the increasing shift of the industry's focus to Russia, India and...

India--a rising star in the hologram industry: HoMAI, the hologram manufacturers association of India, was set up in 1998 and remains the first and only national hologram industry association. Holography news spoke to its founding president, Mr U K Gupta, who will retire in 2005, and Mr Arun Rastogi, general secretary, about both HoMAI and the state of India's hologram industry.(On the Record)
September 1, 2004... HN: Could you give us some background to HoMAI--in particular the membership and whether or not it plans to become a regional rather than a national association. UG: At the moment we have 29 members, all producers from India. In March we...

Invention and expansion at AFC.(Company Profile)
September 1, 2004... AFC Technology Co Ltd, a Chinese hologram producer located close to the Shenzhen special economic development zone, has developed several new holographic products and has expanded rapidly from its establishment in 1999. It now has around 100...

Shares prices improve on better news!(Stockwatch)
September 1, 2004... There is no doubt the industry needs some regular news of large new jobs or good profits and prospects to move share prices upwards in a sustained manner or allow those already high to be maintained. Although this period did not bring much...

A pivotal period.(10 Years Ago)
September 1, 2004... The two front page stories in Holography News of September 1994 can be seen to represent a pivotal period in commercial holography. One reported that Martin Richardson's The Holographic Image Studio (THIS) of London had bought the business of...

Exhibitions and conferences.(Conferences)(Calendar)
September 1, 2004... EMA Fall Meeting 2004 September 30-October 1, 2004 Barcelona, Spain www.eurometallizers.org Intergraf October 6-8, 2004 Granada, Spain www.intergraf.org AWA Label and Labeling Technology Conference--Product...

Holoshape takes plunge.(Company News)
September 1, 2004... Holoshape Products, a company best known for its washable holograms, is taking a plunge into the security arena with a new arrangement with the security printers Sekuworks involving, according to Holoshape president Robert Sherwood, a major...