Holography News articles from September 2005

Holography News archives from September 2005

CFCI acquisition called off.(TECHNOLOGY NEWS)
September 1, 2005... On the day it announced its second quarter and half year results, CFC International also announced that the letter of intent with Audax Group for the proposed acquisition of CFCI has been terminated. In a statement Roger Hruby, CFCI's chairman...

Geola's new companies to market digital holograms.(TECHNOLOGY NEWS)
September 1, 2005... Geola Technologies has set up two new subsidiaries to market the large format full colour display holograms produced on XYZ Imaging's digital hologram printer (see HN No 6, June). Power Imaging Ltd is based at the company's head offices at the...

AOT takes AIM!(IN THE NEWS)
September 1, 2005... Applied Optical Technologies (AOT) has announced to shareholders and the market that it is to transfer from the main market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) to AIM (the Alternative Investment Market), the LSE's global market for growing...

Thailand endorses hologram on banknotes.(IN THE NEWS)
September 1, 2005... The Bank of Thailand is to include a hologram on its new 1,000 baht denomination, due for issue this November, following the success of the feature in deterring counterfeiting of the 100 and 500 bahts (introduced with holograms in 2004 and 2001...

Hologram mark for Bluetooth.(IN THE NEWS)
September 1, 2005... CSR plc, a leading provider of mobile Bluetooth technology, has teamed up with TMTI (Talk Me Through It), an independent technical support and testing company, to introduce a series of comparability tests, with compliant devices marked by a...

Movement in Smart's equity.(IN THE NEWS)
September 1, 2005... The Cambridge University Challenge Fund has sold [pounds sterling]500,000 of its share in Smart Holograms Ltd, the company developing holographic sensors (see HN Vol 18, No 10), generating a significant (but unspecified) return on its original...

Holographic tax stamps spread in India.(IN THE NEWS)
September 1, 2005... In 2001 the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India began using holograms on tax stamps to increase government revenue and to distinguish between genuine and counterfeit liquor (particularly as consumption of the latter was resulting in an...

First Print Yard--a new force in security.(COMPANY PROFILE)
September 1, 2005... As part of its periodic series of company profiles on new members of the International Hologram Manufacturers Association, this month Holography News takes a look at First Print Yard--Russia's first integrated security print and hologram...

ABNH profits up again.(COMPANY PROFILE)
September 1, 2005... On August 15 American Bank Note Holographics reported that sales in the second quarter at $6.9m were $2.0m, 40% up on the same period last year and for the first half sales of $13.3m exceeded the first half of 2004 by $3.4m (+33%). This...

POC seeks commercial partners for OptiKey and 3-D video.(TECHNOLOGY NEWS)
September 1, 2005... Physical Optics Corporation (POC), a California-based company that specialises in the development and manufacture of optoelectronic products for light shaping displays, IT, photonic systems and holography, is seeking commercial partners for its...

Big rises for HI and ABNH shares.(STOCKWATCH)
September 1, 2005... August is the one month when there are so many people on holiday--in the northern hemisphere at least--that generally nothing spectacular or exciting happens until everyone returns to a loaded desk in early September. Holography is not known...

Holo-Expo-2005.(CONFERENCES)
September 1, 2005... The second Holo-Expo conference and exhibition will be held at the All-Russian Exhibition Centre in Moscow on September 27-29, 2005. It is organised by the exhibition centre with the Holography Service Company set up for the purpose, with an...

MasterCard adopts HoloMag.(STOP PRESS)
September 1, 2005... MasterCard is redesigning its cards and allowing its issuers more leeway in the feature set and design options. Among the choices, they will be able to specify a HoloMag[TM] (the name adopted for American Bank Note Holographics' holomagnetic...

Diffusers from POC.(10 YEARS AGO)
September 1, 2005... Physical Optics Corp started producing relief pattern holographic light shaping diffusers at its southern California plant, bringing embossing processes to a field previously the domain of optical holograms. Ten years on, the diffusers remain a...

Exhibitions and conferences.(Calendar)
September 1, 2005... Labelexpo Europe September 21-24, 2005 Brussels, Belgium www.labelexpo.com Holo-Expo 2005 September 27-29, 2005 Moscow, Russia www.vdnhexpo.ru European Metallisers Association Autumn Meeting October...

Eskay expands with focus on wide web embossing.(COMPANY NEWS)
September 1, 2005... Further to the recent feature on hologram embossing equipment (see HN Vol 19, No 6), Holography News visited Eskay Holographics' at its new premises to find out more about the company's latest products and plans for expansion. Eskay...