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Francis Tuffy

28 June 2022

4 min read

Company News

Australian company Caps & Closures, which designs and manufactures plastic packaging, has launched the ID-Shield holographic labelling and decoration system. According to Caps & Closures, the labelling solution is fully integrated into the packaging as it is manufactured, with no added materials, adhesives, inks or printing processes.

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Francis Tuffy

28 June 2022

3 min read

High Security Print Industry Recognises Importance of Holography

The prestigious Regional Banknote and ID Document of the Year Awards form part of the industry’s High Security Printing™ EMEA conference. Several of the recent award winners use holograms or other DOVIDs as their primary first level security feature.

Events ID & Secure Documents

Francis Tuffy

28 June 2022

2 min read

IHMA Members Hear About It First!

The International Hologram Manufacturers Association is made up of the world’s leading hologram suppliers and manufacturers and as a benefit of membership they receive a range of services. Two examples are the Patent Newsletter and the Tender Alert Service.

IOTA (IHMA)

Francis Tuffy

28 June 2022

1 min read

Classified Section - June 2022

In this month's classified section: ITW Specialty Films – R&D Holographer Optical Engineer, and IHMA Member – Photoresist Plates.

IOTA (IHMA) News

Francis Tuffy

28 June 2022

3 min read

Higher Resolution Leads to Improved Imaging Options

Colorado-based Lumenco Inc has developed micro-optics technologies for three primary markets: light management, currency anti-counterfeiting and brand identity – which is handled through its subsidiary, NanoPixel®.

Companies

Francis Tuffy

28 June 2022

3 min read

News in Brief

Developer of authentication and security technology Advast Suisse has added holographic cold foils to its product portfolio designed for use in security applications.

News

Francis Tuffy

28 June 2022

2 min read

VividQ’s Latest Holographic Display for AR Headsets

Cambridge (UK) – based VividQ has announced the launch of its latest technology, unveiled for the first time at the recent SID Display Week Conference in San Jose, California.

AR & VR

Francis Tuffy

28 June 2022

4 min read

Queen Misses Her Own Party – But Sends a Hologram

For royalists and fans of pageantry around the globe, the Golden Jubilee celebrations for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II promised the perfect occasion for pomp, circumstance and (surprisingly) – holography.

Holography

Francis Tuffy

28 June 2022

8 min read

The Future of Security Holograms Looks Bright, with Scattered Showers

For a technology that has seen its own fair share of change since its commercial inception in the 1980s, holography has established itself as a vital part of several industry sectors; most prominently in security print, brand protection, testing and monitoring, head-up displays and most recently as an enabler of virtual and augmented realities.

Events ID & Secure Documents

Francis Tuffy

12 May 2022

5 min read

News in Brief

Subscription service ESPN+ has streamed what they claim to be the world’s first tennis match featuring a real person versus a virtual player. In the match streamed on 7 May, John McEnroe faced off against his younger self – represented by a virtual player powered by artificial intelligence (AI).

News

Francis Tuffy

12 May 2022

4 min read

Holography Goes to the Movies

Holography scientists, technologists and artists alike are often guilty of bemoaning the (mis)use of the term ‘holography’ to describe augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR) displays such as HoloLens. But is there a case to say that depictions of holograms on film, TV and other ‘flat’ media have actually foreseen, and perhaps motivated, developments in 3D imaging techniques?

Editorial Origination Technology

Francis Tuffy

12 May 2022

2 min read

Patent of the Month

The International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA) Patent Newsletter is a monthly review of patents issued in the fields of security, decorative and data storage holography, along with holographic techniques, processes and displays.

IOTA (IHMA)

Francis Tuffy

12 May 2022

3 min read

Structural Colour Gets Special Attention at ODDS 2022

The phenomena of structural colour – when different wavelengths of light are selectively reflected from a substance, with the remaining wavelengths transmitted or absorbed – is gaining increased attention in the security print industry as an environmentally benign method of creating colour without resorting to dyes or other chemicals.

Events Technical Features

Francis Tuffy

12 May 2022

3 min read

Falling Out of Love with Holography

Anyone who has been involved with holography for any length of time will have had periods of frustration with the technology. But the story of a Japanese man who literally fell out of love with his hologram wife is taking things to extremes.

Art & Design

Francis Tuffy

12 May 2022

3 min read

Polarization Holography – a New Field of Holographic Research

In conventional holography, the polarization of the reference and object beams are arranged to be co-linear to achieve the maximum contrast of the interference fringes formed and record the greatest amounts of amplitude and phase information from the original object wave.

Technical Features

Francis Tuffy

12 May 2022

2 min read

Veritech Adds PicoMaster 100 to Its Infrastructure

Shriram Veritech Solutions was founded in 1992 and is a part of the Shriram Group of companies, one of the largest industrial houses in India. Over the years, Shriram Veritech has built a range of products over the years including holograms, labels and stamping foils to decorate and protect products.

Companies

Francis Tuffy

12 May 2022

2 min read

IHMA Members Hear About It First!

Tracking down and responding to tenders is the life blood of sales departments in companies of all sizes. Getting hold of tender documents as quickly as possible after their publication can often be the difference between putting together a winning proposal and regretting you didn’t get the tender documents a few days earlier.

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Francis Tuffy

12 May 2022

4 min read

IQ Structures Extends Range of Interactive Features for Banknotes

Whilst travel restrictions, due to the pandemic, have prevented many face- to-face sales activities in the holography industry, many companies have continued their research programmes behind closed doors. One such company is IQ Structures, which has continued to innovate its range of eye- catching optically variable features.

Currency

Francis Tuffy

12 May 2022

1 min read

Classified Section - May 2022

The holography industry creates spectacular imagery for applications in art, science and technology. To do this, the industry has developed an intricate jigsaw of equipment, know-how and people.

News

Francis Tuffy

24 April 2022

6 min read

Chris Rich – at the Wavefront of Holography for 35 Years

After the initial wave of commercial applications of holography in the early 1980s the holographic industry, at least for transfer films and labels, was spread across four distinct areas of competence: origination, mass-production, converting and application & finishing.

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