Innovation Through Integration: Excellence in Product and Document Security

The International Optical Technologies Association (IOTA) announced the winners of its inaugural Excellence in Optical Technologies Awards 2025 during the Optical & Digital Document Security™ (ODDS) Conference in Warsaw, Poland (see HOTN September 2025).

Awards were presented in seven categories: Best Disruptive Technology, Best Innovation in Optically Variable Technologies (OVT), Best Origination, Best Integrated Technology/Best Document Security Application, Best Product Security Application, and Best Decorative/ Packaging Product. In addition, the Lifetime Achievement Award honoured individuals for their lifelong contributions to the advancement of holography, optical security, and the global fight against counterfeiting.

While our previous editions covered the best disruptive technologies, innovations in OVT, and decorative / packaging categories, we are now covering entries for the best product security application and the best integrated technology/document security application.