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Micaal Sidorov

17 Jan. 2024

3 min read

New Technology Developments Lead Hologram Growth in 2024

Developments in new anti-counterfeit technologies will help support the growth of holograms in 2024, according to Dr Paul Dunn, chair of the International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA).

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Mark Deakes

19 Dec. 2023

3 min read

The Crucial Role of Holography in Securing Government Identity Documents

In this article, Dr Mark Deakes from ITW Speciality Films, part of the US- headquartered ITW Group, gives some insights into the crucial role holography plays in securing government ID documents.

ID & Secure Documents

Francis Tuffy

19 Dec. 2023

7 min read

A New Dawn of Sustainability and Innovation

The 30th in the series of The Holography Conference™ (THC), held online on 21-22 November, was opened by Astrid Mitchell, Reconnaissance International, who welcomed the audience and thanked conference partners, the International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA), as well as sponsors XRD nano and Raith Laser Systems, for their continuing support.

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Francis Tuffy

19 Dec. 2023

4 min read

2023 – The Year of Holography and...

Since it was first published in 1987, Holography News® has charted the course of holography’s progress, from a laboratory-based optical technique for recording, storing, and replaying wavefronts, to a term that means a whole lot more. While still being a technology in its own right, it has worked its way into the public consciousness as an auxiliary technology in a whole raft of new applications.

Editorial

Francis Tuffy

19 Dec. 2023

3 min read

Holographic Testbed Gets Funding Boost

Walton Institute, based at the South East Technological University (SETU) in Waterford, Ireland, has been chosen as one of the recipients of the €16.5 million 2023 Capital Equipment Fund administered by Enterprise Ireland through the Technology Gateway and Technology Centre Programmes.

Companies

Francis Tuffy

19 Dec. 2023

3 min read

Excellence in Holography Awards 2023 - Winners

The International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA) awards have put sustainability and innovation at the heart of global holographic growth and success.

IOTA (IHMA)

Francis Tuffy

19 Dec. 2023

3 min read

New IHMA Security Image Register Launched

The Hologram Image Register (HIR), established by the International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA) to help safeguard hologram copyright and underpin the use of holograms in authentication and security printing, has been extended and relaunched as the Security Image Register (SIR).

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Francis Tuffy

19 Dec. 2023

2 min read

A Message from the Outgoing Editor

As I step down as the editor of this publication, I’m looking back on our journey over the past three years. In September 2020, I introduced myself as the incoming editor, and now, as time completes its circle, I’m passing the baton to the next editor of Holography News® (HN).

Editorial

Francis Tuffy

19 Dec. 2023

2 min read

PicoMaster – Innovation Gets Its Just Reward

The PicoMaster-H and PicoMaster XF-H direct laser writers of Raith Laser Systems (formerly 4PICO BV) have a pedigree going back to the days of CD and DVD mastering. Today, the company’s mastering systems are used to make holograms, and other optically variable devices, for the document security, brand authentication, luxury packaging, and product embellishment industries.

Technical Features

Francis Tuffy

21 Nov. 2023

2 min read

Holograms on Banknotes

In this occasional series, we round up the recent new issues of banknotes containing a hologram or other optically variable device.

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Francis Tuffy

21 Nov. 2023

2 min read

Hazen Scores Another Slam Dunk

For more than 10 years, Holyoke, Massachusetts-based Hazen Paper has worked on the Enshrinement yearbook cover for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In this, the 11th Enshrinement yearbook, Hazen uses their HoloJet® paper to project an amplified refractive three-dimensional image of a basketball symbolizing the Hall of Fame dome.

Technical Features

Francis Tuffy

21 Nov. 2023

4 min read

Innovation Leads to Development – ZSST

In this occasional series of company profiles of members of the International Hologram Manufactures Association (IHMA), we take a look at Zhongchao Special Security Technology Co Ltd (ZSST) and the technologies it has to offer.

Companies Technical Features

Francis Tuffy

21 Nov. 2023

5 min read

Then and Now – Holography and the Graphic Arts

In the August Holography News® (HN) edition of ‘Then and Now’, I highlighted the role that holograms have played in protecting banknotes from counterfeiting. Looking through the archives of HN I note that at about the same time as the first hologram on a banknote was reported there was an article titled ‘Upper Deck Hits Home Run with Holography’ which told one of the many stories about applications of holograms on trading cards – a phenomenon that took the US by storm in the late 1980s early 90s.

Art & Design

Francis Tuffy

21 Nov. 2023

3 min read

Science and Luxury – Musion3D

The Royal Institution in London is considered to be one of the oldest scientific societies in the world. Over the last two centuries, the building and labs have been home to ground-breaking science engagement, including the world-famous Christmas Lectures1. But for two days at the end of October it housed a demonstration of Musion3D’s heightened reality display – often referred to as holopresence.

Displays Technical Features

Francis Tuffy

21 Nov. 2023

3 min read

Oberthur Demonstrates Dynamic OVD with New Security Thread

In the Spring of 2023, Oberthur Fiduciaire took out a majority stake in Rolling Optics, which was founded in 2005 with solid technical research at the Ångström Laboratory at Uppsala University, Sweden.

Technical Features

Francis Tuffy

21 Nov. 2023

2 min read

Illumetry Unveils its New Holographic Display Device

Even as research into improving the performance of holographic displays continues, display hardware company Illumetry, has recently unveiled its ‘Illumetry EOS’ device – the company’s newest product in its line- up of holographic displays built on its ‘MotionParallax3D’ principle.

Displays

Francis Tuffy

21 Nov. 2023

3 min read

KURZ Tax Stamp Paper Saves Time and the Environment

Enforcing alcohol and tobacco duty payments using tax stamps is a major source of revenue for governments across the world. The process to make the stamps can often be time consuming and limited to printing firms with specialist equipment. But that could be about to change!

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Francis Tuffy

21 Nov. 2023

2 min read

IQ Structures Turns National Symbols into Defence Against Counterfeiters

As IQ Structures, a member of the IQS Group, expands its capacity to protect over 1 billion documents a year, it is looking at ways to simplify the job of the document inspector and frustrate the work of the counterfeiter.

ID & Secure Documents

Francis Tuffy

21 Nov. 2023

2 min read

Sudirman and Captain Kirk – But Not as We Know Them

Another artist to be added to the increasingly long list of deceased performers to be immortalised in holographic form is the late Malaysian singer Sudirman Arshad, or Sudirman as he’s more commonly known.

Displays

Francis Tuffy

30 Oct. 2023

3 min read

Smartphone Report Released

Reconnaissance International is pleased to announce the release of its new one-of-a kind publication – ‘Smartphones for Authentication’

Studies, Reports

Latest News

New Technology Developments Lead Hologram Growth in 2024

The Crucial Role of Holography in Securing Government Identity Documents

A New Dawn of Sustainability and Innovation

2023 – The Year of Holography and...

Holographic Testbed Gets Funding Boost

Excellence in Holography Awards 2023 - Winners

New IHMA Security Image Register Launched

A Message from the Outgoing Editor

PicoMaster – Innovation Gets Its Just Reward

Holograms on Banknotes

Hazen Scores Another Slam Dunk

Innovation Leads to Development – ZSST

Then and Now – Holography and the Graphic Arts

Science and Luxury – Musion3D

Oberthur Demonstrates Dynamic OVD with New Security Thread

Illumetry Unveils its New Holographic Display Device

KURZ Tax Stamp Paper Saves Time and the Environment

IQ Structures Turns National Symbols into Defence Against Counterfeiters

Sudirman and Captain Kirk – But Not as We Know Them

Smartphone Report Released

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