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Chander S Jeena

24 June 2026

1 min read

Global Label Market Continues to Expand

The global label market reached c. 76 billion square metres in 2025, a 2.8% increase from the previous year, according to the AWA’s Labelling and Product Decoration Market Report 2026.

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Chander S Jeena

15 April 2026

3 min read

The $40 Billion Security Printing Shift: DOVIDs Move Centre Stage

Smithers’ report, ‘The Future of Global Security Printing to 2030’, projects the security printing market will surge to $39.7 billion by 2030, driven by the shift toward integrated physical and digital trust systems. A key part of this growth is the renewed focus on Diffractive Optical Variable Image Devices (DOVIDs), which are expected to reach $4.39 billion by 2030.

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Chander S Jeena

20 Nov. 2025

2 min read

ODDS 2025 Proceedings Available Now

Missed the Optical & Digital Document Security™ (ODDS) Conference 2025? The full proceedings are now available, offering a comprehensive overview of the latest advancements in physical, digital, and hybrid document security.

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Ian Lancaster

23 Oct. 2025

3 min read

Optical Document Security: 4th Edition on its Way

‘Optical Document Security’, the book by Rudolf (Ruud) van Renesse, is recognised as the most authoritative guide to the science, techniques and use of optical security features on security documents.

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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’

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Francis Tuffy

24 March 2023

3 min read

Holographic Calling Card Sent into Space

Holographic textiles are often used in fashion and design to add a futuristic and eye-catching element to clothing, but an article in The Cornell Chronicle (produced by Cornell University in Ithaca, New York) explains how holographic effects are being used to dress a satellite.

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Francis Tuffy

19 Jan. 2022

3 min read

Will Every 3D Image Always Be Called a Hologram?

A topic that continuously grates on some within the holography community is the corruption of the term ‘hologram’ to apply to any display or image that heightens the sense of solidity or depth. For that group of holographers, there is some guidance and perhaps reassurance from a new research paper from the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, China.

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Francis Tuffy

19 Jan. 2022

2 min read

New Report Ventures into Printing Beyond Colour for Security Features

Many technologies and features with their roots in commercial printing have made, and continue to make, a substantial contribution to secure document production. However, these technologies have for the most part been concerned with producing visual colours, perceived by the unaided eye as conventional colour printing.

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Global Label Market Continues to Expand

The $40 Billion Security Printing Shift: DOVIDs Move Centre Stage

ODDS 2025 Proceedings Available Now

Optical Document Security: 4th Edition on its Way

Smartphone Report Released

Holographic Calling Card Sent into Space

Will Every 3D Image Always Be Called a Hologram?

New Report Ventures into Printing Beyond Colour for Security Features

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