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- Protecting Brands
- (Magazine)
- August 30, 2004, ... security. DOVIDs (Diffractive Optically Variable Image Devices) were developed from decorative metallized holograms to enhance the esthetics of packaging and can combine this attribute with security functions ...
- New Products for the Converting Industry, PFFC, June 2004
- (Magazine)
- May 30, 2004, ... a plate in a scanning motion. Flexo plates reportedly approach laser quality with equally good flank angles, deep reverses, and excellent dot reproduction. This, says company, is due to refined optical ...
- A Secure Alternative
- (Magazine)
- March 30, 2004, ... easily. Hologram counterfeiters have a number of options: optical re-origination, optical copying, physical replication, and simulation. Counterfeiting of a security hologram by optical re-origination ...
- The Family Breadwinner
- (Flexpack)
- February 28, 2004, ... PA. Holosource, Livonia, MI, is the metallizer, and Shorewood Packaging, Newport News, VA, acts as contract packager. An optically registered radial holographic pattern surrounds a debossed golf ball ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2003, ... use of “encoded ink” (ink embedded with unique signature codes) in the printing of product packaging, documents, etc., and the ability to “sense” the ink using low-cost optical readers. The proprietary ...
- Producing Coextruded High Barrier Heat-Shrinkable Packaging Films
- (The Place)
- September 30, 2003, ... (MD) vs. trans-machine direction (TD) shrinkage with exceptional optical and mechanical properties. The barrier polymers used include polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC), ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH), and ...
- SunSure: Sun Chemical InkSure Partner to Combat Counterfeit/Diversion Losses
- (News | New Products)
- June 12, 2003, ... low-cost optical readers. According to Sun Chemical, InkSure's proprietary reader technology can be incorporated into "a variety of devices as required by specific applications, ranging from low-cost, hand-held ...
- Products
- (Magazine)
- February 28, 2003, ... for production of digital graphics. Additions includes simultaneous multiple printer support; enhanced ink control; spot color replacement; and Epson proprietary screening algorithms. Optical System ...
- Self-Adhesive Labels: Past, Present, and Future
- (Magazine)
- October 31, 2002, ... customer-specific solutions, with film label stocks and optically variable devices attracting particular interest. AWA predicts a 10% average growth in these applications to 2004, with some growing faster. ...
- New Opportunities for Converting Technology
- (Magazine)
- October 31, 2002, ... require a significant upgrade of the systems used. The current system of long-term passes will be replaced with a short-term, difficult-to-reproduce pass. The DOVID (diffractive optically variable image ...
- Digital Technology Evolution Clear at Graph/Converting Expo 2002
- (News | New Products)
- October 08, 2002, ... at this year's Graph Expo. Dubbed PlateDriver, with the new optical system FreeBeam, the platedriver is designed for imaging violet silver or violet photopolymer plates. Says Christian Erikstrup, CTP product ...
- Materials
- (Magazine)
- July 31, 2002, ... tobacco board and in Starcote HiBrite, whose structural suitability for round-cornered boxes enables brand differentiation while providing a brighter white without the need for optical brightners. Nonwoven ...
- Foiling Counterfeiters
- (Magazine)
- July 31, 2002, ... for product integrity among manufacturers of pharmaceuticals, liquors, and upscale consumer goods. That's why optically variable devices (OVDs) ultimately will become more common than credit cards in ...
- DOVIDs: Functional Beauty
- (Magazine)
- July 31, 2002, Through a combination of overt and covert means, diffractive optically variable image devices (DOVIDs) offer a high level of security at a reasonable cost—and look good while doing it. One-of-a-Kind ...
- Reporter Clips
- (Magazine)
- April 30, 2002, ... offers De La Rue clients high quality optically variable devices and security tapes from a single source, the co. reports. Plastic Sock Holder Marks ‘New Frontier’ CHARLOTTE, NC, USA—New Frontier Packaging, ...
- Coating and Laminating Special Report
- (Archive)
- February 28, 2002, ... and OVDs (optically variable devices) can offer opportunities for thermal as well as sputtered evaporation. Looking at the market overall, it is evident there is limited profitability in general trade ...
- What's New Product
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2001, ... of Auto-NIS® system, a portable, Windows-based automatic nip profiler, is available, says mfr. System is an optical scanner and software system that reads and interprets Pressurex/Fuji Prescale nip impression ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- June 30, 2001, ... of bootleg imitations. To combat the counterfeiters, a solution was developed in conjunction with Decorative Sleeves, a packaging specialist, and De La Rue Holographics, a provider of secure optically ...
- Flexo Inspection
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2001, ... interesting challenge for any automatic inspection system. Some systems today actually can perform OCR (optical character recognition) on the text, a critical print factor in this type of work. Critical ...
- Clean Room Environment Makes Excellence a Priority
- (Magazine)
- January 31, 2000, ... control panels. These films must be optically perfect, and it was for this reason that the company decided to add a clean room. According to Richard T. Lee, operations manager, "We needed to have facilities ...
