Hologram Industry News

Sunday August 26 2007 12:20, HYDERABAD: The� Hyderabad busted an� est-ever haul of fake currency in the city — Rs 2.36 crore — and arrested four persons, including a UAE national. Already, the accused are believed to have circulated about Rs 17 lakh in the city. The Rs 500 and 1,000 denomination notes were printed in Pakistan and were sent in containers by ship via Dubai to Mumbai.
Disclosing details at a press conference on Saturday, Hyderabad Police Commissioner Balwinder Singh said the entire gang comprised at least 13 persons, including three from Pakistan. ‘‘The first consignment amounting to Rs 19 lakh in bogus currency arrived in the city in April, the second of Rs 55 lakh shortly thereafter. The third consignment reached the city a few days ago,’’ Singh added. The UAE national, Alkaz Khamis, was operating from Dubai through a front company, West India Import-Export.

SCT International, LLC, a holding company focused on security printing and brand protection, announced that is has� completed the acquisition of Sekuworks, LLC, effective August 31, 2007. Sekuworks uses patent pending and proprietary technologies to create brand protection solutions for its customers.
The Company is� amongst few� in world, providing the highest level of security and accountability to its customers which include some of the world’s most recognized brand owners.
Sources: http://www.counterfeit.com/main/news/detail/1010.html

In 1982 Hershey Corp was the first company to use hologram as a device for promotion of their chocolate confectionary.� Since then hologram are used by companies for the promotion due to its eye catching, dramatic and attention grabbing features. Earlier in this year Diesel done a holographic fashion show in Italy, US President Al Gore appeared as a hologram in Tokyo to promote his Live-earth concert. The All-Ireland Hurling championship also used the hologram to raise the profile of the game and engage hurling fans.

Now David Beckham appeared live on stage at the Adidas Press Launch for the London Olympics 2012 in the form of a hologram, as Adidas unveiled its £100 million sponsorship deal with London 2012.
Source: http://www.eyeliner3d.com/david_beckham_hologram_adidas_olympics_2012.html
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� � � � � � � Us Vice-President Al Gore and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has received the “Nobel peace prize for 2007″ for their� efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change”� �
� � � � � � � US Vice-President Al Gore educate people through his program “Live-Earth Concerts”. Live Earth� reached up to two billion people through radio, television and the internet and features acts including Madonna, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snow Patrol and Snoop Dogg in nine concerts around the globe.
Earlier in this year he made an appearance in Tokyo, as a hologram to spread his message to a larger section of world.
Source: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2007/

Due to counterfeiting & brand piracy� German economy looses 20-30 billion Euros worth of turnover and about 70,000 jobs in 2006.� Association of Geraman Chambers of Commerce and Industry has launched a new “original-ist-genial.de” portal as one of step against brand piracy.� The portal will provides both theoretic and practical support. Among other things it provides free of charge downloads of a broad range of brochures such as that entitled “patents and trademark rights” (download).
Sources: http://www.just4business.eu/2007/10/new-portal-against-brand-piracy-launched/
http://www.original-ist-genial.de/