Hologram Industry News

Press Release: May 6, 2008
HOLOGRAM MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION OF INDIA ANNOUNCES WINNER OF EIGHT ANNUAL AWARDS IN HLOGRAPHY
-Recognises excellence in Holography in 2008-

New Delhi, May 3, 2008: Hologram Manufacturers Association of India, an non-profit organisation formed to promote Holography in India announced the winners of the 8th Annual Awards in a ceremony held at Hotel Crowne Plaza, New Delhi.

The winners of the 8th Annual Awards are:

New Application:
Award - Holoflex Ltd for “TAO”
Commendation - Holostik India Ltd for “Kit-Kat”

New or Innovative Technique in Origination:
Award - Holostik India Ltd for “Hypertech”
Commendation - Holostik India Ltd for “Fotoworld”

New or Innovative Technique in Holographic Product / Conversion:
Award - Holoflex Ltd for “Duckback”
Commendation - Holoflex Ltd for “BSES”

Security / Authentication:
Award - Holostik India Ltd “Holostik R&D”
Commendation - Holostik India Ltd for “Earthquake”

Holographic Packaging:
Award - Holostik India Ltd for “Cock Fire-Crackers”
Commendation - Holographic Security Mar. Sys. Pvt Ltd for “All Out”

Highest Growth in Holographic Product Sales:
Award - Holoflex Ltd
Commendation - Holostik India Ltd

About HoMAI Awards:
The HoMAI Award is an annual award by the Hologram Manufacturers Association of India for excellence in holography in India.

About HoMAI:
HoMAI was founded in 1998 to promote the Indian holography industry as well as to fight against counterfeiting. HoMAI is the only 2nd Association in world which deals in promoting holography and anti-counterfeiting solutions. For further details, visit: http://www.homai.org/

For more information, contact:

C S Jeena
Hologram Manufacturers Association of India
Ph: +91-4161 7369
Mb:+91-98182 81116
E-mail: info@homai.org

HoMAI 5 May 2008 : The results of election of Governing Body of Hologram Manufacturers Association of India (HoMAI) were announced day before yesterday (Saturday 3rd May 2008). The election for the governing body was held during the 8th Annual General Meeting as per guidelines of HoMAI. HoMAI was established in 1998 to promote the Indian holography as well as to fight against counterfeiting. HoMAI is the only 2nd Association in world dealing in high security hologram and anti-counterfeiting solution.

Members of the Governing Body from 3rd May 2008 to 31st March 2010 are;

PRESIDENT:
MR. U K GUPTA – CMD (HOLOSTIK INDIA LTD0
E-mail: ukg@holostik.com
Website: www.holostik.com

VICE-PRESIDENT
MR. TARUN AGGARWAL – DIRECTOR (KUWER INDUSTRIES LTD)
E-mail: tarun@kuwer.com
Website: www.kuwer.com

MEMBER
MR. G S DHILLON - MD (ALPHA LASERTEK INDIA LTD
E-mail: dhillon@alt.co.in
Website: www.alt.co.in

MEMBER
MR. LUV D SHRIRAM- SHRIRAM VERITECH SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD
E-mail: info@veritechsolutions.com
Website: www.veritechsolutions.com

MEMBER
MR. MUKESH GOEL – DIRECTOR (GOPSONS PAPERS LTD)
E-mail: mukeshgoel@gopsons.com
Website: www.gopsons.com

CO-OPTED MEMBER
MR. PRADIP SHROFF- PRESIDENT & MD (PRS – PERMACEL PVT. LTD
E-mail: pradip.shroff@prs-permacel.com
Website: www.prs-permacel.com

VII ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF MD & CEO’S OF HOLOGRAM INDUSTRY
ORGANISER HoMAI- (Hologram Manufacturers Association of India)

HoMAI is organizing VII ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING on 3rd May 2008 at Crown Plaza, New Friends Colony, New Delhi. At this occasion HoMAI is organizing a head to head business meeting of all delegates & professionals to understand the industry & its requirements.

Opportunity for Participant:
There is a prospect for your company:
• To exclusively market your company (We choose only one sponsor from your industry segment).
• To expand & Build new business relationships.
• To retain relationship with existing clients and business partners.
• For head to head interaction with decisions makers in Hologram Industries in India.

Other Benefits:
• Display your marketing materials and invite your prospects to attend the conference at a special rate available through you as an exhibiting sponsor.
• Occasion to give 15-20 minutes of presentation to the general audience
• Company logo to appear on all event-related marketing materials including website, email announcements, Newsletter, signage and program.
• Company banner prominently displayed at the conference
• Recognition as a key event sponsor during event welcome, closing remarks and event publicity
• Two complimentary conference admission
• Discounted registration fees for your references.
• A complimentary copy of the e-Proceedings Conference CD-ROM.

To participate in the event / to become a sponsor / paper presentation, please contact C S Jeena at +91-9818281116 or Email at cjhomai@gmail.com.

HoMAI has announced invitation of applications for the 8th HoMAI Annual awards for Excellence in Holography 2008.

The categories for the Award are:-
New Application (Industry Segment)
New or Innovative Technique in Origination
New or Innovative Technique in Holographic Product or conversion
Security/ Authentication Hologram
Holographic Packaging
Highest growth in the holographic product/s sales

The above awards will be presented during the Annual General Meeting being held on 3rd May 2008 at Hotel Crown Plaza, New Delhi.

The last date for submission of duly completed applications for the above awards with all enclosures is 10th April 08.

For more information contact:

C S Jeena
Secretary – HoMAI
Email: info@homai.org
Tel: +91-11-30826923
Fax: +91-11-41617369

Copyright © 1999 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
New Delhi, Jan 9, 2000: The Hologram Manufacturers Association of India (HoMAI) has called for compulsory registration of holograms manufactured or imported into India. In this regard, the HoMAI has set up a Hologram Roster (HR) in the Capital recently which besides ensuring speedy registration of holograms also guarantees security of images/holograms to its owners. “It enables us to independently register holograms and ensure that copying of the images is not possible,” says Arun Rastogi, HoMAI. So far, 1,255 images have been registered with the HoMAI.

Interestingly, it’s not mandatory to register a hologram with the government departments handling copyright issues. Those who register the images have to wait for six to nine months. In contrast, HoMAI claims, its HR, registers the image in 45 hours.

The association which held its general body meeting recently in the Capital has also called for recognition of the industry and greater use of holograms in the government sector. According to Dhillon, there’s a tremendous opportunity for the government to recover revenue by using holograms in departments such as the Central Excise where there’s maximum misuse of Modvat invoices, driving licenses, transport permits, examination certificates.

In Tamil Nadu, for instance, which has initiated the use of holograms in the Excise department, the recovery has been as much as 15-20 per cent (Rs 150 crore) in a year while the total investment has been just Rs 5 crore. “Increasing incidents of country-made spurious liquor, synthetic milk and adulterated mustard oil are some recent examples which could have been avoided with the usage of holograms,” says U K Gupta, president, HoMAI.

“Companies can register a 100 per cent return if they use holograms on their brands,” adds Kapil Bajaj, managing director of Bajaj Holographics India, an HoMAI member. The association has also called for a stringent control and verification of imported holograms.

The association is planning to promote the use of holograms by increasing the awareness level of the user by holding seminars, participating in exhibitions; giving demonstration through a portable display unit; circulating introductory letters to various associations; and making presentations to various government departments. Besides these, the body is also exploring possibilities of an export market for its members; and develop and upgrade members’ skills and understanding by exposing them to the professional update and educational programmes on technology in the hologram manufacturing and its constantly changing requirements; catalyse ISO 9000 certification of member companies.

HoMAI is the only all-India association of carefully scrutinised and stringently chosen top manufacturers, suppliers of holographic machinery/raw material and R&D centres. It also closely cooperates with international organisations pertaining to holographic science and technology, and maintains close liaison with them.

Monday, January 10, 2000
Copyright © 1999 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.

When Mumbai-based hologram manufacturers Ojasmit Holographics were approached by a private entrepreneur to develop and supply Indian Oil Corporation Ltd’s (IOC) holograms which he claimed he planned to affix on all IOC termination voucher of gas cylinders as a means of authentication, Ojasmit suspected the genuineness of the order.

The HoMAI member promptly met IOC officials and found that the entrepreneur was never authorised to issue holograms on IOC’s behalf. The HoMAI member’s alertness thus averted a major fraud in the gas cylinders’ unauthorised terminations in Mumbai.

In another case HoMAI member Alpha Lasertek (I) Ltd in New Delhi were approached by a person (name withheld) from Nigeria who claimed to be the biggest importer of auto spares from Europe and Asia. He wanted to make holograms for FAG Bearings since his `German hologram manufacturer had closed down’. The HoMAI member decided to first refer to the holograms database — and it was no surprise that the Nigerian client failed to make contact thereafter.