A security hologram for banknotes and ID documents has won an innovation award at the Excellence in Holography Awards 2018.
Surys’ Spectreod scooped the Innovation in Holographic Technology award for its use of phase shifting micro-optic authentication elements, which enable the viewer to pick out and identify information using a smartphone light source. When observed at a direct angle, Spectreod is recognisable to the naked eye, but when it comes under a light source, pre-selected floating coloured information appears that follows the movement of the light. This can help to confirm the authentication of a document or banknote at a glance.
Holostik’s Gopal hologram, pictured, with its 11 holographic features, also impressed in the same category as an anti-counterfeiting device for chewing tobacco products. These include a smart glint effect of the word ‘Gopal’ and letters ‘GZ’, dead colour and relief effects, motion and mirror effects, white gradient and white picture together with other effects.
This year’s event ran during the annual Holography Conference in Minsk. The trade body the International Hologram Manufacturers Association marked 25 years. Manoj Kochar, chair of the IHMA, said the standard of entries had again been extremely high, reflecting an industry in the ascendancy that continues to innovate and surprise.
In congratulating Surys, he said: “This was again one of the toughest years for the IHMA board to judge the awards. We had a total of 53 nominations, the second highest. The awards celebrate the best in holographic achievement and ground-breaking innovations which keep holography to the fore in a diverse array of applications around the world.”
Winner of the Brian Monaghan Award for Business Innovation went to the Hellenic Institute of Holography’s Alkis Lembessis for his contribution to the industry.
