The International Optical Technologies Association (IOTA) announced the winners of its inaugural Excellence in Optical Technologies Awards 2025 during a special ceremony held at the Optical & Digital Document Security™ (ODDS) Conference in Warsaw, Poland.
The demand for high-security document features has driven research into op…
KURZ Banknote Security’s production site in Sulzbach-Rosenberg in Germany celebrates its 30th anniversary thi…
Hong Kong Customs has started a three-month pilot scheme under the new dut…
Giancarlo Vimercati, the founder of Pilot Italia, passed away in July 2025…
Diffractive optically variable image devices (DOVIDs) are widely used to protect documents against counterfeiting and misuse. They are commonly integrated into multilayer holographic foils, which are either hot-stamped onto documents such as credit cards, driving licenses, identity cards, passports, and banknotes or embedded into laminates that are heat-sealed to a document’s surface.
Brunei Darussalam Central Bank (BDCB) has announced its new family banknotes series in the denominations of BND1, BND5, BND10, BND100 and BND500, scheduled to enter circulation in the first half of 2…
Colombia’s Health Regulatory Body Instituto Nacional de Vigilancia de Medicamentos y Alimentos – INVIMA has issued a health alert after uncovering a counterfeit batch of oncological drug MABTHERA® (…
Hong Kong Customs has started a three-month pilot scheme under the new duty stamp system …
At the recent LUXEPACK Monaco (29 September-1 October), Rolling Optics, a subsidiary of Oberthur, unveiled …
The Bank of Botswana has unveiled a 50 pula banknote commemorating its first Olympic gold …
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