Press Room
PRESS RELEASE
VER-TEC
TO PRESENT PAPER AT OPTICAL DOCUMENT SECURITY 2008
10th January 2008
Ver-tec have been selected to present a technical paper at the
upcoming
Optical Document Security 2008
conference in San Francisco. The conference runs from the 23-25 of
January 2008 at the Argonaut Hotel, Fisherman's Wharf, San
Francisco, California. Dr Satyamoorthy Kabilan will be presenting a
paper authored by Ver-tec's team, titled "The
Biometrigram®:
A Portable Holographic Personalisation Station".
If you would like to meet with
members of Ver-tec's team at this event, please get in touch with us
via our
contact page.
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PRESS RELEASE
MEET VER-TEC
AT SECURITY DOCUMENT WORLD 2007
15th May 2007
Ver-tec will be displaying its
Ver-tec
HD3D™ and
Biometrigram®
technologies at
the Security Document World 2007 conference and exhibition. The conference and exhibition takes
place from the 22-23 of May 2007 at the Church House, Westminster,
London. Ver-tec will be located at stand B17 in the exhibition area.
If you would like to meet with
members of Ver-tec's team at this event, please get in touch with us
via our
contact page.
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PRESS RELEASE
SUCCESSFUL
PROTOTYPE MASS PRODUCTION TRIALS
9th May 2007
Ver-tec have successfully concluded initial trials for the mass
manufacture of its Ver-tec HD3D™ product. The prototype production system
developed by Ver-tec is the world's first mass manufacturing setup
for true colour silver halide volume reflection holograms. Samples on short reels
of film have been produced are now available for distribution.
Production
run of
Ver-tec HD3D™
images
Ver-tec
are currently in the process of developing a fully automated mass
production system for the Ver-tec HD3D™ product line.
For
further
information and partnering opportunities, please visit the
Ver-tec HD3D™
product page.
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PRESS RELEASE
VER-TEC DEVELOPS
SECURITY AgH HOLOGRAMS
21st March
2007
Holography News has published an article on Ver-tec's innovative
Ver-tec
HD3D™ product in their March 2007 issue. There has been a great deal
of interest in the Ver-tec HD3D™ product and it is now in trials with a
number of ID document and authentication companies. Further news on
the partnering companies will be available shortly.
Development is also continuing on Ver-tec's novel holographic
biometric storage and verification technology, the Biometrigram®.
The technology is being brought towards full commercialisation
through the application for a £1.5 million Department of Trade and
Industry Development grant.
For
further
information, visit the
Ver-tec
HD3D™
and
Biometrigram®
product pages.
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PRESS RELEASE
15th March
2007
Following on from strong commercial
interest, the Ver-tec HD3D™ product has been
featured in the March 2007 issue of the Product and Image Security
Newsletter. Ver-tec HD3D™ offers a variety of overt effects that allow it to
be easily recognised and authenticated alongside a host of covert
and forensic features. It has the ability to provide true
colour images which can be easily viewed under a wide variety of
lighting conditions.
For
further
information, visit the
Ver-tec
HD3D™
product page.
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PRESS RELEASE
VER-TEC HD3D™
LAUNCH
FEATURED IN THE TIMES
29th January
2007
The Ver-tec HD3D™ launch has been
featured in the ID Management supplement in today's Times. The
supplement deals with the issues surrounding the use of Biometrics
for Identity Management. A copy of the supplement in PDF format can
be downloaded by clicking
here.
For
further
information, visit the
Ver-tec HD3D™
product page.
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PRESS RELEASE
VER-TEC HD3D™ PRODUCT LAUNCH
29th January
2007
Ver-tec
HD3D™ is a true
colour optical device designed for individual coding with 3D image
switch customisation capabilities.
The need
for more overt, easily identifiable holograms that can be
serialised or
individualised at the pre personalisation stage of
manufacturing has led to the development of the Ver-tec HD3D™
product. Ver-tec HD3D™
removes the rainbow effect familiar with embossed
holograms, creating images which maintain their
colour no matter the angle of view. This
provides a security device that is easily distinguishable and
recognised in comparison with conventional
holograms and enables document issuing authorities and security
printers the option of linking personalisation data to a true colour
3D image switch laminate unique to each and every document through
its optically generated serialisation number.
Additionally, the true colour images
in Ver-tec HD3D™ can act as a powerful marketing tool, maintaining an
organisation's corporate or national
identity. Various optical security devices such as multiple vertical
and horizontal image switches, microtext and ultra violet images can
be incorporated.
HD3D™
is for application in the document security, brand protection and
pharmaceutical markets.
For more
information, visit the
Ver-tec HD3D™
product page.
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PRESS RELEASE
VER-TEC JOINS HOMELAND SECURITY MARKET FORESIGHT STUDY
26th January
2007
Ver-tec has been invited by Sagentia, a
technology consulting company based in the United Kingdom, to
participate in a study investigating the potential for developing
underpinning, disruptive technology platforms that could meet unmet
needs in Homeland Security markets within a 3 to 10 year timeframe
on behalf of ITI Techmedia.
ITI Techmedia (www.ititechmedia.com)has
been created to drive sustainable company growth in Scotland through
ownership of commercially targeted R&D programs that deliver
world-class intellectual assets and is investing around £150 million
over ten years to develop a range of pre-competitive technologies
with global market potential.
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PRESS RELEASE
VER-TEC DELIVERS CUSTOM LASER SAFETY SYSTEM FOR DE LA RUE
HOLOGRAPHICS
20th January
2007
De La Rue
Holographics has just taken delivery of a custom laser safety
system designed and built by Ver-tec. The system has been designed
to protect Laser Technicians from accidental exposure to laser beams
when entering the holographic studios. The failsafe units will block
the laser beam, even in the event of loss of power to the safety
system.
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PRESS RELEASE
VER-TEC COMMENCES EXPANSION AND UPGRADE OF FACILITY
2nd January
2007
Ver-tec has begun work on upgrading and
expanding its facility in Essex. The expansion plans will enable the
scaling up of holographic origination work, bespoke engineering as
well increased capacity for Mastering.
Ben Bowmaker, Ver-tec’s CEO, said: "The
upgrade of the facility marks an exciting start to the second phase
of Ver-tec’s expansion program. With increased capacity, Ver-tec
will be able to serve our customers with a broader range of services
and technical capabilities whilst also enabling us to increase the
pace of ongoing research & development".
The expansion and upgrade of Ver-tec’s facility
will be completed by the end of February 2007.
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PRESS RELEASE
VER-TEC
RECEIVES BRITISH PATENT GRANT
3rd November
2006
Ver-tec announced today that the company's patent application
for evaluating hologram quality has now been granted by the patent
office. The patent relates to novel systems for rapidly monitoring
the overall quality of holograms through the inspection of several
key features.
Dr
Satyamoorthy Kabilan,
CTO of Ver-tec, said: "Ver-tec have developed a number of innovative
systems and technologies and this patent represents an example of
one of these solutions that has been successfully developed. Several
other patents are progressing through the Patent Office and a number
of new filings are also in the pipeline. We hope to receive further
patent grants in the near future".
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PRESS RELEASE
VER-TEC
APPOINTS DR. SATYAMOORTHY KABILAN AS CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER
17th August
2006
Ver-tec
announced today that it has appointed Dr Satyamoorthy Kabilan as
their new Chief Technical Officer. Dr. Kabilan was previously
Principal Scientist and Co-Founder at Smart Holograms Limited, a
Cambridge based company developing "sensor holograms" for
applications in Disease Diagnosis and Management.
Dr
Kabilan received his PhD from the University of Cambridge. During
his post-doctoral work at the university, he was a key member of the
research team developing sensor hologram technology and an inventor
of several patents. Amongst the many novel technologies he
co-developed was a hologram that could alter its colour in response
to blood glucose levels.
During
his time at the University of Cambridge, Dr Kabilan was also heavily
involved in raising venture capital and spinning out Smart
Holograms. He was eventually appointed as Principal Scientist at
Smart Holograms where he managed several projects, developing a
variety of novel products and technologies. This included developing
products in partnership with several global blue chip organisations.
Dr
Satyamoorthy Kabilan,
CTO of Ver-tec, said: "Ver-tec has a core team with tremendous
experience in security and holography. This is a unique opportunity
to work with some of the best in the field to develop novel products
within the security and holography sectors. I look forward to
further enhancing Ver-tec's capabilities and to helping the company
fulfil its tremendous potential".
Ben
Bowmaker,
CEO of
Ver-tec, said: “Dr Kabilan joining the team will bring new, and to
date, unexplored opportunities for the company to grow rapidly. His
passion and energy as well as his considerable expertise and
knowledge in the material sciences will prove invaluable as Vert-tec
continues to grow. The company is expanding rapidly and key to the
company's next 12 months expansion plans will be Dr. Kabilan's role
in aligning the first Biometrigram® products. We are delighted he has
chosen to join the company at this exciting time".
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PRESS RELEASE
VER-TEC APPOINTS PATRICK
FLYNN AS SENIOR CONSULTANT AND HEAD OF TECHNICAL SALES
1st June 2006
Ver-tec
announced today that it has
appointed Patrick Flynn as senior consultant and head of technical
sales.
Patrick was previously with
Vision Assurance Systems as an application engineer working closely
with customers for technical development, hardware and software
specification.
Before that Patrick was
employed as Senior Optical Microstructure Specialist at De La Rue Holographics working as part of the management group in the hologram
design and origination department. During his time there, he
supervised staff designers, holographers and technicians responsible
for producing high security originations and designs.
He has project managed and
successfully handled several major holographic accounts from sales
to delivery. These include a major traveller’s cheque account and
European fiscal stamp applications. This involved liaising with
Holographic origination, outside contractors for foil production, QC
and providing information reports to customers.
He also designed, built and
managed state of the art holographic facilities including design,
photography and holography departments.
Ben Bowmaker,
CEO of Ver-tec, said: “I’m delighted to have Patrick joining the
team. His considerable experience in vision systems and
authentication technology will offer the company additional strength
both with our product development programme and the implementation
of security systems. The company is now in a growth phase and
Patrick will provide a steady pair of hands through a period of
rapid change.
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PRESS RELEASE
Ver-tec acquires TD&I Ltd
Ver-tec announces strategic
expansion.
26th May 2006
Ver-tec
announced today that it has
acquired Technical Development & Investigation Limited (TD&I Ltd) as
part of the company’s strategic re-alignment in Authentication
Security Technologies and Consultancy.
The two
companies have worked closely together for more than three years in
the field of Security Authentication and this move will help
consolidate Ver-tec’s position as world leaders in optical security
and vision systems.
Ver-tec and
TD&I will continue to provide their existing customers as well as
new customers with the very highest standards in technical and
commercial consultancy.
Ver-tec
will also be pushing ahead with phase 2 of its product development
programme and seeking to extend its intellectual property portfolio.
Ben Bowmaker
(CEO of Ver-tec) said “The acquisition represent an exciting time
for Ver-tec. This deal will enhance Ver-tec’s strong technical and
commercial relationships with its existing customers and partners as
well as support its future development plans in Security. I have
personally worked with a number of TD&I’s technical team on and off
since 2001, so the acquisition represents a natural and hugely
exciting new chapter for both parties.
David Winterbottom
(Founder of TD&I Ltd and now Head of Ver-tec Consultancy Services)
said “The acquisition offers the opportunity of further expanding
and developing our technical consultancy activities using the
expertise of the members of the Ver-tec team whose skills ideally
complement those of the existing TD&I staff”.
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