The IHMA is made up of the world’s leading hologram suppliers and manufacturers
The mission of the IHMA is to advance the understanding, use and development of holograms and holographic technology, particularly in the authentication of products and documents, decoration and illustration, displays and display systems, energy and environmental improvements.
Press Release
Smartphone Technology Calls in Holograms
Dr Paul Dunn, chair of the International Hologram Manufacturers Association, considers new possibilities for brand protection and anti-counterfeiting created by hologram validation using smartphone technology. Holography has helped to bring smartphone digital interaction in the brand protection and authentication space …
19 April 2022
New EU Report Highlights Urgent Need to Step Up Anti-counterfeiting Investment
A global trade body has welcomed a new report that paves the way to ‘significant’ opportunity and growth for anti-counterfeiting and security devices such as holograms. The International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA) was commenting on the Intellectual Property Crime Threat …
11 April 2022
New Executive Board and Members for International Trade Body
The International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA) has announced changes to the executive board for 2022. Dr Mark Deakes has been elected as the IHMA’s EU/EFTA regional board member, replacing Joanne Ogden, who has stood down after serving two terms. Mark …
2 March 2022
Holography: stamping its authority on tobacco anti-counterfeiting
It’s against such a global backdrop that holographic security features continue to be widely utilised in tax stamp programmes as effective weapons in the war on counterfeiting, assisting governments in securing tobacco excise duty as a critical source of revenue …
15 February 2022
Improvements deliver faster access to hologram image register
The HIR is the only system of its type for the authentication community. The centrally held global database of secure holograms is operated on behalf of the IHMA by the Counterfeiting Intelligence Bureau under the strictest confidence and security that …
14 February 2022
The Euro: 20 Years of Cashing in on Holograms
It’s 20 years since the first series of euro notes became a reality for 300 million Europeans. To mark the occasion, Dr Paul Dunn, chair of the International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA), considers the anti-counterfeiting role holography has played and …
17 January 2022
