IOTA Honours Legacy and Leaders at Inaugural Excellence in Optical Technologies Awards
16 Sep 2025 | Press Release
16 September 2025 – The International Optical Technologies Association (IOTA) announced the winners of its Inaugural Excellence in Optical Technologies Awards 2025 during a special ceremony at the Optical & Digital Document Security™ (ODDS) Conference in Warsaw, Poland. Sponsored by IOTA, the awards, which evolved this year from the long-standing ‘Excellence in Holography Awards’, now celebrate …
New Members for Optical Technologies Trade Body Strengthen International Reach
3 Sep 2025 | Press Release
The International Optical Technologies Association (IOTA) has further cemented its position at the forefront of authentication, anti-counterfeiting and automation optical security technologies for global law enforcement agencies, central governments and brand owners, with a raft of new members. The move sees Lithuania-based Satoris, UAB, which specialises in security printing of …
Optical Technologies Shine in ODDS 2025 Programme
8 Aug 2025 | Press Release
The programme for the 2025 Optical & Digital Document Security™ (ODDS) conference, which takes place 15 –17 September in Warsaw and is supported by the International Optical Technologies Association (IOTA), has now been finalised, reaffirming its position as the technical forum for physical, digital, and virtual document security. With eight …
Closing Date for First International Optical Technologies Awards Announced
8 Aug 2025 | Press Release
The closing date to enter the best in commercial optical security technologies for the first ‘Excellence in Optical Technologies Awards’ has been announced. Recognising advancement and technical achievement in technologies such as holography, micro-lens arrays, micro-mirrors, plasmonics, nano-gratings, colour change, caustics, polarisation, photonic crystals, special print-generated effects, or a combination …
IOTA Appoints Chander S Jeena as New General Secretary
16 Jul 2025 | Press Release
The International Optical Technologies Association (IOTA), formerly known as the International Hologram Manufacturers Association, has appointed Chander Jeena as its new General Secretary as it gears up for growth and expansion. IOTA membership embraces developers and suppliers of security features based on technologies that in addition to holography, feature micro-lens …
EC Report Reinforces ‘Urgent’ Need to Step-up Brand Protection Measures to Protect IP Says Trade Body
4 Jun 2025 | Press Release
A new report paves the way to strong growth and opportunity for optical anti-counterfeiting and security technologies such as holography and micro-lens arrays in developing countries, according to a global trade body. The International Optical Technologies Association (formerly the International Hologram Manufacturers Association) was commenting on the European Commission’s ‘Report …
First International Optical Technologies Awards Open for Business
4 Apr 2025 | Press Release
The search is on for the best in commercial optical security technologies with entries open for the first ‘Excellence in Optical Technologies Awards’. Recognising advancement and technical achievement in technologies such as holography, micro-lens arrays, micro-mirrors, plasmonics, nano-gratings, colour change, caustics, polarisation, photonic crystals, special print-generated effects, or a combination …
New International Optical Trade Body Confirms First Board
17 Mar 2025 | Press Release
The new trade body representing the international optical security technologies industry has confirmed its first executive board. Ondřej Fedorčák from Optaglio, Holoflex’s Manoj Kochar, Don Havourd from Hazen Paper Company, Opsec Security’s Jim Keller and Alexandre Noizet from Surys will be on the board of the International Optical Technologies Association …
IOTA Renews Partnership with MySecurity Media
27 Feb 2025 | Press Release
The International Optical Technologies Association and MySecurity Media have renewed their industry media partnership to maintain their recognition of each other’s role of influence, awareness and information sharing about the importance and continued success and growth of optical technologies. The IOTA’s mission is to advance the understanding, use and development of optical technologies, …
IOTA Announces Partnership with Currency Conference 2025
20 Feb 2025 | Press Release
The International Optical Technologies Association (IOTA) has announced it has partnered with the Currency Conference taking place in Bangkok, Thailand on 26-29 May. As part of the partnership IOTA members are offered an exclusive member discount of $1125 on the delegate fee. The Currency Conference has been the cash industry’s …