The theme for this year's Holo-pack.Holo-print is 'Threats and Opportunities'. The conference takes place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from November 14-16, and Reconnaissance is now inviting proposals for papers on this topic.

The 9^th Asian High Security Printing Conference, which takes place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from November 17-19, 2010 - will be co-located with Holo-pack.Holo-print 2010 and the ICCOS Asia (International Commercial Cash Operations Seminar), provided unparalleled networking opportunities over three industries for the cost of one air flight.

 

The Tax Stamp News website (www.taxstampnews.com) now offers a Tenders Information service for subscribers. The information service contains details of all tenders for tax stamps around the world, whether for alcohol or tobacco products and, in some cases, for other excisable products as well.

 

At the fifth Global Forum on Pharmaceutical AntiCounterfeiting, held in Hollywood, Florida, February 24-16 2010, the cost to healthcare budgets of fake medicines was shown to be tens of billions of euros/dollars, which, with the acknowledged threat to patient health, led the Forum attendees to seek more urgent action from governments and inter-government agencies.

Reconnaissance International is launching a new conference - the Product Authentication & Security Summit (PASS), which will be held in New Brunswick, New Jersey from September 14-15, 2010.

 

For the first time, the Pan European High Security Printing Conference (April 13-15 in Berlin) will feature two optional workshops.