The world has lost a shining star of driver vision and vehicle lighting research and education. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans Joachim Schmidt-Clausen died in Lippstadt on 23 February, aged 87. He studied at TU Darmstadt, earning his doctorate in 1968 from the Institute of Electrotechnics’ Lighting Lab there; his thesis was about the perception of light…
Hector Fratty
Hector Fratty, DrivingVisionNews President and Founder has been for his entire career in automotive lighting. From 1995 to 2006, he was Valeo Lighting Systems’ chief of R&D, managing a staff of 650 engineers and technicians and a budget of over €70m. He holds 20 patents worldwide. In 2008, after 2 years’ consultancy, he initiated the launch of Driving Vision News, a news pipeline dedicated to keeping the lighting and driver assistance community informed of the latest progress and development in the industry. Hector Fratty presides over the highly‐regarded biennial VISION Congress international automotive lighting and driver assistance symposium. Hector Fratty is also a member of the ISAL steering committees.