Seoul semiconductors is one of the world leading LED producers. Both Forbes and Business Week list the company as one of the most promising enterprises in Asia. Seoul semiconductors primarily produces LED packaging and modules. They pride themselves in being adaptable to customer design and demand. The portfolio of LED products includes high brightness and high flux packages used in automotive lighting as well as many industrial and domestic applications. Seoul Semiconductors had revenue of $290 mil. in 2007. Last year its intellectual property was safeguarded by 1443 patents and 264 licenses. In order to safeguard the operation of its 25 international subsidiaries and 90 contracted sales companies it now settled with Professor Gertrude Neumark Rothschild on a license agreement. Prof. Rothschild used to teach at Columbia University and on the 19th of February of 2008 started legal proceedings at the US ITC against 34 companies.
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.