Stanley Electric will acquire shares of U.S. company HexaTech and make it a Stanley subsidiary. HexaTech develop, make, and sell aluminum nitride semiconductor substrates, a key component for deep-ultraviolet (UV-C) LEDs. With a dominant wavelength of 265 nm—deadly to bacteria, but harmless to humans—such LEDs are being developed with an eye toward replacing bulky, power-hungry…
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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.