According to preliminary key data for the fiscal year ended this past 31 May, Hella outperformed the global automotive market in a challenging market environment. On a preliminary basis, the company’s currency and portfolio-adjusted sales decreased slightly by 2.4 per cent to €6.2bn while global light vehicle production fell by around 9 per cent in…
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.