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Dieter Zetsche, President of ACEA and Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler, has made the case for a new spirit of cooperation among politics, economy
A survey led by Motor Press Group with 220,000 readers of automotive magazines (around 100,000 in Germany, 20,000 in China, 10,000 in France and 7,000 in China)
China has been the market to watch in the automotive industry for some time, having already established itself as the largest car market in the world. However,
Europe’s eight biggest automaking groups started 2010 with gains in new-car registrations, according to data from European automakers association ACEA.
Valeo have reported a 21% increase in sales to €2.1bn for the fourth quarter ended 31 December 2009, compared with €1.7bn in the similar period in 2008.
Leoni are among the companies being investigated by European Union cartel authorities as part of a broader probe into the automotive electronic components industry.
“We have to focus on LED applications and Xenon based intelligent light solutions.”
ZKW, Zizala Lichtsysteme Gmbh, produce lamps for the automotive industry.
They offer complex-reflector and projector-type headlamps and fog lamps, lens-flare headlights, side lights, interior lights, and direction indicator lamps. The company was founded in 1938 and is based in Wieselburg, Austria.
Driving Vision News : Jürgen, you have been involved in lighting for several years. What is now your function inside ZKW? Can you tell us more about you, your education and your career?
Jürgen Antonitsch: I am part of the automotive game since 1992 and now CTO, Chief Technical Officer of the ZKW Group, responsible for all development sites in the group. After finishing my engineering degree I went to Zumtobel lighting for a couple of years. Then I started at ZKW in Wieselburg as an optical engineer and had the chance to set up the whole R&D area from the very beginning. In parallel I went to St. Gallen to enhance my economic and management skills.
DVN: ZKW company is growing within the automotive market but deserves to be better known. Could you introduce your company to Driving Vision News readers regarding products, sales, and employees?
J.A: ZKW is still a small player compared to our competitors. But we are focusing on premium forward lighting products. We also have been influenced by the global downturn in 2009 but ZKW was in the position to launch several new products which brought us up close to €200m. The whole Group employs around 2100 people.
Mobileye are cooperating with Visteon and Koito to develop the next generation of Advanced Headlamp Control strategies to further advance safety systems in vehicles.
Three new high-intensity miniature white LEDs have been released by Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE). With a drive current of 350mA,
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