Epistar, Leyard Join for Tiny-LED Plant

Taiwanese LED chip maker Epistar and the Leyard Group are cooperating to set up a production centre for mini- and microLEDs in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, China. The two companies plan to invest a total of RMB ¥130m (€16.6m) on the project and expect to start mass production by 2023. Epistar say they might form a joint…

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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.