During a webcast organised by LEDs Magazine, Dow’s Gifford Shearer (Market Manager for Silicone Elastomers in North America) and Jake Steinbrecher (Associate Technical Service and Development Scientist) presented their company’s new generation of silicone and discussed potential applications. Favourable properties of silicone include moisture resistance, thermal stability, good physical properties, high purity and clarity, and…
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.