Cree Sell LED Business

Cree are selling their LED business, Cree LED, to Smart Global Holdings for USD $300m.Cree LED is one of the most powerful brands in the industry, with a product mix including high efficacy LED chips and high performance LED components. Smart Global Holdings CEO Mark Adams (photo)—who was Lumileds CEO from 2017-’19, says “As a…

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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.