Valeo Keep Head Well Above Choppy Waters

Valeo’s sales are up 15 per cent over the first nine months of 2021, with third-quarter sales of around €4bn, down 10 per cent.Aftermarket sales grew 26 per cent over the first nine months and are up 18 per cent in the third quarter. And automotive production is up 11 per cent over the first…

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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.