Hella’s new controlling owners Faurecia are actively seeking to bolster their presence in electrification and self-driving technology. Faurecia themselves make seating; interiors, and cockpit components, as well as electronics via their Clarion subsidiary. They feel the Hella buy will better position them to sell electric mobility products and automated driving services to the industry. Faurecia…
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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.