Faurecia completed their majority takeover of Hella and have held an 80.6% stake since the end of January. Following the Faurecia takeover, Rolf Breidenbach has announced his resignation as head of Hella, with effect from this summer; the manager and the shareholders’ committee mutually agreed on the end of the his contract on June 30.…
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.