Finland-based Nordic Lights—a maker of premium-quality lighting—are a preferred supplier to major heavy-duty vehicle makers including the likes of Caterpillar, Liebherr, Sandvik, John Deere and Komatsu. They’ve just launched their new Sculptor 2 LED combination headlamp, and we took the opportunity to talk with R&D director Jyrki Mikkola. He enjoys working at the forefront of…
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.