DVN Interview: DesignLED Extract of interview led by Philippe Aumont, DVN Interior director

Coming from an academic and OLED optics background, Dr. James Gourlay had an idea 20 years ago: is it possible to reach and beat the homogeneity and illumination performance of OLEDs, using low-cost commodity inorganic LEDs? That’s the journey DesignLED have been on since then. The technology itself is simply brilliant: a super-slim flexible light guiding…

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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.