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Hector Fratty
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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.
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Vitex and Novaled to cooperate on OLED thin-film encapsulation
The companies will combine thin-film technology and doping technology and materials to produce high-efficiency OLED products.
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Cree announce 25% increase for fiscal 2008
Cree has announced revenue of $136M for its fiscal 4Q08 ended June 29, 2008. This represents a 9% increase compared to the fiscal 3Q08.
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Substrate Cuts LED Costs
By substituting metal-coated silicon for the sapphire-coated substrates used to make white light LEDs, researchers at Purdue University have found a way to reduce the cost of the devices,
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New BASF Resin for Pedestrian Protection
Since 2005, pedestrians in Europe can walk with a little more confidence. EuroNCAP has been conducting pedestrian protection studies on new vehicles for just over two years.
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Headlamp Tests: A Help or a Hindrance?
All car lights are either legal or illegal, with no particular legal kudos for an automaker supplying lights better than the minimum legal performance allowed by the applicable technical regulations.
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A new award for the R8 LED headlamp
AL Automotive Lighting announce August 19, 2008, that the Full-LED headlamp for Audi R8, is nominated for "Design award 2009"
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F700 May Foreshadow Next S-Class
Things change slowly at Mercedes-Benz. Peter Pfeiffer, who had been head of design since 1999, recently retired.
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New Acting NHTSA Chief
David Kelly will act as administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the White House announced last week.
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