Hector Fratty

11791 posts

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.

Previous News

Product Developments Slashed

Carmakers are cancelling or postponing planned new cars because of the economic downturn. Renault, Opel and BMW are among car companies stopping or delaying planned new models due to difficult economic conditions.

Driver Assistance News

Bulb Replacement Survey

Bulb Survey. August 27, 2008. Learn more…

To access this post, you must register DVN Lighting Gold Membership.

Previous News

Upcoming Upgrades to Driving Vision News

Driving Vision News subscribers can expect major upgrades to the service over the next few weeks. • Our newsletter will get a fresh, new look in September, and our website…

Previous News

Audi Update A6 range

Audi have upgraded its A6 range with improvements to the car’s lighting. New fog lamps and rear lamps, LED DRL & position lamps form the bulk of the cosmetically-visible lighting changes.

Previous News

Tier 2 suppliers in Europe face most trouble

ArvinMeritor tier 2 suppliers in Western Europe are in greater financial trouble than their U.S. counterparts, says Crain’s Detroit Business.

Previous News

35% Profit Growth Drop for China Carmakers in H1

Profit growth dropped by 35% as China’s major automakers suffered a slowdown in the first half of 2008. Rising materials and energy prices led to increasing cost and shrinking profit margin, according to the China Auto Association.

Previous News

Western Europe Car Sales Down 7% in July

Car sales in Western Europe skidded 7% in July, according to data released by JDPower Automotive Forecasting. While the French and German markets held up relatively well,

Previous News

China to be Second in Bosch Headcount

The world's leading auto parts maker, Bosch, said China will represent some 40 percent of its total workforce in the Asia-Pacific by the end of 2008, placing the region's workforce second only to Germany in terms of numbers.

Previous News

Visiocorp Joint Venture Plant in China

Visiocorp, the world’s leading manufacturer of exterior mirrors for the automotive industry, announced the opening of a new joint-venture facility in Xizhou, China (South of Shanghai, near Ningbo).

Previous News

Blind Spot Mirror for 09 Ford Edge

Ford Motor Co. say the 2009 Ford Edge crossover will go on sale this fall with a blind-spot mirror as standard for the upcoming model year — a year earlier than planned.

Not a DVN member?

Receive DVN newsletter headlines for free now!