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Ford are orchestrating a deal to create one of the auto industry’s largest minority-owned suppliers, Crain’s Detroit Business reported today on their Web site.
“Our main global Tier 1 customers are in 20 countries”
Scott McFarland is the president and owner of Sea Link International, a US-based supplier of automotive lighting components. Prior to starting SLI, McFarland had fifteen years of experience as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for an electronics manufacturing company and a degree in accounting. When he is not working, he enjoys saltwater fishing and being with his family, including his two grandsons. Driving Vision News asked him a few questions to better know the company and strategy.
DVN: Tell us about Sea Link International.
Scott McFarland: In 1993, Sea Link entered the automotive lighting industry, teaming with a Tier I supplier with small custom fasteners. Almost 20 years later, we have grown to manufacturing complete lamps and more than 150 subcomponents for our main global Tier 1 customers in 20 countries. Sea Link is both a solution-provider and product supplier. Our ability to design a wide range of products, from subcomponents to complete halogen, projector, and LED fog lamps as well as headlamp projectors, allows our customers to save critical engineering manpower & manufacturing space and direct research and design dollars to development of new technologies.
DVN: Could you present the range of your products? Services?
SMcF: We have a wide range of products and are constantly developing new solutions to meet customers’ needs. Just a few component and assembled products include bulb shields, aiming adjusters, reflectors, ADC heat sinks for LED lamps, PP and stamped metal support brackets, LED DRLs and fog lamps, halogen projector subassemblies and halogen reflector fog lamps, and CHMSLs.
The 2012 SAE International Congress and Expo was held last week at Cobo Center in Detroit.
Visteon technical experts contributed to the SAE 2012 World Congress at Cobo Center in Detroit by delivering nearly a dozen presentations. During the three day event, Visteon employees educated their audiences in sessions ranging from electronics to safety and testing to integrated design and manufacturing.
A company called Innovations in Optics have announced their range of “LumiBright FC” fibre-coupled LED light engines. The makers say these are ideal for fibre optic
At the 2012 Beijing Motor Show, Citroën first displayed their Number 9 concept car which offers a preview of Valeo’s new range of LED headlamps for high-end vehicles.
Herewith the main answers of SL executives to Just Auto last month:
The Intelligent Transport research team at Newcastle University, UK, has developed an electric car that monitors the driver’s concentration, stress levels and driving habits,
A collaboration between the UK’s ITS research center, innovITS ADVANCE, and the country’s Transport Research Laboratory (TRL), has led to the creation of an advanced
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