New BMW 3 is Greener
BMW plan to launch the sixth generation of their 3 series simultaneously in all markets round the world. The big day is 11 February
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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.
Renault-Nissan Growing in Brazil
To double their total market share as a group to 13% in 2016, Renault are increasing their production capacity in Curitiba and Nissan
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VW On Way to 8 Million Sales in 2011
Volkswagen Group increased vehicle sales sharply in September and achieved record nine-month results, which the company say puts them
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Global Car Production to Rise in ’12
According to a PwC estimate published last week, 2012 passenger car output should increase by 8.8%, following on a 6.3% increase in 2011.
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Hella Great Job at EquipAuto!
While visiting the EquipAuto aftermarket parts show last week in Paris, I was stunned to see the overwhelming number of Chinese booths. Every second year I tour this show and…
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EquipAuto Focused on Chinese Lights
EquipAuto is a biennal trade show organized by FIEV, an association of major French OEM suppliers. This International show of replacement and repair equipment for all vehicles is now one of the key B2B events bringing together manufacturers, distributors and repairers seeking new products, services and partners. 1,800 exhibitors were present this year and the last show gathered around 100,000 visitors.
Only two European lighting suppliers, Hella and Valeo, were really present.
HELLA
Hella always seem to put up a great, communicative presentation no matter what show they attend. Their very high-tech booth presented lighting performance demonstrations of their aftermarkets products with halogen, Xenon, and LED.
Work headlamps
 LED Power beam 1000, 2000, 3000 lights. |
 LED Flat Beam with 60 LEDs and 11W |
Auxiliary headlamps
 On the left: “Luminator Chromium PO-LED” On the right: Rallye PO-LED” For both, 6 LED at the bottom for Position light. |
 Luminator LED, the first additional lamp for AM. 3 LED modules behind the 3 radiators |
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Chris Bangle: Designing for Samsung
| Bangle answering DVN questions at IAA 2009 |
Former BMW design boss Chris Bangle turned up in South Korea last week with news that he’s working with Samsung Electronics.
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Efficiency Brings New Chances For Light Makers
Steady growth is forecast for all sectors of the European lighting equipment market, which will be driven by the shift towards more
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New Hella Projector is Lighter, Easier to Build
Since last month, all new Volkswagen Tiguans equipped with BiXenon headlights have come equipped with Hella’s new INTEMO
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Frank Tillner is Osram Opto COO
Osram Opto Semiconductors have announced Frank Tillner has taken over from Elke Eckstein as Chief Operating Officer.
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