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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.

Compact goniophotometer for small LED modules

The compact LEDGON 100 Goniophotometer from Instrument Systems is specially developed for analysis of the spatial radiation patterns from individual LEDs and small LED modules. The entire hemisphere can be measured in the forward direction of the LED. The angular resolution of 0.1° means that exact measurement values can be obtained for narrow-angled LEDs with…

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New VW Group Advanced Design Head

The Volkswagen Group have appointed Luc Donckerwolke as head of Advanced Design, effective right away. Donckerwolke currently serves as Director of Design at SEAT. In his new role, he will report directly to Group design chief Walter de’ Silva. Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos will take over Donckerwolke’s role at SEAT. Donckerwolke joined the Volkswagen Group in 1992…

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Valeo Alliance: Nissan Leaf headlamp

Ichikoh got a Nissan Global Innovation award for 2011 in the category of energy saving & IT technology. The award was presented by Toshiyuki Shiga, Nissan COO, to Ali Ordoobadi, Representative Director and President of Ichikoh Industries. After this ceremony, DVN asked questions to Jean-Paul Ravier, head of Research at VLS-Ichikoh-Valeo Sylvania Alliance, Olivier Barthomeuf, head of research department at Ichikoh, and Katsuhiro Murahashi, project manager of Leaf headlamp project.

DVN: Olivier, congratulations for this Nissan prize. What exactly does it mean for you?
Olivier Barthomeuf: Ichikoh had the honor to receive the prize for Innovation as part of Nissan Global Supplier Award. This prize acknowledges the contribution of Ichikoh to the development of advanced technologies for the EV and HEV. This prize was formally given by Nissan COO, Mr Shiga, to ICHIKOH’s president, Mr Ordoobadi on July 11th.

DVN: Jean-Paul, the Leaf headlamp is the result of collaboration between Valeo at Bobigny and Ichikoh at Isehara. How was the relationship between the 2 parties? Was it difficult to work together with different cultures and languages?
Jean-Paul Ravier: The Alliance between Ichikoh and Valeo was established in 2000, and when the Nissan Leaf project started, a good base for technical exchanges was in place, with some challenges in relation to the differences of culture and languages, but with a good mutual willingness.

DVN: How was the technical collaboration between Valeo and Ichikoh. Is there a patent on the concept?
Jean-Paul Ravier: This project is a good example of success of the technical collaboration, as it is using patents from both companies: to the initial Valeo patent concerning the optical concept, Ichikoh added several important improvements.

DVN: How did optical simulation tools help you succeed with the Leaf headlamp project?
Jean-Paul Ravier: Simulation was obviously the main tool for the optical development, allowing very quickly to evaluate new concepts and to validate the final definition.

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Chongqing Light Industry Buy SaarGummi

Chongqing Light Industry say they have acquired SaarGummi Group, an insolvent automotive sealing strip supplier in Germany. Chongqing Light Industry are owned by the municipal government of Chonqing, a city in southwest China. Chongqing Morning News reports that Chongqing Light Industry paid €64m and assumed SaarGummi’s debt of €60m as well. SaarGummi have 12 plants…

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Toyotas Recognise Red Lights by GPS

Toyota have developed a GPS-based system for recognising red traffic lights and warning drivers of looming stop signs. The system is soon to be tested for the first time, in Japan. The system requires special infrastructure at crossings: infrared transmitters communicate with the Toyota GPS. If the driver fails to slow down, he or she…

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