Work together to increase LED growth
We received many comments about last week’s editorial raising the idea of banning halogen headlamps. Most of the reactions share the same opinion and look forward to promote LED or…
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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.
Le Mans is Test Ground for Audi
About 250,000 spectators watched the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France 10 days ago. The event, held annually since 1923, is the world’s oldest sports car endurance
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Lex Krzyzanowski: Clepa LSS Chairman 2011-2012
For the period 2011-2012 Lex Krzyzanowski has been appointed as chairman by Light.Sight.Safety‘s members. This will be his third period leading the Initiative as chairman.
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Obama Highlights Jobs Creation on Cree Visit
US president Barack Obama has highlighted the importance of the photonics industry for job creation and future economic prosperity with a visit to the North Carolina
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High Efficacy OLED in Osram’s lab
Lighting manufacturer Osram have reported new R&D results for OLED development, including a laboratory sample with an efficacy of 87 lm/W.
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Porsche Target: 20% Euro Growth in ‘11
Porsche expect a big increase in their new-car sales in Europe this year, according to Sales and Marketing Head Bernhard Maier. “In Europe, a 20 percent growth rate is absolutely
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SaveCAP Progress on Cyclist, Pedestrian Safety
The Dutch SaveCAP project —Safer Vehicles for Cyclists And Pedestrians — has unveiled its results and progress report. SaveCAP is a joint project of leading partners aiming
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Animal-Crash Avoidance Tech from Volvo
Volvo are developing a system that alerts the driver and automatically brakes for animals on the road. The new system will be launched on the market in a few years’ time.
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Ford and world safety leaders working to harmonize V2V communication systems
Ford have been hosting Europe’s most influential safety leader to discuss how to bring intelligent vehicle technology to global customers quicker and more affordably.
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Anti-Speeding Technology from Technolution
Dutch traffic technology supplier Technolution have developed a system to encourage habitual speeders to remain within the speed limit. The company’s aim is to
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