Lars Holmqvist, CEO of CLEPA (the European association of automotive suppliers) says if orders continue to decline, he fears hundreds of companies will go bankrupt in the first half of 2009.
PSA/Peugeot-Citroën have hired Mercedes-Benz sales executive Jean-Marc Gales to head the Citroën brand.
A new survey from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) says road deaths in the USA declined by an average of 10% in 2008.
Autoliv have opened a new technical centre and larger factory for safety equipment near Shanghai. Safety equipment is becoming more important as Chinese consumers seek safer cars.
Osram are providing as downloads for the first time thermal models for computing different LED designs. In addition to electrical, mechanical and optical data, a compact model for Flotherm software is now permanently available online for calculating thermal behavior.
PSA launched a Chinese styling center at the end of 2008 with a staff of 20 locally-recruited designers and three expatriates from PSA’s principal design studio.
After ZKW won the Karl Ritter von Ghega Prize for product innovation, the firm were officially awarded by Niederösterreich for their innovative approach.
Odile Desforges is appointed Executive Vice-President, Engineering and Quality. She replaces Jean-Louis Ricaud, who is leaving the company.
After a career spanning 47 years working in vehicle lighting, Geoffrey will start his retirement at the end of March 2009
He worked for Lucas Lighting, firstly as an optical engineer and later as the Engineering and Design Manager, until the business was taken over by Carello in 1987. Subsequently the Carello business was integrated into Magneti Marelli Lighting Division and in 1993 he moved to work in Italy as the Manager of the Forward Lighting Development Department.
Between 1994 and 1998 he was transferred within the MM organisation to work on other product lines.
In 1998 he joined Koito as Technical Director of its European operation. He was involved in the establishment of the Koito European Technical Centre.
DVN: What highlights do you take away from your experience with Lucas, Magneti-Marelli, and Koito?
GD : Lucas was an excellent innovative company that contributed much to vehicle lighting. I was fortunate to be involved in the introduction of the thermosetting DMC that has become an industry standard.
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