Vehicular Lighting is Changing
The fast-growing vehicle lighting market is an interesting investment for companies wanting to increase their business in the automotive sector. Our DVN study last year noted strong global growth for…
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Chinese Boao Buy Federal-Mogul’s Lighting Ops
Chinese auto supplier Rebo’s parent company Boao are suddenly entering the North American market by purchase of Federal-Mogul’s lighting division.
Chongqing Rebo Lighting & Electronics were founded in 2011 and are based in Chongqing, China. Though virtually unknown in the United States and Europe, Rebo had sales of $121m in 2017, mainly in China. Parent company Boao Industrial have purchased Federal-Mogul’s lighting unit with the goal of using North America to make Rebo a global supplier of interior lighting. For an undisclosed purchase price, Boao—also in Chongqing—acquired the Federal-Mogul lighting plant in Sparta, Tennessee, and the technical centre in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This acquisition follows last month’s, in which Boao bought FER, the Germany-based interior lighting unit of American supplier Truck-Lite. Rebo now have five locations worldwide, and the company plan to add nearly $20m to their global sales by the end of this year.
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Hella Lighting Sales Up: 7% and 7b
Lighting and electronics specialist Hella say they continued their profitable growth path in FY 2017-18: sales increased by 7.2% to €7.1bn, up
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Docter Optics: Dr. Hamkens Steps Aside; Interim CEO
Dr Jan Hamkens, the highly respected longstanding CEO of Docter Optics, has stepped aside after Docter’s board granted Hamkens’ wish to end his contract
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Varroc Advancing With Adaptive High-Beams
This week, Varroc Lighting has taken over the Royal Oak Farmers Market north of Detroit to demonstrate for customers and media its latest development
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ELS Chair Comes to KIT
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology’s Light Institute is one of the most famous research and academic centres in the in the lighting field worldwide.
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OLED V-Mirrors on Audi E-Tron
Audi’s e-tron concept is a full-size electric SUV designed with a new digital operating and display experience. On its list of innovations:
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InteGreat Work on New LED Production Tactics
In the InteGreat research project, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Osram Opto Semiconductors coördinated a
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3D Gesture Recogniser from Microchip Tech
Microchip Technology have announced a 3D gesture recognition controller with what they say is the lowest system cost in the automotive industry, providing
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Baidu to Use Mobileye Tech
Chinese tech giant Baidu plan to integrate Mobileye’s RSS (Responsibility Sensitive Safety) model and other Mobileye technology in Baidu’s open-source
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