JV Minda Valeo in India
India's NK Minda Group said today it had signed a joint venture agreement with Valeo Electrical Systems, a unit of French car parts maker Valeo, to set up a plant in India.
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LED: Technology not yet mature
Mass production of headlights that use the next generation of lighting technology, LEDs is at least four to six years away, says a top official at an auto lighting company.
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Cree Achieves 1,000 Lumens from a Single LED
DURHAM, NC, SEPTEMBER 7, 2007 — Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a leader in LED lighting components, today announced it has demonstrated light output of more than 1,000 lumens
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Czech Republic: Magneti Marelli subsidiary announces US$127.6m expansion plan
Automotive Lighting Jihlava, the Czech automotive lighting systems manufacturer and subsidiary of Magneti Marelli, is investing Koruna 2.6bn (US$127.6m) into expanding and upgrading its operations in response to growing demand.
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New japonese models
Japan’s domestic new-car sales continued their slide in the April-June quarter. Still, some analysts and industry executives say the worst could be over.
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Continental buys Siemens VDO
In the largest acquisition in the history of auto suppliers, Siemens AG said today it will sell its Siemens VDO Automotive parts unit to German rival Continental AG for $15.66 billion, or 11.4 billion euros.
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Much driver assistance with camera’s
Automakers are finding new ways of using small cameras in vehicles in a quest for greater safety and security, including the first 360-degree cams that give drivers a view of blind spots in their surroundings.
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Markets for Automotive Camera Systems to Exceed 100 m$ by 2012, says ABI Research
Inattentiveness is the cause of many vehicle accidents. We may counsel drivers not to take the wheel when tired or stressed, but that is not a practical option for most people.
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China Automotive Lighting Industry Report, 2006-2007
Lighting equipment is indispensable for automobiles. Automotive lighting equipment mainly functions as illuminating lights, to illuminate the road traffic signs, passersby and other vehicles so as to distinguish road signs from obstacles;and as signal lights, to tell the vehicle is there and is moving. Since the early 1900s, lighting equipment has been used on or in vehicles.
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Hella purchases Enko Automotive GmbH
Automotive lighting and electronic equipment supplier Hella purchased Enko Automotive GmbH.
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