DVN and GTB have a mutually beneficial working relationship, ongoing for over a decade and still strong, facilitating each other’s work and bringing together experts from all over the world. This week we bring an exceptional interview with GTB Secretary-General Davide Puglisi. His might be one of the lesser-known names in the vehicle lighting world, but he’s a crucial cog in the machine, as evidenced by his participation in DVN Workshops. His lectures on simplification and update of the UN Regulations show his broad, deep knowledge in regulatory matters, and his management of GTB’s administrative and technical work is quite amazing. Puglisi’s interview is first in a series with GTB VIPs; in future DVNewsletters we will interview Bart Terburg and new GTB President Valter Genone.
And today our new DVN Report on Lighting in Developing Countries goes live. In it, we scrutinise the vehicle lighting situation in India, Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, and more. Developing countries have particular conditions that make challenges for good lighting. And these countries account for only a minor proportion of worldwide automobile production—so these countries are a large reservoir of future activity for the automotive industry and particularly the lighting industry. In the Report we forecast production levels in these countries—India should lead the developing world strongly in 2050 with around 25 million vehicles produced, and there’s a whole lot more detail than that, so DVN Gold members, download your copy today!
Sincerely yours,
