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I began my career in vehicle lighting 25 years ago in October 2000, and my first project with Renault was the Modus (in Valladolid) and the Megane (in Palencia). My…
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Paul Henri Matha
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Microrelleus: A Family Story
Everything started for Microrelleus in 1983. CEO Raúl Garcia’s father started to work with his own milling machine for engraving.Raúl joined his father later, after earning his industrial engineering diploma, and they bought their first Nanolaser machine in 2013, still for engraving. They started in this business on account of a request from a famous…
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DVN Field Trip Refond Optoelectronics, Shenzhen
During our Shenzhen business trip, we also took time to visit Refond Optoelectronics, a new DVN member this year. They exhibited at the Munich and Cologne DVN events this year, and will exhibit in Tokyo next month.I decided to focus my article on their miniLED products, as Refond are a miniLED pioneer and they are…
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Canada Adds US Spec to ADB Regs List
Transport Canada has moved to allow U.S.-specification adaptive driving beam systems in Canada. The newly-released Revision 8 of TSD 108 now includes the ADB design, construction, performance, and testing requirements from U.S. FMVSS 108, so vehicles can be sold with U.S. ADB in Canada.The U.S. specification is the latest ADB standard to be recognized in…
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Toyota’s Newest RAV4 Unveiled
Toyota have revealed their 6th generation RAV4. It’s one of the best-selling cars in the world — around 1,178,000 units in 2024.On the exterior, the new RAV4 adopts the latest family design. The front lights are Toyota’s latest C-shaped design, connected by a black trim strip to create a full-width design effect. The taillights have…
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ams OSRAM Eviyos Shape for Dynamic Lighting
ams OSRAM’s new Eviyos Shape range of LED light sources, with pixel-level controllability, enables the likes of streetlights which project guide paths for pedestrians, vehicle headlamps which display driver assistance projections on the road surface, and architectural installations to transform spaces with dynamic projections. This evolution allows light to communicate, guide, and even enhance safety…
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Flying Vision News: Aircraft Lighting
I took time during the last weeks to investigate the lighting package on planes. I had questions: is it something similar to vehicle lighting, do you have lighting and signalling functions, what is the needed range, what are the intensity requirements?There are multiple lamps on a plane — 10 different functions as shown in the…
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Universally Legal LED Bulbs for Halogen Headlamps — Finally!
LED replacement bulbs for halogen headlamps have been on the market for years, but always with strings attached. For a long time, it was a nudge-and-wink disclaimer, “for off-road use…
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DVN Field Trip: Yejia Dongguan
By Paul-Henri MathaI took time to visit YEJIA in Dongguan with Anne. Yeija is an optical component provider for illumination optics, image optics and silicone optics. They started Silicone products in 2009 (Dongguan TronshinSilicone Products Co., Ltd.) and plastic optics in 2014 (Dongguan Yejia Electronic Technology Co.,Ltd), and then later merged into a unique company…
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World-First: OSRAM’s ECE-Approved LED H11 Bulbs
With ams OSRAM having announced the world’s first LED replacement bulbs (“LEDr”) type-approved under UN Regulation 37, vehicle owners will be able to remove halogen H11 bulbs, install the new LEDs, and drive off — no matter what kind of vehicle they have.Up to now, the closest thing possible was for the vehicle owner to consult…
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