Lighting

Magneti Marelli expands China production of lighting components

May 21, 2013 09:15 CET
Magneti Marelli has opened a plant in the southern China city of Foshan to produce rear lights, headlamps and other lighting components. The company aims to secure a 10 percent share of China's lighting market in the midterm.... Read More »

 

HyundiMobis says it has $530 million lamp order from Chrysler

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 16, 2013
South Korea's Hyundai Mobis said on Tuesday it won a $530 million order to supply automotive lamps to U.S. automaker Chrysler Group LLC -- its biggest lamp deal ever.... Read More »

 

TECHNOLOGY

Audi headlights banned in U.S. by 1968 ruling

March 20, 2013 14:29 CET
Audi customers buying the A8 sedan in the United States will have to live without new matrix-beam headlights because of a 45-year-old regulation that prohibits their use on U.S. roads.... Read More »

 

GABE NELSON

Audi's next-gen LED headlights hit Washington speed bump

4:08 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 5, 2013
Audi got some laughs on Sunday when, during the Super Bowl blackout, the luxury brand's official Twitter account joked that it would bring some of its signature LED headlights to help illuminate the darkened Mercedes Benz-sponsored Superdome.... Read More »

 

Visteon said to consider Leuliette as CEO while eyeing unit sale

Sept. 14, 2012 06:34 CET
Visteon is leaning toward naming interim Chief Executive Officer Tim Leuliette to the post permanently after ousting its CEO last month, people familiar with the plans said.... Read More »

 

Italy's Magneti Marelli sets up U.S. automotive lighting center

June 20, 2012 14:06 CET
Italian auto supplier Magneti Marelli is expanding in North America, setting up a new automotive lighting center in Pulaski, Tennessee.... Read More »

 

Hella, BAIC form lighting partnership in China

June 20, 2012 13:47 CET
German supplier Hella and Chinese automaker BAIC are planning a joint venture to produce lighting for passenger vehicles in China.... Read More »

 

Ford sells ACH lighting operations in Ohio to unit of Flex-N-Gate

3:56 pm U.S. ET | May 30, 2012
Ford 's Automotive Components Holdings unit reached an agreement to sell its headlamp and taillight business to Ventra Sandusky, a unit of Flex-N-Gate. The sale includes a plant in Sandusky, Ohio, which will operate as Ventra Sandusky. Under the deal, Ventra Sandusky will also operate ACH's automotive lighting service parts operation in Bellevue, Ohio.... Read More »