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ADASENS with partner it-RSC at the Automotive Testing Expo Europe
Efficient engineering processes for the development of driver assistance systems At the world’s largest trade fair for automotive testing from June 5 to 7, 2018 in Stuttgart, Germany, ADASENS Automotive GmbH and it-RSC GmbH will present their latest engineering technologies at their joint booth 8260 in hall 8, focusing on the fully automated testing
Read MoreFicosa inaugurates its first production centre in Morocco
With an investment of €50 million, Ficosa’s new facility in Rabat will become the Centre of Excellence in Automobile Cameras for the whole group, bolstering the company’s hub for new technologies in vision, connectivity, safety and efficiency in Viladecavalls (Barcelona, Spain) The plant will employ 700 people and post an estimated yearly turnover of €150
Read MoreFicosa wins five important contracts for battery management systems for the Chinese market
With these significant achievements in China, the company consolidates its technological expansion and further strengthens its position in this market These orders, from two Tier-1 automobile manufacturers, are valued at over €200 million and will be used for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles These solutions will be developed at the Viladecavalls Technology Centre and produced
Read MoreVideantis and ADASENS partner to address explosive growth in intelligent automotive cameras
Partnership brings the automotive computer vision functions from ADASENS to the embedded vision processor solutions from Videantis Hannover and Lindau, Germany – Videantis and ADASENS (part of the FICOSA group) today announced they are partnering to bring advanced sensing technologies to self-driving vehicles and automotive ADAS applications. The partnership combines the ADASENS portfolio of computer
Read MoreFicosa closes its first contract for rotary shift-by-wire system
The order, valued in €34.5 million, comes from an Asian automobile manufacturer and allows the company to add a new product to its portfolio As added value, in addition to the rotary selector, for this project Ficosa is also supplying the whole system, including the electronic control unit (ECU) and gearbox actuator (GBA) Ficosa has
Read MorePanasonic Completes Acquisition of Additional Shares of Ficosa, a Global Tier 1 Automotive Parts & Systems Supplier
Panasonic Corporation (Head office: Kadoma City, Osaka, President: Kazuhiro Tsuga; hereinafter, Panasonic) announced today that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of additional shares in Ficosa International, S.A. (Head office: Barcelona City, Spain, CEO: Javier Pujol; hereinafter, Ficosa), which is a global tier 1 supplier of automotive parts and systems, after the satisfaction of
Read MoreFicosa to hire this year more than 100 new engineers for the Viladecavalls Technology Centre
The multinational corporation is bolstering its team of engineers in order to address the profound transformation of vehicles in terms of connectivity, safety and efficiency These new hires will also work for Idneo, the Ficosa group’s engineering firm that specialises in developing technological products with high added value Ficosa, a tier 1 global provider
Read MoreFicosa and Idneo select 10 start-ups to present projects at Automobile Barcelona
Under the framework of the Discovery programme promoted by Onboard Ventures, the open innovation initiative of Ficosa and Idneo With support from Onboard Ventures, these emerging companies will display their solutions for the automotive industry on 11 and 12 May at the 4YFN Mobility Village in the Automobile Barcelona Connected Hub Ficosa and Idneo have
Read MoreToyota recognizes Ficosa for outstanding project-management skills
With these awards, the Japanese multinational corporation recognises its best suppliers each year The company has received the Achievement Award in Project Management One of the most noteworthy projects Ficosa carried out for Toyota in 2016 was for the Toyota crossover hybrid CH-R, providing several products Ficosa, a tier 1 global provider devoted to the
Read MoreFicosa, first Spanish company of the automotive industry with most European patents in 2016
With a total of 22 Europeans patent applications during last year, the company holds the fourth position of the Spanish ranking with most European patents in 2016 Ficosa, a tier 1 global provider devoted to the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of high-technology vision, safety, connectivity and efficiency systems for the automotive sector, presented a
Read MoreEl projecte NOTECAR d’e-mobility serà beneficiari d’un ajut NUCLI de la Generalitat i el FEDER
Els Nuclis d’innovació són uns ajuts destinats a incentivar la realització, de forma individual o col·laborativa, d’activitats de R+D dutes a terme a Catalunya. El projecte NOTECAR te com a objectiu desenvolupar un nou concepte innovador de carregador embarcat per bateries d’alta tensió de vehicles elèctrics i híbrids. Amb aquest nou concepte de carregador es
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