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Ficosa develops and manufactures the digital rear-view system of the Audi e-tron, the first automobile to market with this technology
The digital rear-view system developed by Ficosa, which uses cameras and displays instead of the traditional external side mirrors, offers a whole new driving experience that is safer, more efficient and more comfortable The Audi e-tron, which integrates Ficosa’s digital rear-view system, will hit the market in late 2018 This system has been developed and
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Ficosa presents latest advanced communications solutions for vehicles at ITS World Congress
The CarCom platform, a system that allows to integrate different connectivity solutions in a modular way, will be one of the main attractions that the company will present in Copenhagen At ITS, Ficosa will also display the latest additions to its connectivity product lines such as its ranges of antennas, smart connectivity modules, V2X solutions,
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Toyota honors Ficosa with the Value Analysis award
This award recognizes the company’s capacity to optimize the function/cost ratio of its products In recent years Toyota has distinguished the work of Ficosa on various occasions, highlighting the excellent service the company offers to all its customers Ficosa, top-tier global provider devoted to the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of high-technology vision, safety,
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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
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Ficosa 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
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Ficosa 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
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Videantis 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
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Ficosa 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
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Panasonic 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
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Ficosa 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
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Ficosa 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
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