Valeo wins Gold International "Grand Prix" Award for Automotive Innovation at Equip'Auto

Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - At the International Grands
Prix Awards for Automotive Innovation ceremony held last night, Valeo
won the Gold award for BeamAtic(R) Premium in the Original Equipment
category.

BeamAtic(R) Premium, Valeo's adaptive front lighting system,
revolutionizes driving in the dark, offering drivers optimal visual
comfort in all driving conditions. The high beam remains switched on
all the time but without dazzling oncoming vehicle drivers.

Using a camera placed behind the rear view mirror, the system
detects another vehicle in the zone of the headlight beam and a
mobile shield is then positioned to mask the part of the beam
covering the zone occupied by the other vehicle. The other driver is
therefore not dazzled because as, from his point of view, the high
beam appears as low beam.

Valeo's BeamAtic(R) Premium system will be launched in its
Xenon version in 2010.

Valeo is an independent industrial Group fully focused on the
design, production and sale of components, integrated systems and
modules for cars and trucks. Valeo ranks among the world's top
automotive suppliers. The Group has 121 plants, 61 R&D centers, 10
distribution platforms and employs 50,100 people in 27 countries
worldwide.

For more information about the Group and its activities,
please visit our web site http://www.valeo.com.

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For additional information, please contact: Claire Vidal Pilo,
Corporate Media Relations, Tel.: +33-1-40-55-21-26,
[email protected]. Clara Des Dorides, Valeo Service,
Communications, Tel.: +33-1-49-45-39-20, [email protected]

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