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Valeo Sylvania

Introduction
Valeo Sylvania is a leading automotive lighting company. The company is a joint venture between Valeo and Osram Sylvania. Valeo Sylavnia's headquarters are located in Seymour, Indiana. VS has two other plants including a sales management office in Dearborn, Michigan and a manufacturing plant in Queretaro, Mexico. Valeo Sylvania produces numerous amounts of leading automotive lights for many automotive companies.

History
When the first plant was purchased in February 1978, the company was just a bright idea. Now, almost 25 years and numerous industry firsts later, the company is an established industry leader, employing over 3,000 people. The Seymour, Indiana facility encompasses more than half a million square feet, and the company operates a manufacturing facility in Queretaro, Mexico and a sales office in Dearborn, Michigan. Leading automotive manufacturers rely on Valeo Sylvania for innovative exterior lighting and signaling systems. Originally known as GTE Sylvania, the company was committed exclusively to engineering improved automotive lighting products. Today, the company is known worldwide as Valeo Sylvania --- a joint venture between Osram Sylvania, Inc. and Valeo. Osram Sylvania, Inc. is Number 1 worldwide in automotive lamps. Valeo is ranked among the Top 10 Automotive Component Suppliers Worldwide. The companies had 700 patent filings in 1999. Together Osram Sylvania and Valeo have unequalled expertise and lighting experience. Products coming from the companies equip one vehicle out of four worldwide!

Products/Services
Valeo Sylvania designs, produces, and markets a variety of automotive lights for a variety of companies. Someone is very likely to see multiple cars on the road every time he or she goes out that have had its lights produced at Valeo Sylvania. Valeo Sylvania has been working on new technologies and innovations. Some of those include: LED, neon, and HID lighting. The variety of products produced includes: Headlamps, Center High Mounted Stop Lamps, Rear Combination Lamps, License Plate Lamps, Side Repeaters, Headlamp Cleaning Systems, Manual Automatic Leveling Devices, Fog Lamps, and Front Turn Indicators. Valeo Sylvania designs and produces headlamps for vehicles such as the Chevrolet Silverado, Chevrolet Corvette, Lincoln MKZ, and Ford Fushion. VS designs and produces rear central lighting for vehicles such as the Cadillac XTS, Chevrolet Corvette, Toyota RAV4, and Mercedes-Benz ML350.