Hella KGaA Hueck & Co

HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA develops, manufactures, and sells lighting technology and electronic components for the automotive industry. It operates through three segments: Lighting, Electronics, and Lifecycle Solutions. The Lighting segment offers headlamps, combination rear lamps, and body and interior lighting, as well as car body lighting including radomes, illuminated logos, and front phygital shields. The Electronics segment provides automated driving products, sensors and actuators, energy management products, and body electronics such as lighting electronics and access systems. The Lifecycle Solutions segment offers vehicle diagnostics, emissions testing, battery testing, light adjustment, and calibration services, as well as data-based services; it also sells vehicle wear parts, spare parts, and accessories to dealers and independent workshops. This segment develops, manufactures, and distributes lighting and electronic products for special vehicles including construction vehicles, agricultural vehicles, buses, trucks, trailers, motor homes, and the marine sector. The company was formerly known as HELLA KGaA Hueck & Co. and changed its name to HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA in October 2017. HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Lippstadt, Germany. HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA operates as a subsidiary of Forvia Germany GmbH.

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Covestro joins BMW and Forvia in circular economy research project

Covestro has joined the Kollert research project, a German publicly funded consortium developing recyclable product concepts for automotive lighting, mechatronic and electronic components. The three-year project, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space with a total volume of €4.371 million, runs from June 2026 to May 2029 and is coordinated by Forvia Hella with partners including BMW, Covestro, Geba, Fraunhofer IEM, Fraunhofer UMSICHT, the University of Paderborn, Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences, the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, and SW Maschinenservice. Kollert focuses on Design for Circularity, aiming to make future lighting components repairable, reusable, and recyclable through four R-strategies: Repair, Re-Use, Remanufacture, and Recycle. Covestro contributes its expertise in high-performance polymers such as Makrolon, Bayblend and Apec, working across the full circular value chain from product design to recycling pathway evaluation.

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