Products and services
The main businesses of Hella can be divided into three segments: Automotive, Aftermarket, and Special Applications. The Automotive Segment consists of the development, production, and marketing of lighting and electronic components and systems both for vehicle manufacturers and for other suppliers. In the Aftermarket Segment, the company develops, produces, and markets products for the independent aftermarket and for garages. The Special Applications Segment serves target groups ranging from the producers of construction machinery through boat builders right up to municipalities and energy suppliers by providing them with innovative lighting and electronic products.[4]
In the lighting division, Hella develops and manufactures headlamps, rear lamps, and interior lighting. Recent innovations include headlights that adapt to the prevailing driving and weather situations. Headlamps with LEDs as light sources for low beam and high beam are already produced in series. An example would be the beams in the Cadillac Escalade Platinum. As daytime running lights, they are in many middle- and upper-class vehicles, often included as standard.
Systems to increase efficiency and safety and comfort systems dominate the electronic product portfolio. These include Data-enabled electronic control units and roof modules as complex light-electronic modules, as well as Vehicle access and driving authorization. Modules for power management to optimise the energy balance of the electrical system and improve the battery charge balance. Innovation and growth areas are electronic driver assistance systems. With infrared (lidar), 24-GHz radar and camera, and ultrasonic sensors, Hella offers here a technology portfolio and the corresponding series experience. Another important business segment is electronic components such as position sensors, actuators, vacuum pumps, and wash water systems.
Hella sells automotive parts and accessories with its own sales companies and partners in more than 100 countries.[5] Hella supplies the automotive aftermarket and garages with parts ranging in the core areas of lighting, electrical, electronics and thermal management.
In addition to car accessories designed for civilian cars, Hella also manufactures special signalling for official emergency vehicles. These include flash beacons and beacons (in blue and yellow), Visual Warning Systems (OWS), and all-around sound combinations (RTK). These are compact roof structures that combine the two blue lights, sirens, and possibly several additional issues. Police, emergency services, fire departments, agencies for technical aid, and numerous other operators of deployment use special vehicles made by them. Also part of the product range of authorities, are headlights on the bumper and some other products (e.g., covert special signal for civilian emergency vehicles).
In the 'Industries' segment Hella transfers existing technologies from the automotive sector to new target groups. As a first pilot project, some cities in China have been provided with these new street lights. Another project is the LED-airport beacons, which can be found at the airports of Luxembourg, Paderborn/Lippstadt, and Stavanger. Despite, new components for LED-interior lighting are being offered.
In 2012 Hella started a cooperation with the Chinese automobile manufacturer BAIC to develop and produce light systems, particularly designed for the Chinese market.
In 2017 Hella partnered with Air-Quality Data Company [https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/breezometer-information-air-quality-and-pollen#:~:text=BreezoMeter%20combines%20big%20data%20and,and%20consumers%20around%20the%20world. BreezoMeter][6]
