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AL-Automotive Lighting

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Marelli Automotive Lighting is an automotive lighting company that is based in Germany. It was founded in 1999 as a 50-50 joint venture between the Italian firm Magneti Marelli and the German firm Robert Bosch GmbH (K2 Lighting division).

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In 2001, Magneti Marelli raised its share to 75% after the acquisition of Seima Group. In 2003, Automotive Lighting became fully owned by Magneti Marelli. Since 2019, after the merger of Magneti Marelli and Calsonic Kansei the one-company's name is Marelli.

Automotive Lighting was the first company to introduce rear LED lights in 2003 for the Peugeot 307 CC,[1] and the first full-LED headlamp in mass production for the Audi R8 in 2008.[2]

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  1. [1]
    "Automotive Lighting". Driving Vision News. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Magneti Marelli inaugurates a new U.S. automotive lighting plant in Pulaski, Tenn". Magneti Marelli. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2014.

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