5 trends of LED industry in 2015
2015/01/21
In 2014, for many LED vendors is a harvest year, but also a year full of challenge. Although the first half of 2014 from the lighting market demand than expected strong, even once caused LED shortage. But because the client place an order as well as the influence of repeated lighting pathway end high inventory emerged in the second half of the year, many manufacturers obviously felt the pressure of market demand and falling price competition. So for many LED vendors, on the second half of the performance change obviously.1. LED companies expansion plan still depends on government subsidies, China remains the largest MOCVD installation area
In 2014 the global MOCVD new installed amount will reach 239 taiwan. From the observation of the number of China installation area, is still the largest MOCVD installation area. Outlook 2015, China area because the introduction of part of the local government continued subsidies, so in 2015 China area still has more than 170 scale loading machine. At present Chinese local government grants with the MOCVD equipment price and adjustment of grants, currently a MOCVD grant money from the past RMB1000 million down to RMB 5000000 yuan, but for many manufacturers still have good prospects of gain. Overall, the LED companies expansion plan depends on the local government subsidy, so the next LED chip manufacturer will show the great Evergrande phenomenon.
2. The big get bigger, Chinese LED manufacturers continue to increase market share.
With the Chinese LED chip plant upgrade their technology and production capacity of release, making China the world's chip LED chip output value accounted for the proportion of 27% by 2013, is expected to 2014 is expected to increase to 36%. China's LED backlighting past or status lighting applications rely on Taiwanese companies or foreign companies no longer see. Because of China's chip packaging manufacturers using domestic proportion constantly upgrading, the price is also very competitive, making Chinese manufacturers will gradually increase in the market share of the global LED industry.
3.LED lighting customers continued to find low-cost solution
LED lighting market demand because of falling product prices and terminal lighting stimulated a huge demand. Outlook 2015 major driving force for the growth of LED lighting products are still mainly from the LED bulb, LED lamp, and other alternative sources of products, and therefore the price of the LED lighting customers with cost as the main consideration. And with a good cost-effective power LED LED lighting products just to meet these requirements continued price cuts, such as 3030 and 2835 chip LED chip market has become mainstream. The future of LED manufacturers are still looking for better heat dissipation material, through high-current LED driver to reduce the use of several pieces, or even gradually by COB LED lighting customers. Apart from the price of LED, LED lighting manufacturers have begun to focus on other components such as drive power, hoped that through the whole system designed to achieve more cost-effective solutions.
4 looking for a special application of new blue sea to enhance the profits
Because the LED price competition is intense, so the LED manufacturers want to look for some new special applications to enhance the profits. For example, no visible LED gradually by the LED manufacturer's attention, including UV or IR LED application. Although not visible light LED market scale is limited, can not with LED lighting or backlight applications such as compared. But because of the technical difficulties, customization, and need to cooperate closely with the system of the plant, therefore enters the high threshold. And no visible LED product gross margin was significantly better than the white LED. The supply chain from observation, UV LED and IR LED field is mainly composed of Japan and America and Europe, leading manufacturers, LED manufacturers in Taiwan also occupy a space for one person, the future there will be more and more manufacturers began to enter the LED invisible light field.
5 car LED production value grows year by year, of which the exterior lighting the biggest growth
For the growth of LED market stability of vehicle, which the car to LED lighting lamp (DRL) and car headlights (H/L beam) of the best growth, the main reason lies in the promotion of high power LED technology. With LED prices fall, automotive LED lighting gradually from the high order car transfer in order to drive the car, the next few years the demand for vehicle lighting. In addition the car LED application part, or in the car with LED backlight panel for the bulk. With the popularity of multimedia and image sensing rate increased, the traditional dashboard will have changed the LCD panel, the backlight drive vehicle demand.
