1, continue to increase industrial investment and international cooperation between leading companies to accelerate the pace to take a favorable market position
With the rapid development of the market, the United States, Japan, Europe, the major manufacturers have to speed up market share expansion. Japan's Nichia, ToyodaGosei, the United States Cree, LumiLED s and other internationally renowned semiconductor manufacturers have increased the lighting investment.
As the LED industry division and competition, equity investments between international companies, and processing, sales agents, patent cross-licensing, strategic alliance, cooperation is increasingly accelerated pace. Such as Japan and Sumitomo Electric to become the U.S. sales agent in Japan, Cree, Cree and Osram to sign long-term supply agreement, there are indications that international manufacturers are accelerating the pace of cooperation, strategic alliance to jointly occupy a favorable market position.
2, China has become an important package base, to seize the domestic and overseas enterprises have invested a huge market
Since the implementation of semiconductor lighting project in 2003, China's LED industry has entered a period of rapid growth, China's downstream packaging has been achieved mass production, is becoming important in the low-end LED package base.
Downstream applications by domestic manufacturing capacity and the huge consumer market to attract, in addition to active involvement of private capital, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea and Japan, many investors have been investing in China, China's semiconductor lighting to enhance the level of industrial technology and international competitiveness, but also intensified the battle to snatch the domestic market.
3, showing the global pattern of monopoly industries, mainly in Japan and Taiwan
Semiconductor lighting industry has developed in Asia, the United States, Europe, led by three regional distribution of the three pillars of industry competition. The global LED industry, mainly in Japan, Taiwan and the two regions, including Japan, the LED output value in 2005 reached 2.87 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for nearly 50% of global output LED; Taiwan (including Taiwan and the mainland production plants) LED output up to 2005 1.2 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 21% of the global LED output in second.
4, the international companies leading the industry, take advantage of technological advantages of production of high value-added products
Japan's Nichia, ToyodaGosei, the United States Cree, LumiLED s, GelCore, Europe and other international companies Orsam LED represents the highest level, leads the semiconductor lighting industry. Japan and the United States, two major regional enterprises to take advantage of its new products and innovations in technical fields, mainly in high value-added products. In which a virtual monopoly on the global high-end Japanese blue and green LED market, the world's second largest packaging production, the output value of the first major production areas.
The key drivers:
1, the joint development of testing and safety standards, norms and promoting the development of lighting market
United States, Japan and other developed countries have extensive joint LED industry related organizations and companies, joint consultation to develop technical standards for white LED lighting. Testing standards and safety certification drawn up, the consumer will use LED escort. Such as the August 2006 U.S. Department of Energy and the North American lighting (IESNA) solid-state lighting technology developed jointly by industry rules and standards, these rules will be put into solid-state lighting industry, "Energy Star" program one of the foundations. "Energy Star" program helps consumers identify the standard LED lighting products on the market for energy efficiency and performance, thus promoting the use of LED lighting products.
2, the traditional lighting giants take the initiative to accelerate the formation of vertically integrated LED lighting system
Traditional lighting giant Philips, Osram, GE and other development prospects are very positive about LED lighting, have been propagated through external acquisition or formation of LED lighting business within the company, and has developed LED lighting technology with the advantages of vertical integration system. With the LED lighting industry, the rapid development in the traditional lighting giant also hopes the design of light leaving the introduction of new lighting products more innovative. Therefore, LED lighting and conventional lighting in both areas are gradually combined to accelerate the formation of a new lighting business model, which is very conducive to promoting the use of LED lighting fast.
3, evolving in emerging markets, continue to promote the growth of industrial scale
With the LED luminous efficiency and performance of the continuous upgrading and improvement, LED from light, mobile phone backlighting, displays, traffic lights, and other sophisticated applications, is gradually to large-size LCD backlighting, automotive, lighting applications such as market penetration of emerging applications . From the market situation, the large size LCD with LED backlight and automotive lighting is becoming the fastest growing application market is expected to highlight the LED market for the next few years will continue to grow at a rate 14%, high-brightness LED market in 2009 reach 7.2 billion U.S. dollars.
4, significantly accelerate the pace of technological innovation, and promote the process of practical LED lighting
The face of a huge market opportunity, the world's leading companies continue to make breakthroughs in new technology, semiconductor lighting technology is accelerating the pace of innovation. Nichia of Japan in June 2006 following the launch of 100lm/W20mA white LED products, in December 2006 has developed a 150lm / W in the laboratory lights with white LED; 2006 年 7 月 Cree developed a luminous efficiency of 131lm / W20mA white LED; 2007 年初 Lumileds has developed a light-emitting efficiency of 115lm/W350mA, 136lm luminous flux for the high-power white LED. can be said that white LED general lighting into the dawn has appeared.
