600 million LED chip project settled in Guangzhou

SKYWORTH digital had planned shares of Guangzhou LGD LCD panel project, and now the tentacles of the LED epitaxial wafer chip field.

In March 30th, SKYWORTH group vice president Yang Dongwen said, although the short-term effects of Japan's earthquake for the domestic TV industry is not fermented, but to 5 in June, may have a certain impact on the panel module of purchasing, in order to ensure a stable supply of the upstream core components, SKYWORTH will accelerate the pace of the layout in the upstream.

The reporter learned that, in March 26th, Guangzhou Zengcheng economic and Technological Development Zone and the world's top three LED wafer and chip manufacturers EPISTAR Taiwan, Delta Costar Electronics Inc and SKYWORTH digital signed LED wafer, chip project settled agreement.

According to sources, the total investment of the project reached US $600 million, mainly engaged in LED epitaxial wafers, chips and related products R & D, production and sales, is expected to produce wafers up to 1 million 800 thousand pieces, a LED wafer, the Southern China region's largest chip production base.

Yang Dongwen told reporters that the current SKYWORTH LED LCD TV shipments accounted for more than 35%, in order to ensure a stable supply of upstream, SKYWORTH accounted for 10% of the shares in the joint venture, invested more than $60 million, which is following the LGD high generation line after SKYWORTH in the upstream of another important layout.

SKYWORTH had previously in the LED packaging, lighting, backlight module and LED LCD TV and other areas of the layout, is the first domestic color TV industry in the LED industry chain layout of the enterprise.

Reporters learned that the LED film epitaxial films had been Japan's Nichia photoelectric, TOYOTA synthesis, US CREE, PHILPS and other foreign giants monopoly, Chinese Taiwan EPISTAR in recent years the rapid growth in the top three industries, and China, more than 3 thousand LED enterprises mainly concentrated in the LED application, chip package and small power.

The high power LED chip wafer investment boom in 2010 has just begun, the Huizhou municipal government introduced a total investment of 3 billion yuan CREE LED chip project, while domestic Elec-Tech, Sanan optoelectronics also started in Anhui Wuhu, the layout of LED upstream, the scale of investment reached 6 billion yuan and 12 billion yuan. In addition, the tide group in Shandong, Tsinghua Tongfang in LED and other places upstream of the project began. At present, the total investment in the construction and preparation of the LED chip project will be more than 50 billion yuan.

A research report pointed out that the estimated 2013, global shipments of LED LCD TV will see 170 million, permeability challenge 79%, backlight LED demand will reach 54 billion 400 million this year, compared with the global TV backlight LED demand estimated 1 billion 280 million, will have ten times growth, and add LED lighting demand this chip market will be more than one hundred billion stars.