Global LED market forecast in 2005

After the 2005 global LED market trends forecast Eyesply Japan published before 2003 and 2004, the global LED market trends forecast. According to the statistics show that in 2003 Nichia has one of the world's highest market share in the field of LED.

The global LED market trends generally believed that LED will continue to expand the size of the market in traffic signals, automotive lighting, LCD backlight module and other applications, especially the high brightness LED demand is expected to grow sharply, estimated that in 2008 the global LED market will reach $6 billion 800 million. Sustained two digit high growth LED market according to the global LED market size statistics Eyesply Japan published the 2002 global LED growth than in 2001 19.6%, the market size of $2 billion 931 million, compared to 2002 growth of 27.6% in 2003, the market size of $3 billion 741 million, the growth rate of up to two digits. In recent years a new generation of packaging technology and materials processing technology makes the utility of high brightness LED to gain a breakthrough, there have been many manufacturers can supply a large number of brightness over 100cd high brightness LED. As mentioned above, LED technology breakthroughs, jointly create many commercial applications, such as traffic signals, automotive lighting, large LCD backlight module, digital camera, mobile phone, outdoor lighting and so on, is generally believed that in 2008 the global LED market size is expected to exceed $6 billion 800 million. With the expansion of LED market, with a large number of production backed by Taiwan, South Korea resorted to low-cost strategy and Chinese LED manufacturers, with Japan and the United States as the center of the international LED manufacturers, launched interminable patent intellectual property litigation, the parties to ensure that the offensive and defensive position, have launched every kind of international strategic alliance, merger of enterprises other authorized activities. The rapid growth of the past two years high brightness LED market, especially in 2003, mobile phone, digital camera, video games with LCD backlight module to a sharp rise in demand, the high brightness LED market climbed the peak in history. At the same time, mobile phone manufacturers began to review the number of LCD backlight module LED usage, this trend forced LED manufacturers to adopt a new module design, and the development of high availability high luminance LED. For general lighting market, and to obtain the incandescent lamp and fluorescent lamp. The same illumination, there are still difficulties cost, so the LED lighting penetration rate is still very low. If the price of LED compared with the traditional light source is about two digits, which means that the improvement of luminous efficiency and low cost, is still the goal of LED manufacturers to be hard. Overall LED in the future will gradually replace the traditional light source, which is expected to many related technologies, and other application market. Because most of the newly added LED manufacturers have adopted a low price strategy to the market by storm, forcing Japan and the United States international companies hit product differentiation strategy to deal with, and to the development of fully automated production technology, and new material / packaging technology. With the development trend of LED car over the past ten years, high brightness LED lights have been used in the fields such as cars, trucks and cars, tour. According to the Eyesply Japan survey results show that there are about 30% new LED taillights as 2003 (rear tail lamp) or CMHSL (Center High-Mount Stop Lamps), most of the new factory truck and tour bus using LED as a steering lamp or the rear lamp, in this environment to get off LED, in 2002 the market size of $190 million, compared to 2002 growth of 24.2% in 2003, the market size of $236 million, compared to 2003 growth of 19.1% in 2004, the market size of $281 million.

The global automotive lighting market trend LED with LED cars increased year by year, in the next several years is expected to maintain two digit growth rate, estimated 2008 market size will exceed $450 million. If the front lamp if the smooth high brightness LED, the prediction may occur in advance.