Industry: Lighting prices are under pressure, components are in serious shortage or last several years.

According to foreign media LUX, the serious shortage of components (especially capacitors) is expected to run through the whole year of 2018 and increase the pressure of lighting equipment prices, especially driving and ballasts.

This week, Jacques Hing, vice president of FutureElectronics, a passive component company, said: "today, the electronics industry is facing unprecedented shortages of capacitors, resistors and power inductors. According to our franchisee, these shortages may last for many years, which brings great uncertainty to the market. "

"Our industry has rarely seen such an unprecedented and serious gap between supply and demand, which is mainly driven by the growth of demand in the automotive industry, smart phones, wireless network infrastructure and the Internet of things."

"Because of the continuous market demand and far exceeding the current level of manufacturing capability, many capacitor manufacturers have carried out a new production schedule, and the delivery cycle has been extended."

"Under these challenging market conditions, despite the efforts of manufacturers to meet demand, we see that the number of factory orders has been cancelled is amazing."

"The result is a serious shortage of capacitors worldwide. In addition, we see that the price of suppliers has risen substantially, and we expect prices to rise in the future. As the cost of raw materials continues to rise, capacitor manufacturers try to slow down the order. "

In recent months, the substantial growth of aluminum and other raw materials has pushed the price of components.

Therefore, the main lighting manufacturers have to transfer the increased cost to customers. In the United States, brands including Acuity, Eaton, Venture and Sylvania announced that prices rose by 6% to 8% because of rising raw material costs.

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