LED blue chip supply shortage Taiwan manufacturers want to price

According to the manufacturer's sources, Taiwan's high brightness Blu ray LED chip manufacturers are considering increasing its average selling price planning, price increases in the range of 10-15%.

Sources said that due to the increasing demand for LED backlight lighting and general lighting, the current manufacturers have stepped up to urge suppliers to deliver, but the supply of materials has been unable to arrive on schedule.

The chairman of Epistar, a Taiwan based LED maker, said that the worst LED shortfall this year will occur in the second quarter, while the current supply is 30-40%, in short supply.

Analysts also pointed out that due to the shortage of LED, Samsung is currently considering reducing its LED as a backlight material shipments of electronic products. The South Korean TV manufacturers have always been on the brightness of the LED chips have higher requirements, but because of the high brightness blue light LED chip supply shortages, but also prompted them to consider reducing the requirements of LED and the use of low brightness LED chip.

That is to say, the future price of LED products will generally rise, such as high brightness blue chip LED as a material for the production of computer monitors, high-definition television, mobile phones, automotive lighting and daily lighting, etc..