LED chip costs continue to drop LED commercial lighting opportunistic

Although the LED TV sales has led to LED chip supply was tight, joint drag LED commercial lighting shipments, but with the 2010 upstream chip factory expanded metal organic chemical vapor phase epitaxy (MOCVD) machine delta four hundred, LED chip is expected to significantly cut the cost, and promote the development of commercial lighting demand.

Lin Jiliang, chairman and general manager of Nanjing pointed out that in 2009 the LED street lighting and building lighting accounted for 50% of the overall revenue contribution of Nanjing, a total of NT $600 million in 2010 will be more than NT $1 billion 600 million.

In addition to light-emitting diode backlight LCD TV (LED TV), LED commercial lighting called the largest growth in recent years, LED applications. Nanjing chairman and general manager Lin Jiliang estimated that the application of LED commercial lighting for the consumer, so the future market size will be far greater than the back light source in Nanjing, commercial lighting revenue contribution, is expected in 2010 will reach NT $100 million, to 2011, a chance to rise to NT $5 to 1 billion yuan.

In 2009, LED TV needs to expand rapidly, the upstream LED chip supply in the market demand, be taken by surprise, but in view of the market demand and to prevent explosion, marginalized by the market considerations, LED chip industry who are stepping up the pace of expansion, in which light is a subsidiary of lextar Electronics AUO 100% investment, MOCVD machine in 2009 in 2010 with the additional total up to two hundred Taiwan; plus other machines such as MOCVD, Samsung, LED etc. Neoneon Liansheng optoelectronics chip makers ordered a total of up to more than four hundred. In the LED chip manufacturers to raise capacity, in addition to the LED chip price decline, to seize market opportunities, LED chip factory also strive to enhance the efficiency of the LED chip, LED will accelerate the commercial lighting market to take off.

Lin Chi Lian said, focus on the LED chip prices declined, and luminous efficiency comparable to fluorescent lamps, will promote the rapid expansion of LED application, lighting and landscape lighting will be the first to benefit from the policy, fermentation; fuel, and the LED light source and can replace high pressure sodium lamp, 2010 will be the first year of LED street; as for LED commercial lighting the demand will increase significantly in 2011.