LED market continues to accelerate the layout of the mainland to speed up the layout of Taiwan

With the rapid growth of Chinese, LED market, Taiwan funded enterprises are accelerating the pace of landing, in order as soon as possible in the card layout of the mainland LED industry. For example, a staff member, former Guangdong science and Technology Bureau of Zhongshan told reporters, now we can clearly feel foreign, especially to increase Taiwan factory on Chinese, LED industry to accelerate the pace of investment and investment, as early as in 2002, Taiwan's largest packaging factory Everlight will set up factories in Zhongshan Xiaolan, and recently Taiwan enterprises investment the pace is more frequent.

If there is a subdivision of the intention of the mainland to set up factories in Taiwan enterprises, can be broadly divided into three categories: first, the large scale LED enterprises in Taiwan, in order to expand production capacity, investment in the mainland set up factories. For example, before the market came Taiwan Dachang LED epitaxial crystal electric packaging factory planning and layout of the mainland market to Lite LED. It is reported that the cooperation EPISTAR will invest $60 million to $70 million, holding more than 50%, LED epitaxial wafers, chips will be handed over to the Lite package, shipped to the factory, the LED backlight LCD tv. In addition, another Taiwan LED wafer production factory lextar electronics also plans to invest $20 million to build a new plant in Suzhou, about to start production in the first half of 2011, will focus on the early LED package, likely to be extended to LED epitaxial chip production in the future.

The second category is engaged in other electronics manufacturers in Taiwan, after the foot into the LED industry, intends to invest in mainland China set up factories. A representative of the Taiwan DRAM memory capacity of the Dachang crystal, at the beginning of the March announcement that Xuzhou will invest $15 million in Jiangsu before the establishment of LED, Jing Wang photoelectric factory. This is also the force of the continent in the first LED industry layout. In addition, Taiwan semiconductor foundry manufacturing giant UMC reached a new source of new energy industry in the framework of strategic cooperation with Shandong province in the end of 2009, 5 years is expected to create the largest LED epitaxial wafer industry and new energy industry base, will first focus on LED substrate, epitaxial wafer, packaging, product application, to create a complete industrial chain of LED.

The third category is a joint venture between LED companies and foreign manufacturers to set up factories in mainland china. For example, recently, Taiwan media reports, LED packaging factory intends to invest in the light of the world's largest display manufacturer AOC alliance, set up a LED backlight module factory in Suzhou, to expand the LED TV market. Cooperation between the two sides, enabling AOC to ensure that LED, LED backlight module source, to consolidate the leading position of LCD TV OEM, 100 million light in AOC support, expanding the LED product shipments.

In fact, in addition to Taiwan funded enterprises, Europe and the United States LED giant LED plant in China is also accelerating the pace of the plant, and continue to advance to the upper reaches of the industrial chain. For example, the end of February this year, Xu Rui Au Optronics Co LED epitaxial chip project started in Foshan City Economic Development Zone in the South China Sea, before the United States CREE company in Huizhou to invest $50 million to build LED chip factory, become CREE outside North America in the first chip production base. With the entry of foreign giants, China mainland LED upstream manufacturing technology will continue to improve the technical strength. But it will also be a greater challenge to the production, sale, patent licensing and other aspects of local enterprises.