LED strong demand for 08 years in the first quarter decline to the lowest

In recent years, the application of LED technology is becoming increasingly popular, LED manufacturers into the fourth quarter of 2007, record highs, but in December inventory operations will affect revenue decline, and began to enter the traditional off-season LED. Industry estimates, due to the application of product market expansion, strong demand driven by the first quarter of 2008, orders will not warm as ever, than the fourth quarter of 2007 revenue decline reduced, the average decline of 10% from the previous year reduced to 5~7%.

By 2007 the mobile phone backlight orders and small size panel exuberant, LED companies are actively expanding production capacity, such as the 2008 expansion billion light in SMD LED and Lamp field, is expected in the first quarter reached 1 billion 500 million from the monthly production capacity of 1 billion 168 million; the east bay plan amplification equipment, the 2008 1~2 season between Taiwan and the mainland. Yangzhou factory production capacity is expected to expand significantly 1 times; LED upstream crystal power plant, canyuan in the second half of 2007 production capacity of continuous full load, are also actively planning to expand production capacity in 2008.

The industry estimates, although the first quarter of 2008 to enter the off-season, coupled with fewer working days in February, but the new LED application and high order product demand will continue to grow significantly strength, coupled with the mainland and other emerging market demand is also provided. Generally believe that the first quarter of 2008 show, the atmosphere is not short off-season.

Source: North network