LED three leading automotive electronics market

According to the IMS car with LED global market research report said, "OSRAM, Nichia, Lumileds three add up to 2007, the global car more than 50% of the market share of LED. Among them, OSRAM with 23% share of vehicle LED market first, followed by Lumileds and arias, accounted for about 16% of the share.

Audi R8 with full LED headlamp as its main features, and the automotive lighting LED is provided by Lumileds and OSRAM, this is the Lexus LS600h Koito headlights with LED after second times of Nichia, automobile headlight design using LED. And then released (Cadillac) platinum edition Cadillac SUV (SUV) using OSRAM OSTAR Headlamp LED design company.

IMS Research Report, OSRAM, and Lumileds LED for Nichia LED daytime running light wave, and the big three become the pioneer in technology is not accidental, and the three companies in the global automotive LED market to occupy a dominant position. Among them, the application of LED in the automotive market, in addition to headlamp products, but also including taillights, dashboards and other internal applications.

IMS believes that the three companies have abundant experiences in this field, and with the mobile phone, MP3 player with LED compared with LED, the car has more requirements for life and brightness, so other companies want to initiate on the three challenges to the company is very difficult. Other vendors, such as Toshiba, Annwa, and 100 million light, car LED sales are not impressive. But the new entrants are very optimistic about the application of LED in the automotive field. Billion light, for example, it is reported that the company has successfully solved the problem of heat dissipation LED headlights, and has been completed in the third quarter of 2008 certification and mass production, and will be a priority to cut into the Dongfeng motor.

Nevertheless, the big three to the maximum extent each other did not compete, IMS analyst Jamie Fox explained that "Lumileds mainly sell LED to external applications, and on the contrary arias. And two of the company's supply chain there are geographical differences, and to the European Nichia LED vehicle market will supply a large number of OSRAM, in the internal and external applications are the market leader in europe".

However, in the next ten years, the car LED battlefield will be transferred from the inside and tail lights to the front of the car, while the situation will change. Lumileds, OSRAM and Nichia will also provide high brightness, high quality LED for the lighting application. Who will be in 2008, in 2009 to become a leader in the LED market is not necessarily, is one of the three companies, or their competitors, everything is possible.