PHILPS lighting Yizheng expansion of the new plant, a total investment of 600 million delineation of green energy

The history of the ancient city of in October 28, 2007 - "Huainan scenery first state" -- Jiangsu province Yizheng City Economic Development Zone, PHILPS lighting (China) light source products related fluorescent lamp production base factory held a new grand ceremony. PHILPS lighting Asia Pacific chief executive Ad Schevers and chief financial officer Lin Liangqi, the Yizheng municipal Party committee secretary Bu Yu and mayor Fei Gaoyun, Chinese Lighting Appliance Association chairman Chen Yansheng attended the groundbreaking ceremony. It is reported that after the completion of the production base of the total investment will be more than 600 million yuan, which will also be one of the highlights of this year's investment in PHILPS lighting this year and the next few years and strategic layout.

At the same time, in September 2007, PHILPS holds all the shares of the eastern part of the fly, but also the largest shareholder of new lighting lighting. The new plant planned for completion in July 2008 of the construction, officially put into operation in October 2008, after the completion of an area of more than 100 acres, product line focused on energy-saving light source T5 fluorescent lamp and ultrafine TLD80 three color fluorescent lamp. Production is expected to increase by more than 60% in the next 3 years.

Energy situation continued tension and the whole society within the scope of energy saving and emission reduction, as China's Asia Pacific market, including the long-term demand for energy-saving light source. At present, the lighting power consumption has accounted for about 13% of the national total electricity consumption, because the fluorescent lamp itself has many advantages, such as energy saving, rapid development in our country. PHILPS three color fluorescent lamp products, energy-saving effect compared with the standard fluorescent lamp is improved by about 30%, at the same time, the service life of up to 15000 hours, the use of lower cost of users, and reduce the cost of maintenance and replacement. According to PHILPS (China) Luo Peiliang lighting fluorescent lamp light source products production base, general manager, core technology and equipment production line expansion project will be introduced from abroad, the domestic TLD80 production line is only a scale using "high level production line mercury package" technology, which makes each the lamp mercury content below new historical level of 3 mg, the leading position in the world; in the T5 production line using the "solid mercury" process, is also in the process of fluorescent lamp production and international standards.

As committed to global environmental protection and sustainable development of the enterprise, PHILPS in the Dow Jones Sustainability index published annually, in personal and household products in the field of environmental protection has been in the forefront, more in the performance rankings for four consecutive years increased year by year. In the expansion project, energy saving and environmental protection solutions not only reflected in the product, but also throughout the construction and operation of the whole. PHILPS lighting Asia Pacific chief executive Ad Schevers said: the fluorescent lamp production base will enable the new clean and pollution-free natural gas as energy, reduce air pollution in the production process; production of green energy efficient lighting products; will also guarantee system and strict quality control process to ensure consistency and height. The reliability of products.

With the development of the national economy and the acceleration of the pace of China's urbanization, the scale of China's lighting market continues to expand, there are forecasts that in 2008 China's lighting sales will be more than 150 billion yuan. From now until 2010, the Chinese market demand for fluorescent lamps and energy-saving lamps will be at the peak of development. Therefore, the expansion of production capacity to become the domestic and foreign lighting companies invariably choose, PHILPS in the expansion of the new plant in Yizheng, will undoubtedly have a decisive component in this wave of trends.

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