Raw material prices lighting companies face heavy pressure

In production, the production of raw materials, lighting products include steel, copper, aluminum, glass, plastic, paint etc.. In the context of the growing shortage of international energy, the rise of raw materials, to the increasingly fierce competition in the lighting industry will undoubtedly add another weight. In this regard, many enterprises are increasingly aware of the lights, raw materials in the rise of a piece of sound, only to expand production capacity, improve product research and development is a way out.

Connotation

Raw materials you rise me up it up

Beijing time on February 27, 2010, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake occurred in Chile's second largest city of Concepcion. As the world's largest producer of copper, the earthquake has raised the soaring international copper prices, causing panic in the raw material market.

In March, according to the relevant international organization, the world energy prices rose 53.1%, metal and mineral products prices rose 60.6%, copper aluminum rose 99%, rose 65.1%. The domestic market also showed a similar rise. According to the National Bureau of Statistics website announced in April 10th a "part of the key enterprises of major industrial products factory showed changes in price:" iron containing more than 56% steelmaking iron ore block ore prices 618.2 yuan per ton, up 11.4% over March 20th; copper containing more than 99.95% copper price was 52576.4 yuan per ton, up 3.3% compared to March 20th average; aluminum prices 13171.4 yuan per ton, compared to March 20th decreased slightly by 0.2%. Since the national regulatory policies to combat malicious hoarding, drive up prices this year, affected by fluctuations in the prices of raw materials, few operators to fabricate and spread information, some local prices malicious hoarding, drive up prices, profiteering, causing abnormal fluctuations in market prices, seriously disrupted the market order. To this end, the national development and Reform Commission drafted a "special provisions on abnormal price fluctuations during the price of illegal punishment (Draft)", to fabricate, spread price information, disrupted the market price order, will be at 200 thousand yuan more than 2 million yuan to a fine, if the circumstances are serious, the operator shall be revoked business license.

Effect

Lighting company

"Price 45% in order to balance the cost pressures"

Both iron and steel, copper, aluminum or glass, either, or plastic packaging materials, raw material prices continued to rise, the impact of lighting business focus to styling products as the leading to what. The cost of materials such as lighting, as long as the sales increase of 20% can be balanced, then the lighting will be about 45%. "Jinhan lighting Marketing Manager Mou Shiqin that. According to industry sources, the current standard for the three 6500K phosphors currently quoted at around $290, while the same period last year, the sales price of a powder factory is about 250 yuan. This year there are many enterprises to optimize the integration of raw materials purchase channels.

Lighting business

"Big profits, if the expansion, no substantive effect of price"

Just came back from the East, Southern China and other market research HS Zhongshan city planning studio head Horace said: "the lights for the personalized products, the profit space is relatively large. If the brand enterprises to increase production in the amount of effort, raw material prices did not cause substantial impact on them. "

From the design point of view, Home Furnishing lighting products is mainly composed of acrylic, aluminum frame, metal chassis and ballast, recently, aluminum hardware and carton prices at around 30%, acrylic rose about 15%. At present, a second line of home lighting brand competition has entered the stage of confrontation, to see who is more powerful. The rise of raw materials is the fact that only the expansion of production capacity, increase sales, focusing on R & D is the only way to resist lighting enterprises.

Forecast

Raw material is unlikely to decline

Post crisis economic recovery, around the electric light source base construction and a series of objective factors as one falls, another rises can bring material demand, prices do not fall up. National Development and Reform Commission on the special provisions of the market price abnormal fluctuations in price violations of the special provisions of the public for comments and suggestions deadline is August 13, 2010. It can be seen that the relevant state departments are expected to continue until the end of this year, inflation of raw materials is the biggest driving force.

Lamp enterprises double pressures

From the macro point of the market, now the state regulation of real estate, the real estate market will inevitably affect the cold lighting market, supply and demand structure from the point of view, the market leverage will appear, prices will drop to the lowest point from. At the same time, after the renovation season, the market will certainly be weak. On the other hand, the rise in raw materials will not disappear in the short term, lighting companies will face double pressure.

Link lamp enterprises cost

In November 2009, the national development and Reform Commission officially announced that since November 20th, the non civilian price per unit increased by 2.8 points. Residents will not adjust the price of electricity in the future residents will gradually increase the price ladder, the more electricity, the higher the price. June 12th, the national development and Reform Commission, deputy director of the Department of resource conservation and environmental protection Li Jing introduction, development and Reform Commission is studying the price adjustment. At the same time, Huarun and other electric power companies have been predicted in the second half of the price will be adjusted.

From the end of 2009, Beijing City, Shenzhen, Xi'an and Chengdu have raised the price of water. For example, in January 21, 2010, held in Shenzhen city water adjustment