Samsung lose money to sell equipment, in fact, the flexibility to adjust the cause of LED

South Korean media reported on the Japanese version of the 15 Central Daily, by the enemy Chinese manufacturers low offensive, so Samsung has significantly reduced the LED packaging business, located in Tianjin China Samsung factory in LED packaging production line "amount" equipment has been sold to China enterprises at the end of last year, but the next Samsung will continue production of LED chip Samsung; the Tianjin LED packaging production line is mainly to South Korea for career Xing production of LED wafer processing into lighting, TV backlight, and the sale of the LED packaging production line equipment forecast generates billions of won loss (i.e. the sale amount is lower than the book value of equipment; loss has been listed in the last 10-12 months earnings).

According to reports, Samsung related sources, "the old equipment has sold LED packaging production line, and the remaining part of the equipment will continue production"; for the LED business continued losses, so Samsung in October last year to exit the LED lighting product business, and in the end of last year's restructuring, will be downgraded to LED business division working group.

In this regard, the confirmation of the LEDinside of South Korea's Samsung Corp headquarters, the company stressed that Samsung investment from LED career has been ongoing research and development technology, and the old LED packaging equipment production line, South Korea has been close to the evaluation of equipment depreciation, so the choice of sale.

Samsung is currently in the China Tianjin plant has a number of LED packaging production line, is the Han Xing Guoqi (-,,) LED chip business production, packaging for LED lighting, TV backlight for LED products. The report pointed out that Samsung in October 2015 ~12 month earnings has been listed, estimated the sale of these LED packaging production line equipment, and compared to the original purchase price of the sale of the old equipment, there are dozens of billion won loss. Samsung pointed out that the company will continue to sell LED products, and continue to produce with good efficiency of the equipment.

Samsung was first in 2010, the LED as one of the company's five new career, and a good education and development. Samsung in 2011 to strengthen the production of TV backlight LED components, followed by the rapid growth of the global LED lighting market, the report pointed out that Samsung has invested one trillion won in LED related career. But the cause of finished products in October 2015, has not done in the past, the current LED based components, by the end of 2015 there are also LED for the cause of the efficiency of the strengthening of the adjustment of the LED.

The LED market has been Chinese manufacturers of low-cost strategy, produce many different changes and effects in the market, even the traditional lighting GE lighting, such as the United States, Europe Germany's OSRAM, PHILPS and other manufacturers in Holland, and the Japanese LED manufacturers Nichia, American LED giant CREE, each face different challenges. LED lighting market at this stage is to Nichia, OSRAM, GE, Cree, PHILPS five, and the Chinese Linsen, Taiwan billion light manufacturers visibility is significant, the day before the China lighting business will bid for OSRAM rawlinson.

As for the LED backlight, the technology upgrade, the use of LCD TVs LED backlight chips are also significantly reduced, different manufacturers will also have a considerable operating pressure.

The following is the official statement of the Samsung: "since 2012, Samsung is actively developing the next generation of LED technology, and the progress of the market supply to the LED light source, this is the mission of the company LED business components including LED packaging, LED module and LED machine, the. In order to allow Samsung's business to operate more smoothly, and to maintain operational efficiency, Samsung in January 2016 to sell these units have been close to the depreciation of the LED production line equipment. Samsung will continue to strengthen the company's management efficiency, and continue to promote flexible business strategy, in line with the overall trend of the LED market trends. "

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