Taiwan LED market growth slowed

LED Harvatek and Bright LED according to the manufacturer, LED manufacturers in Taiwan has advantages in high production capacity and lower cost, but the Japanese patent problems upstream suppliers confined them in white LED and more high-end products to improve.

With the new 1-2 NT high brightness blue LED, the keyboard for the white LED price of 1-2 million NT and common blue LED in the field of NT $1 compared with the white LED backlight unit price is about NT $4-5 ($0.12-0.15). Taiwan LED manufacturers, domestic LED packaging business in order to increase the average price of products currently in the field of high-end productivity increase.

If the Japanese supplier in the patent issue is even more a little loose when Japan Nichia Corporation announced to give up the so-called "404 patent" blue LED LED technology, the productivity may be improved, this announcement is conducive to LED manufacturers in Taiwan. As for the earlier Nichia Harvatek on the company's LED patent against Harvatek, the company said its surface mount LED shipments in the patent dispute settlement before the operation is still in accordance with the normal procedures. Harvatek currently receives half of the Blu ray LED chips from the Taiwan LED chip maker and the remaining half from the U.S. Cree. Bright LED said Taiwan and overseas procurement ratio of 4:1