The LED lighting market in Japan is becoming more and more competitive

According to Japanese media reports, the day before Japan's SHARP, Hitachi and other Toshiba, all electric giants have launched life longer, less power consumption, smaller size, LED lighting new year price is more close to the people, the increasingly fierce market competition of LED lighting technology.

Allegedly, in February 26th, SHARP will before this type of ordinary light bulb (2.6 cm diameter metal cover LED lamp) on the basis of an additional 4 dropped 1.7 cm in diameter, the valuation of about 4000 yen (about RMB300 yuan) of the small LED lighting products. Compared with its main rival Matsushita (Panasonic) similar products about 1000 yen (about RMB74 yuan).

It is reported that, in addition to taking the lead in Japan, Sharp Co plans to launch around the North American market in March, followed by the launch of China and other Asian and European markets. According to the company, the person concerned, this year's LED lighting related products sales are expected to exceed 50 billion yen, showing its LED lighting market is more optimistic expectations.

Hitachi lighting plans to launch 4 new February 1st known as the most efficient 6.5 watt ordinary bulb type LED lighting products, the same price of about 4000 yen. The company official said: compared to incandescent bulbs, about 9 per year to save about electricity. "

At the same time, 09 years in March to take the lead in the domestic market in Japan started the first shot of the domestic LED lighting war Toshiba Co, will soon release its annual new. Driven by the technology competition, the Japanese domestic LED lighting market miniaturization of war imminent.

It is reported that the LED lamp power consumption is only about the same brightness of the incandescent lamp of the 8 one, life is about 40 times of the latter, up to 40 thousand hours or more, according to the average daily use of 10 hours, the use of more than 10 years of age. In accordance with the purchase price + the use of cost + replacement cost weighted algorithm, LED bulb is definitely the preferred product of smart home lighting appliances.

After last summer, with the expansion of the scale of consumption and production scale, the price of home LED bulbs cheaper than the original listing about half of the market to further accelerate the pace of universal. Coupled with the end of last year, the upgraded version of the point of view of the environmental subsidy system will be officially included in the scope of subsidies for LED bulbs, policy prices to further stimulate the market demand.

GKF Japanese survey shows that in December the number of domestic market in Japan LED bulbs in the domestic market is about 33 times in July, and is expected to remain within the next 1~2 years, the size of the growth rate of more than 10 billion yen. Which prompted the Japanese major appliance giant, home appliance chain business, Home Furnishing chain and Chaodeng have joined the home LED lighting business.

Industry analysts pointed out that in China, with the country to encourage the development of LED lighting industry policy, Toshiba, Panasonic, SHARP, PHILPS and other giants have entered the LED lighting market. However, compared to the Japanese market, short-term China home lighting market will not staged a "universal acceleration" in the sense of "LED war".