The United States rejected the acquisition of PHILPS Lumileds or LED technology involved in military

In mid January of this year, bitter and other Chinese buyers for nearly a year, was rejected by the United States to acquire its 80.1% stake in Holland's PHILPS Lumileds trading, and the reasons for the veto is not known to outsiders.

Recently, the "Reference News" quoted foreign media sources said, an expert and another person involved in the transaction the discussion revealed that the Chinese ambitions in the chip field there is concern is the main reason for U.S. officials refused to approve the deal.

However, insiders told the "daily economic news" reporter said, the United States rejected the deal, not because of the concerns of pure technical field of LED chip, but because the LED chip belongs to the technical field of semiconductor chip, if the technology for a variety of sophisticated electronic equipment and military field, is not conducive to the protection of the advantage industry.

The reason for the rejection was revealed

January 22nd, PHILPS announced that due to opposition from the U.S. regulatory authorities, to stop selling its lighting components and automotive lighting business to Chinese investors. PHILPS said that although the company has done a lot of work to try to eliminate concerns of regulatory authorities, but has not yet approved the sale of 80% stake in PHILPS Lumileds program.

Data show that PHILPS's Lumileds company is a leading global manufacturer of lighting products, including lighting components, general lighting, automotive lighting and lighting of mobile electronic devices, the company's business covers more than and 30 countries in the world.

U.S. regulators rejected PHILPS's Lumileds stake in the company engaged in the civilian lighting industry transactions, the industry was greatly surprised, and the U.S. foreign investment committee to veto the transaction did not disclose the reasons.

In February 14th, the "Reference News" quoted the U.S. "New York Times" news, an expert and another person involved in the transaction the discussion revealed that there are concerns about China ambitions in the field of chip, especially a semiconductor material called gallium nitride, which is the main reason for U.S. officials refused to approve a deal. So far, this is the first to disclose the reasons for the transaction was rejected.

Gan Gan as a substrate, then do epitaxial LED products, currently only know that the United States sorra company in doing so, PHILPS's Lumileds whether to master this technology, is not sure. LEDinside China chief analyst Wang Fei on the daily economic news reporter said.

Wang Fei, currently on the market the most commonly used LED chip substrate materials, mainly sapphire substrate, silicon carbide substrate and silicon substrate three. The master initiated by Japan and the United States before two, and the China latticepower and Nanchang University developed silicon substrate LED chip technology has obtained the first prize of national technological invention, breaking the monopoly of foreign large power LED blockade, but the master GaN substrate material do LED chip technology limited.

Gallium nitride technology if only for the LED chip technology, it is not worth being rejected by the u.s.. "Wang Fei believes that Gan belongs to the third generation of semiconductor materials, due to high temperature and under high pressure than other materials in semiconductor technology, technology of higher density, widely used in electric vehicles, communications and even the military and other sensitive may therefore rejected, but not sure whether Lumileds has mastered this technology.

LED chip technology

In addition, the general manager of Guangdong Wu Yulin Cassius Lighting Co., on the "daily economic news" reporter said, if only the LED chip technology will not be rejected, the acquisition of additional contact results of Lumileds company PHILPS's sub extension, it may be the reason the transaction is rejected.

"The LED chip technology in China actually is not worse than abroad, the management of PHILPS is aware of this has no great advantage, will want to sell the assets, so it is hard to say that the LED chip technology in China has a big gap. "High LED chairman Zhang Xiaofei told reporters, the Nanchang University Professor Jiang and to the silicon substrate LED chip technology developed by photoelectric and accumulated a large number of patents, another way in the industry.

"The acquisition of a company, in addition to technology, more important is the technical file. "Wu Yulin said, PHILPS as a hundred companies, the most advanced lighting technology in the world, the United States and even the military enterprises are supporting lighting technology services, if the acquisition of PHILPS subsidiary, the PHILPS subsidiary to customers such as light aircraft, satellite navigation system etc., the original design drawings and related supporting process the buyer will be obtained, which is more afraid of each other.

Wu Yulin also said that the United States and China compared to the advantages of industry remain not much, manufacturing industry downstream China are catching up, just in the semiconductor industry and IT industry there are many gaps, China go to buy such a big business, if it involves two semiconductor material technology, the United States may be more stringent calder.

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