The two sides jointly develop LED industry standards

"The mainland market is a good port." The last day of 2008, the Hongkong Neo-Neon Holdings Limited (01868.HK, hereinafter referred to as "Neo") executive director Fan Bangyang said to reporters at its headquarters in Heshan, Jiangmen.

As one of the first Guangdong development of Taiwan, Fan Bangyang has spent 20 years in Heshan, from the 38 year old youth into a 58 year old middle-aged man. The decorative lamp started zhenminglee 1998 starting LED (light emitting diode) industry, has now become the world's largest LED lighting factory.

"2008 expected growth of 30% in 2007, but the financial storm after the end of 2008 the production scale is flat with 2007, a part of idle capacity. 2009 is not optimistic, the output value is expected to be slightly less than in 2008." Fan Bangyang told reporters.

LED incandescent lamp will become one of the alternative products, because it is more than half of the incandescent lamp energy saving. Although it is more environmentally friendly, but its cost is still 8 to 10 times the energy saving lamps. Now the key is how to reduce costs." Fan Bangyang said.

In fact, fan LED lamp cost is reduced after the nation raises hope can rapidly expand the domestic market. At present, 90% industrial products for export, domestic sales of only 10%, he hoped that the proportion of domestic sales increased to 50%.

And how to reduce the cost? Neoneon way is on the lower reaches of the "winner". Ten years ago to enter the field of LED, mainly to do LED neon lights downstream products, it began to make their own LED package 6 years ago in 2009, it further upstream, even the chip also do their own.

The reporter saw in the Neoneon new chip factory, the factory has entered the trial production stage. Fan Bangyang said, a year of purchases zhenminglee chip amounted to $20 million, so $40 million investment launched its own chip factory, 2009 production of chip factory, a month can produce 400 million chips.

Zhenminglee currently is the only company in the world in the same factory, factory production to achieve vertical integration of LED. It can save the chip cost of 40% of the chip can be done, about 10%~15% can save the cost of LED terminal products. And PHILPS, OSRAM, CREE and other international lighting manufacturers are achieved through mergers and acquisitions LED upstream and downstream integration.

Is more important, the rapid growth of neon, thanks to the mainland, Hongkong and Taiwan resource integration model and its factories in mainland China, listed in Hongkong, the boss and technical backbone from Taiwan. In order to mount chip project, neo-neon hired expert chip technology Ye Guoguang from Taiwan, and appointed him as production director; assistant president Wang Chuanhan zhenminglee also from Taiwan, good heat dissipation technology. Fan Bangyang told reporters, like Ye Guoguang, Wang Chuanhan from Taiwan technology and management backbone, neo-neon currently has 20 ~ 30.

"Now is the best time for cross-strait cooperation." Fan Bangyang claimed, after the cross-strait "three links", Taiwan's talent and technology, coupled with the mainland market, land and labor, believe that LED could develop into a big industry in mainland China, and the global financial crisis is more likely to further accelerate the pace of cross-strait cooperation.

On both sides of the LED technical cooperation standard in advance"

Cross-strait LED industry cooperation has been launched on a large scale. The December 21, 2008 meeting of the fourth session of cross-strait trade and Cultural Forum "is proposed to deepen cross-strait industrial cooperation", which include the increase in cross-strait LED lighting (Note: also known as the "semiconductor lighting") and other areas of cooperation, strengthen cross-strait common technical standards for electronic information industry cooperation.

December 29, 2008 held in Guangdong Zhaoqing 2008 Guangdong Taiwan optoelectronics industry cooperation ", how to promote cross-strait cooperation in the LED industry has become one of the hot topics. It is understood that Guangdong currently accounts for the national LED output value of 60%~70%.

The general manager of Taiwan Lite photoelectric group Polytron Technologies Inc apex Lighting Department Wu Xiangrui pointed out, and the five major manufacturers for LED phosphors have been carried out between patents, "a" protective umbrella "must be based on mutual patent authorization to break, this is the two bank to study together."

Wu auspicious said, Chinese, has a huge market, the two sides should cooperate to promote the LED lighting standards, including terminology, testing methods, life, LED Street Development standard.

"Technical cooperation is the focus of cross-strait optoelectronics industry cooperation, hope to start from the standard. At present, Taiwan has 17 LED standards, while the mainland has only 7 LED standards, so there is a large space for cooperation between the two sides LED standard." Guangdong LED Industry Alliance vice chairman, general manager of Shenzhen lattice century Semiconductor Co., ltd..

At present cross-strait optoelectronics industry alliance was formally established in 2009 is under preparation, hope. Goodwin said, this alliance of Guangdong LED industry alliance, Taiwan's six largest electronic and Information Industry Association jointly launched in Fujian province will also very high, may eventually form a mechanism of Guangdong, Fujian, Taiwan, Hong Kong multilateral cooperation. The working group on both sides of the photovoltaic industry standards, also plans to be held in Fujian in April 2009.

Cross-strait optoelectronics industry alliance, the future also plans to establish cross-strait optoelectronics R & D Cooperation Fund ", the fund will encourage Taiwan enterprises in the mainland development, reward industrial upgrading, which will attract more talents Taiwan photoelectric technology development to the mainland.

LED street is 5 billion yuan a year market

"The mainland market, making" + "Taiwan technology and talents", is considered to be the best mode of cross-strait optoelectronics industry cooperation.