With energy saving, low cost and long life Cree highlight LED test water lighting market

More and more general lighting uses LED to replace the traditional halogen low-voltage lighting. With the development of technology, the decline of cost and the promotion of environmental protection and energy saving policies in various countries, LED has gradually entered the general lighting market. The day before the arrow and LED supplier CREE marketing activities in Shenzhen, to promote the bright LED lighting market to enter the ordinary.

Cree Global Channel Manager Peter Walker introduction, Cree into the company in 1987, in 1989 developed the world's first Blu ray LED, sales in 2006 amounted to $423 million, now Nasdaq market capitalization of more than $2 billion. In March this year, Cree in Huizhou through $200 million in cash acquisition of privately held LED supplier Hongkong Cotco (Hua Gang) lighting equipment Co., Ltd., thus entering the fast-growing China solid state lighting market.

Peter Walker said, Cree highlight LED lighting efficiency continues to improve, XLamp XR-E series reached 70-80 Lumen/W in August last year, this year is to reach 90-100 lumen/W. LED lighting has the advantages of high efficiency, long life (5-7 hours), good directionality, not easy to damage, instant start, no pollution (no Hg, Pb heavy metal). The brightness of LED was 3 times higher than that of the previous month, and the market price was down by 30% in the year to. At present, the highlight of the LED market is the miner's lamp, traffic lights, color lights and a large area of outdoor lighting (street lights, tunnel lights, parking lights), the next step is to enter the general lighting. HB LED lighting market will detonate in 2010.

Wu Bingyan, director of lighting industry development, said the current LED (HB LED) global annual market of about $230 million. At present, OSRAM, Avago, Cree, Luminar, Nichia and other HB LED suppliers to provide, the production cost of the product caused by the highlight of the LED to enter the lighting market conditions. Cree in high power (1W above) HB LED technology is in a leading position, he believes that the use of Ai Rui more than and 20 offices in China with nearly 400 on-site technical support, can vigorously promote Cree LED lighting in the Chinese market.

Arrow Electronics Sales Manager Yang Zhaohui introduced the arrow agent Fairchild, IR, MicrEL, NS, A Morimi, Ling Li, ST and TI, LED driver chip, using the lens combined with Cree (Lens) Dialight, L2 Fraen and Asia sources, microcontroller Atmel, Carle, NXP, Renesas Freescale and TI, downstream development and manufacturers wide selection.

Source: International Electronic Business