2012 LED lighting penetration rate is expected to be lower than 10% in the second half is expected to volume growth

LED terminal demand boom is unknown, the 2011 Taiwan LED, the downstream industry average output decline of about 3~7%, in 2012, LED manufacturers to prospect the conservative side, industry estimates, the global economic recovery is pessimistic, 2012 LED lighting market penetration rate will be lower than 10%, but in 2012 will become the LED lighting off the first year, is expected to in 2012 third season will be expected to see the LED lighting market significantly enlarged.

According to market statistics, in 2011 the global photovoltaic industry output decline about 6%, although the LED industry has joint impact, but the global LED packaging and lighting value still not bad contrarian, reached $16 billion 700 million, the growth rate of up to 11% years. But with the global LED component industry scale, 2011 LED annual growth rate of only 3%, compared to 66% in 2010, the annual growth rate of decline, LED display element price decline is intense, the upper reaches of Taiwan grain and package module production scale ranked first in the world, accounting for up to 28% rate in the global market, the output value of about $4 billion 700 million, Japan the city accounted for 25%, while the Korean manufacturers from the past market share rapidly increased to 20% 3~5%.

The industry believes that the expected LED lighting market penetration will reach the threshold of 10% in 2012, but due to the economic downturn will likely drag on LED growth rate is expected to market penetration of lighting, will be less than 10%, but many countries have launched the policy of energy saving, efficiency improvement and cost reduction, market penetration is expected to continue to improve the stability, in 2013 is expected to have the opportunity to upgrade to 15% in the early development of market penetration, and still have more than 5 annual growth rate.

Although the overall output value of Taiwan LED element has not shaken the throne in the short term, but in 2012 the growth rate will be reduced to 5%, while the growth rate of output is unchanged, the largest area respectively by China, South Korea, Japan's leading, mainly by the LED lighting market growth driven. The industry believes that, due to the LED capacity is still in excess supply, TV backlight demand decline and the European and American market instability, resulting in LED prices faster than expected.