2014 full year sapphire substrate supply and demand is expected to achieve balance

Sapphire sapphire industry has been in excess capacity, in the last year due to Apple's intervention, the industry is expected to begin to change the trend of the industry. So, this year the supply and demand of the sapphire industry inflection point? LEDinside research vice president Wu Yingjie in March 19th, LEDinside's chief consultant at the market analysts pointed out that the 2014 year sapphire substrate supply and demand is expected to reach a balance.

Wu Yingjie believes that benefit from the lighting market. The LED industry is not short off-season; plus the sapphire substrate in intelligent mobile phone on the use of more and more diversified, including the protection of the camera lens and Home keys are beginning to import sapphire substrate material. Sapphire substrate demand continues to grow, is expected to supply and demand in the 2014 year sapphire substrate industry is expected to reach a balance.

Especially the sapphire substrate market price has gradually bottomed out, two inch sapphire ingot Market benefited from LED and non LED market demand, prices began to rebound in March, prices fell in USD4.2~4.5; four inch crystal market will significantly benefit from the LED market demand, the price reached USD16~18; six inch crystal bar market because LED needs manufacturers limited, plus the original SoS market to the development of SOI technology, six inch sapphire ingot prices is still flat.

The overall proportion of sapphire substrate market demand, the proportion of LED applications gradually reduced, the proportion of non LED rise. Is expected in 2014 non LED applications accounted for the overall proportion will grow to 33%; non LED applications, the application of sapphire substrate on the mobile phone, camera lens and Home key contains protection demand is enlarged year by year, estimated to be 15%. If at the end of 2014, iPhone 6 and iWatch import sapphire protection panel, sapphire substrate is expected to demand the development of a jump.