Energy-saving lamps are now declining for LED to enter the field of home paving

Today is 1000 yuan / kg, could rise to 1500 yuan / kg tomorrow! For a period of time, three color phosphor with rare earth as the main raw material prices hit new high, rising raw material, each energy-saving lamp factory price has raised 4-5 yuan, up 30%. The general manager of Shanghai Fudi Lighting Appliance Co. Ltd. Liang Yueshan said, energy-saving lamp industry is facing a severe challenge.

However, the energy-saving lamp industry is in trouble, but unexpectedly to more energy saving and environmental protection LED lights into the home market to make up the channel.

Rare earth prices rose 10 times since March

High efficiency, energy saving, good color, long life. Compared with ordinary incandescent lamp, energy-saving lamps can save electricity 60%-80%, the service life of 4-6 times. The utility model relates to an energy-saving lamp, belonging to a fluorescent lamp, which is used to stimulate the fluorescent powder coating on the inner wall of the lamp tube through ultraviolet light to achieve the purpose of light emitting.

From April this year, rare earth prices skyrocketing. March or 280 yuan a kilogram, has now risen to $2600 a kilogram, good quality and expensive. Liang Yueshan said that this has seriously affected the development of energy-saving lamp industry.

A 100W ordinary energy-saving lamps priced at 28 yuan, the same brightness of the market, but only the incandescent lamp needs $1.5 or $2, therefore, some companies rely heavily on government subsidies. It is reported that a CFL subsidy can reach the ex factory price of 50%. In addition, local governments in the promotion of energy-saving lamps will also give a certain proportion of financial subsidies. Under subsidies, 45W below the price of energy-saving lamps, and ordinary incandescent. However, this balance has been broken by this round of price increases.

LED lamp is expected to provoke energy-saving burden

The rise in raw material prices so that energy-saving lamps serious internal injury, but inadvertently to provide space for the development of LED.

"The production of LED silicon is very common on earth, the need to use a LED chip to produce the rare earth in the microgram, while the energy-saving lamp is a few grams. Shanghai semiconductor lighting engineering technology research center, said Li Shuzhi, general manager of assessment.

More importantly, the price difference between the two is narrowing. To the family's most popular compact energy-saving lamps, for example, the previous price of more than a dozen dollars, now rose to more than 30 yuan, while the same price of LED lights before the price of about $80, recently fell to $50. In the face of the difference of 20 yuan, many people fancy LED lights more energy saving, controllable, mercury free and other advantages, will tend to buy LED lights. Li Shuzhi said.

Liang Yueshan said, LED energy saving lamps than the more environmentally friendly, and the next year the price may be reduced by 20%, with LED lamps instead of energy-saving lamps is an inevitable trend. Many manufacturers have been transferred from the energy-saving lamp industry LED industry.

Energy-saving lamps small enterprises should take the initiative to adjust

Affected by the current round of price increases, the largest production of energy-saving lamps, small businesses. I visited the Taopu road lamps market, PHILPS, OSRAM and other foreign brands although there are 10% of the price fluctuations, but overall sales are not affected. A lamp boss told reporters, the same price, consumers prefer a little more money to buy "famous brand", so they will not sell. He is going to have some non brand sold out, no longer to these enterprises to purchase.

It has been reported that Fujian, Zhejiang, many of the energy-saving lamp enterprises and therefore closed down.

Energy saving lamp industry is labor-intensive industries, there is a low level of technology, high cost, heavy pollution and other issues, and rare earth is a valuable strategic resource, high raw material prices. Liang Yueshan believes that small and medium enterprises should take the initiative to adjust energy-saving lamps, in turn, the development of scientific and technological content is higher, more environmentally friendly, more energy efficient, more promising LED lamps and other new energy products, is a wise move.