Five highlights of the global LED market in 2013

2012 the world economic downturn, affected by the sluggish growth in the global LED lighting market, while the mainland civil demand will take some time to start, the whole industry experienced the baptism of the "winter". Apply a common sentence, "winter comes, can spring be far behind? Statistics show that: in 2013 the global market is showing signs of warmer LED. Many research institutions and the industry are generally given optimistic forecasts that the global LED market in 2013 will be the overall pick up, and presents five highlights.

2013 global LED output or the annual increase of 12%

Global LED market demand by palm type device and related drive LED lighting products, estimated in 2013 the global LED output value will reach $12 billion 400 million, compared with 2012 growth of 12%. In the industry dynamics, due to the overall LED industry oversupply situation is still not resolved in the short term, so each LED manufacturers will be looking for new applications and strategies to ensure that the alliance to ensure that the order and improve profitability.

2013 LED package costs continued to decline

Data show that in 2012 the LED package used in the lighting market value of about $26.6 billion, compared with 2011 growth of 23.5%. Among them, the application of LED packaging is the highest proportion of indoor lighting, such as architectural landscape lighting, projection lamp, bulb and so on. However, in the case of LED packaging prices continue to decline, the needs of the lighting market in the country is also slowly being imported and price incentives and gradually open. In the global LED lighting market, because the LED is equivalent to 40W incandescent lamp bulb retail lowest price in South Korea, the United States and the United Kingdom have reached the sweet spot in 2012 were $10, so that consumers purchase intention gradually improve LED lamps. 2013 continued downward trend in costs will be more obvious.

2013 global LED lighting output into a penetration rate of 2

High global awareness of environmental protection, LED lighting has become one of the main development policies in many countries, under the promotion of national policy, to help significantly improve LED lighting output. In the country to promote the LED lighting plan, LED bulbs will be one of the first to import products, if you do not consider the technical differences, the global total market capacity of about 20 billion light bulb. It is worth noting that CFL lighting still has many advantages, although the 2011 LED bulb permeability is only about 3%, but the absolute quantity will reach 600 million; in 2013, with 40W and 60W into the traditional light bulb out process, the estimated LED lighting market size of up to 2 billion 500 million.

After 2012, LED manufacturers such as PHILPS (Philips), OSRAM (Osram), Cree and other main general lighting market, and many countries began to budget for placement LED lights, LED lighting plus annual price decline will reach more than 30%, estimated that in 2013 the global LED lighting output penetration further increased to nearly 20%.

Large size and high resolution LED backlight drive demand

Statistics show that large size, high resolution panel demand will drive demand for LED backlight in 2013. Japanese and Korean intelligence mobile phone brand started by 4.7 and 5 inch panel, the panel size increases the number of pieces from the previous LED backlight 6~8 teeth increased to 10, in 2013, the smart mobile phone market size of about 870 million computing, intelligent mobile phone backlight output will reach $710 million.

Also continued to enlarge the size of the TV, 50 inch, 55 inch and 60 Inch proportion will gradually increase, launched high resolution TV products plus, will drive the average increase in the number of single use of LED backlight, the large size TV side entering type models as the main design, 50~60 inch LCD TV LED side entering type models backlight use quantity has reached 130~150. More than 70 inch TV size will be used in the future. In addition, 4K2K high resolution (3840*2160) TV panel launch, the need to improve the brightness of the LED backlight module needs, the same size TV, the number of LED backlight will increase the number of 3~5 ranging.

LED rising demand in emerging markets

In 2013, the industry believes that, due to vigorously promote the awareness of environmental protection and the government, the rapid penetration of LED lighting in emerging markets in Russia, India, Southeast Asia, Middle East and Africa, these countries or regions for infrastructure investment and economic performance of high heat, more mature markets have a larger growth space, there are significant signs of warming the LED lighting product demand, or will become another highlight of the global LED market in 2013.