Han plant LED chip winning day plant is expected to significantly enhance the market

The fourth session of the next generation of LED/OLED Lighting Technology Exhibition (Lighting Japan 2012), this year's show is a very special phenomenon, the LED chip is South Korea manufacturers unexpectedly is by Japanese manufacturers favor, many Japanese manufacturers directly use chip to build the factory of Korea LED lighting products of their own, whether it is the LED bulb LED, light, were at least 30% to 40% days between the factory by booth has factory of Korea LED. This is especially noteworthy.

The main reason lies in the price strategy of Korean manufacturers' enthusiasm, and the positive attitude of patent guarantee. It is well known that South Korean companies recently have a more positive price strategy, some products are 5630 package used for the back, or 3528 package, with respect to the factory (some day price less than half), even more than the Taiwan manufacturers low-cost way into Japan, Chinese market, not only the price of these LED low, South Korean manufacturers also flaunt their patent no problem, and for the patent litigation battle to take a positive attitude momentum, should be quite ready, when the court also never mind, as a positive development of LED lighting market, after all, how many may not focus on the outcome of the patent.

But South Korea has a comparative patent layout has some advantages such as semiconductor manufacturers, Seoul, in addition to other chip manufacturers to buy their own package, the proportion of chip production continued to improve, South Korean manufacturers capacity progress very fast.

The Japanese manufacturers lighting application point of view, do not have to use expensive LED chip products, if you want to play the price war, the Korean factory chip in the price and the patent, relative to the Taiwan factory, China mainland manufacturers are more advantages, not necessarily in the place of production overseas (in mainland China or Taiwan), can also be assembled in japan. The factory of Korea chip LED bulb, lower specifications of products, prices can be low to sell only one thousand yen, than the pure Japanese chip, the Japanese production of products is much lower, but the quality is relatively poor in some.

In addition, Japan and South Korea joint venture and cooperation has increased, especially South Korea and even resorted to Economic Development Zone in Inchon, South Korea to attract Japanese investment in factories, products are mainly exported to the mainland and Chinese output, Japan local market sales of lighting products.

At present, Taiwan LED upstream chip manufacturers in the patent layout, and the advantages of patent alliance, patent litigation aspects than South Korea, is the need for government, or ITRI such units, work together to create the patent war bullet resources and a better environment for international patent, so that market competition will be more effective.

LEDinside interview Japanese buyers, Taiwan factory in Japan Exhibition favorability is higher than in the past, Japan's willingness to cooperate is strengthened, the future should be more Japanese market opportunities, especially the LED lighting penetration rate in Japan has increased dramatically, and from the public sector subsidies and incentive policies in Japan after the 311 northeast the earthquake, using the ratio of plant lighting, LED lighting alternative and demand rise, from 2012 to 2013 in Japan LED lighting market prospects more to look forward to.