In spite of soaring raw material LED lamp energy-saving task to provoke the tragedy

A substantial increase in raw material prices, production costs will surge, recently, three color phosphors with rare earth as the main raw material prices hit new high, with the rising cost of raw materials, each energy-saving lamps on the market price continues to rise. Insiders said that the energy-saving lamp industry is facing severe challenges. However, energy-saving lamp industry in trouble, but the accident for more energy saving LED lamp to open a door.

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 energy-saving lamps subsidy can achieve its 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. In subsidies, the price below 45W energy-saving lamps and ordinary incandescent be roughly the same. 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. At home the most popular compact energy-saving lamps for example, before the price is ten yuan, now risen to 30 yuan, and the LED lamp with the power of before the price is 80 yuan, recently dropped to 50 yuan. 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 Shu Chi 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. The reporter visited the market learned Taopu road lamps, 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-sized enterprises should take the initiative to adjust the energy-saving lamps, LED lights and new energy-saving products in favor of the development of higher technological content, more environmentally friendly, more energy, more promising, it is wise to.