LED UV LED lighting price as one falls, another rises into a new blue ocean

LED market and fluctuation effect of pile up in excess of requirement, LED lighting price competition waves, for profit, turn into the development potential of firms, high margin niche application of new markets, such as vehicle lighting, infrared (IR) and ultraviolet (UV) and other special lighting, crystal electric chairman Li Bingjie pointed out that the car the market is not easy to enter, still need some time to enter the international market for car brand, UV LED application development potential is quite large.

At present, LED is mainly used for lighting and consumer electronics products such as mobile phone, LCD monitor and LCD TV backlight use, but as the market penetration rate increased, the impact of lighting market price competition and the development of new application has become the focus of the layout of the manufacturers.

Research unit of LEDinside Research Manager Wu Yingjie said that the current UV LED is beginning to replace traditional ultraviolet light source, gradually entered the 2 replacement market, which UV LED compared with the traditional lamp, with energy saving, less heat loss, long service life, as well as the curing wavelength is focused on the characteristics, favored by the market.

Energy saving market favored

According to LEDinside statistics pointed out that in 2014 the overall UV (UV) market reached $815 million, of which UV LED output value of $122 million, accounting for the overall UV market reached 15%. UV LED products can be divided into EBOHR UV-A (UVA, 320~400nm), UV-B (UVB, 280~320nm) and UV-C (short wave ultraviolet, 280nm or less).

UV-A accounted for up to 90%

Which accounted for the bulk of UV-A, the market share of up to 90%, the most important application for curing, including nails, teeth, ink printing and other fields. As for the UV-B and UV-C are mainly used in the sterilization, disinfection medicine, light therapy, in which UV-B and UV-C are mainly in medical sterilization, the continued development of UV-C applications and breakthrough technology limited to manufacturers priority.

LEDinside pointed out that in addition to the United States, Japan's Nichia SETi acquisition, Taiwan factory including EPISTAR, Everlight, Lunda, Ai Disen and other manufacturers have made good achievements, and Taiwan factory in UV-A applications and technology has been generally skilled, the future primary goal will continue to develop UV-B and UV-C application and improvement of technology.

In addition, the current most popular wearing type health care products, through the UV light sensor of pulse, blood oxygen detection, has become the focus of manufacturers to develop, but Li Bingjie believes that the market still needs 2~ 3 years of development have the opportunity to use a large amount of import.

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