LED lighting penetration led last year, led by a 20% increase in light source turnover

Research institutions GfK released last year in Taiwan source retail market survey report, according to statistics, last year by the overall housing market and environment impact, total sales of light source market is only 57 million 900 thousand, 3% years time, but because the T5 lamp and LED lighting penetration rate rising, but driven market turnover last year amounted to 5 billion 500 million yuan, the annual increase of 20% and become a major growth market.

GfK analyst Huang Xiaoting pointed out that compared with T8, T9 lamp, T5 has high luminous efficiency, high luminous flux can be obtained under the same number of tiles, and the mercury content of the product itself is relatively low, more environmentally friendly products, but the import market early but because both specification and lamp with high price and not shared therefore, market acceptance is low, until recent years with T8, T9 spreads gradually narrowing, thus accelerating the market development speed, from the beginning of 2010, the proportion of sales accounted for T5 fluorescent lamp in increased year by year, but also makes the T5 lamp light source market sales growth in 2012 to become one of the driving factors.

Huang Xiaoting believes that the source of another market growth momentum is nearly two years from the major manufacturers to promote LED lighting, total sales in 2012 up to almost 4 times the previous year, in addition to the sales show explosive growth, but also to attract more manufacturers into a potential market, in addition to the major pathway display shelves, display LED products have long been listed as key manufacturers focus on product, market and the positive performance of active marketing activities, the size of the market, brand and high growth are multiples of species released machine.

On the market development trend, Huang Xiaoting believes that the T5 lamp and LED lamp as the index, Taiwan is facing a more energy-saving concept of the market, and consumer acceptance of new products is also reflected in the sales data, however, compared to the existing commodity, conversion between new products and old goods spreads brought the threshold is indeed every input manufacturers can not avoid the topic, how in the commodity of practicality, quality, design, price and profit balance, is the key to the future development of the market, is also facing challenges to manufacturers.