LED manufacturing plant investment in 2011 to actively promote equipment spending growth of 40%

With LED technology in the field of LCD backlight is widely accepted and the rapid growth in the field of general lighting, the latest SEMI report SEMI OptOLED Fab Forecast display, LED manufacturers have been ready to meet the huge demand. LED industry has attracted a lot of capital into the industry chain, from equipment, materials, epitaxy and packaging part.

SEMI OptoLED Fab Forecast report tracked 250 global photoelectric LED manufacturing plant, including plant construction and equipment spending with information, key data, and capacity expansion plans. Last year, SEMI reported that LED plant equipment spending surge, from $606 million in 2009 to $1 billion 780 million in 2010. SEMI is expected this year, LED manufacturing equipment will continue to grow to about $2 billion 500 million, an increase of 40% over the previous year. If some items are not on schedule, some spending will be delayed until 2012. Currently, SEMI is expected in 2012 LED manufacturing equipment investment of $2 billion 300 million.

From a regional perspective, LED China equipment investment is positive, the reason is Chinese local government subsidy policy, in the past two years Chinese LED manufacturing projects have been launched. China LED equipment investment accounted for 50% of total investment.

From the new LED factory number, SEMI report pointed out that in 2010 there were 19 new plant put into operation, 2011 27, 2012 there will be 15.