MOCVD overcapacity is really no need to worry about?

For MOCVD of LED industry supply and demand overcapacity pressure, global MOCVD equipment manufacturers Aixtron (Si Qiang) vice president of Greater China Christian Geng pointed out that although the recent LED market appeared as government subsidies policy, Chinese caused overcapacity concerns, LED TV penetration rate is lower than expected phenomenon. But still positive view of the future development of the LED market.

Christian Geng explained, because demand is still there, and LED TV backlight should reach 50% penetration in 2011, as the size of the development of small panels, the market will eventually reach nearly 100%.

At present, the proportion of LED lighting applications has been higher than expected, the size of this market than the TV LED backlight market several times larger, so optimistic about the development of the market outlook. If the equivalent of the 60W LED bulb prices can reach $15 to $20, will begin to produce large-scale business needs. Therefore, if the LED from a positive point of view, short-term overcapacity will have an impact on the price of LED chips, the anti will help accelerate the popularity of lighting applications, to create more long-term demand.

Geng believes that the rapid increase in the mainland is subject to the impact of incentives, but also may cause overcapacity in the short term, but there is no need to panic.

Because MOCVD is a very complex process, it is necessary to rely on experienced engineers to ensure the repeatability, consistency and yield of the process.

Meanwhile, Geng is still optimistic about the long-term competitiveness of Taiwan LED chip manufacturers. In particular, many Taiwan businessmen began to set up joint ventures with local businesses in the mainland, in order to be closer to the mainland market, this model of cooperation rather than competition, will be able to create a win-win situation.