Nichia LED: next year market or by severe price war to win patent

Benefit from the booming demand for lighting market, the LED market this year, a rare scene of glory, but less than 1 years, the market order may be because the Chinese mainland LED factory low price market was once again upset. LED leading factory Nichia banned military service law Jhihben minister Akutagawa Katsuyuki pointed out that the trend in 2015 is a tough year, Taiwan manufacturers should be actively involved in research and development and patent application, in order to win in this price war.

Nichia turnover last year was 309 billion 700 million yen (about NT $86 billion 561 million), accounting for rate of about 22%, in the world of high brightness LED Akutagawa Katsuyuki pointed out that with the rapid growth of the lighting market, the future will also follow the growth of turnover.

Samsung, LG operating hard

In the patent layout, service Akutagawa Katsuyuki said, for the development of LED related to the long-term funding, to create greater profits, has been the practice of nichia.

In 2015 LED market outlook, Akutagawa Katsuyuki believes that next year will be more severe and pessimistic about the market next year, mainly Chinese, LED next year a large number of shipments, with low snatch the market, will cause a huge impact on the LED market in South Korea, this happens in recent months, may also occur in the Taiwan area next year, Taiwan the factory must strengthen the patent and R & D, if can cooperate with Nichia, create a win-win opportunity.

Akutagawa Katsuyuki said, South Korea began a few months ago, imported cheap LED Chinese from mainland China to South Korea, with its cheap price to LED production in South Korea, which is more cost advantage than to buy Chinese lamps, the production of LED, and therefore so South Korea's main LED plant such as Samsung, LG, Seoul semiconductor operating deficits business is very hard.

Taiwan technology flows to the mainland

As for the Korean factory not profit, is the main cause of South Korea from 2002 began to develop LED, patent basic issues, we can only use price competition, and China, LED equipment manufacturers investment subsidies from the state, only manufacturers cost of production, so the product price is low cost of course, more than Han factory, next Taiwan area and Japanese manufacturers have to pay attention to however, Nichia invested large sums of funds for research development since 2000, accumulated considerable patent, and to China against the mainland industry.

Akutagawa Katsuyuki pointed out that the factory LED in Taiwan over the past few years, although through mergers, increasing scale, market share, and enhance the competitiveness of Taiwan area, however there are many technical and manufacturing capabilities to Chinese, Chinese, once accumulated sufficient technical ability, will enter the overseas market.

Hope to reconcile with billion light lawsuit

In the past, the Taiwan area and the plant is of high quality, as long as the shipment on behalf of good quality, and Chinese, shipments of non-performing rate is very high, but in the past few years, learned in Taiwan, can also launch the same quality products to overseas, the impact on Taiwan, Japanese manufacturers.

As for the Nichia and billion light to tell each other infringement lawsuit, Akutagawa Katsuyuki said, as long as the general cooperation with Nichia high-level relations are very good, you can establish a good relationship, and the relationship with Nichia billion light is very subtle, if to maintain a good relationship with Nichia billion light, the future may not be changed, although not yet see and the solution of the dawn, but I believe the two sides will move in this direction.

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