Rare earth prices rise or accelerate the transformation of energy-saving lamp enterprises LED

Recently, three color phosphor with rare earth as the main raw material prices hit new high, with the rising cost of raw materials, each energy-saving lamps on the market price continues to rise. Insiders said that the energy-saving lamp industry is facing severe challenges. However, the energy-saving lamp industry is in trouble, but unexpectedly to a more energy efficient and environmentally friendly LED lamps to open a door.

Since March, 10 times the price of rare earth, energy-efficient lighting, high efficiency, energy saving, good color, long life. Compared with ordinary incandescent lamp, energy-saving lamps can save electricity 60%-80%, the service life of 4-6 times. The utility model relates to an energy-saving lamp, belonging to a fluorescent lamp, which is used to stimulate the fluorescent powder coating on the inner wall of the lamp tube through ultraviolet light to achieve the purpose of light emitting. From April this year, rare earth prices skyrocketing.

March or 280 yuan a kilogram, has now risen to $2600 a kilogram, good quality and expensive. A person in charge said that this has seriously affected the development of energy-saving lamp industry. A 100W ordinary energy-saving lamps priced at 28 yuan, the same brightness of the market, but only the incandescent lamp needs $1.5 or $2, therefore, some companies rely heavily on government subsidies.

It is reported that a CFL subsidy can reach the ex factory price of 50%. In addition, local governments in the promotion of energy-saving lamps will also give a certain proportion of financial subsidies. Under subsidies, 45W below the price of energy-saving lamps, and ordinary incandescent. However, this balance has been broken by this round of price increases. LED lighting is expected to stir up the burden of energy saving raw material prices so that energy-saving lamps serious internal injury, but inadvertently to provide space for the development of LED lamps.

"The production of LED lamps is very common on the earth, making a LED chip needs to use the rare earth in the microgram, while the energy-saving lamp is a few grams. More importantly, the price difference between the two is narrowing. To the family's most popular compact energy-saving lamps, for example, the previous price of more than a dozen dollars, now rose to more than 30 yuan, while the same price of LED lamps before the power of about $80, recently fell to $50. In the face of the difference of 20 yuan, many people fancy LED lamps more energy efficient, controllable, mercury free and other advantages, will tend to buy LED lamps. Li Shuzhi said.

LED is more energy saving and environmental protection than energy-saving lamps, and the next year the price may be reduced by 20%, with LED lamps to replace energy-saving lamps is an inevitable trend. Many manufacturers have been transferred from the energy-saving lamp industry LED industry. Energy-saving lamps small enterprises should take the initiative to adjust. Affected by the current round of price increases, the largest production of energy-saving lamps, small businesses.

It has been reported that Fujian, Zhejiang, many of the energy-saving lamp enterprises and therefore closed down. Energy saving lamp industry is labor-intensive industries, there is a low level of technology, high cost, heavy pollution and other issues, and rare earth is a valuable strategic resource, high raw material prices. Liang Yueshan believes that small and medium enterprises should take the initiative to adjust energy-saving lamps, in turn, the development of scientific and technological content is higher, more environmentally friendly, more energy-efficient, more promising LED lamps and other new energy-saving products, is a wise move.

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