South Korea to challenge the LED lighting market pattern patent war intensified

According to South Korea, "Asian economic report", in order to fight for the light emitting diode (LED) lighting market, fierce competition between Korean enterprises, foreign enterprises, small and medium sized enterprises.

PHILPS, GE, OSRAM and other foreign companies and Samsung Electronics, LG electronics and other South Korean companies in order to compete for LED lighting market share, on the issue of technical violations launched a lawsuit.

In addition, the South Korean small and medium enterprises advocate LED lighting is their own business, in order to prevent large enterprises to enter the market, has been applied to the authorities for the LED lighting industry requirements will be included in the "small and medium-sized enterprises in the industry right".

Foreign enterprises preemption of Korean enterprises challenges

According to industry sources, domestic LED lighting listed only 1 years and 3 months, but the lamp maker ranked first in the world PHILPS has launched 3 kinds of lighting products, priced at 2.5~1.8500 million won. The world's first development LED company GE Lighting also launched 9 kinds of LED lighting products at the beginning of this year, OSRAM has also expanded its lighting products in the mountains of the exhibition hall, plans to fully reach the LED lighting market.

South Korea's big companies have also followed foreign companies to challenge the market.

Samsung LED has launched 4 kinds of price in the 2~3 million won (10 thousand won from August last year to about 60 yuan) of the LED lighting products, in early May this year also launched a 60 watt incandescent, priced at 18 thousand and 900 won. Sales outlets from E-mart, Plaza extended to Home Digital Plus, ELectro Land, Lotte mart. LG at the end of 5 also launched 4 new products, sales outlets from "LG Best Shop" was extended to Yimaide discount stores etc.. LG launched 40 watt incandescent lamp price of 13 thousand and 900 won, is the lowest price in the Korean market.

The war between the two countries is growing in order to suppress each other.

SIEMENS's own OSRAM patent, at the beginning of June SIEMENS with Samsung, LG patent infringement grounds filed a lawsuit, Samsung LED also filed a lawsuit to stop the patent infringement, compensation for losses. At the same time, LG and LG Innotek require the South Korean Trade Commission to ban imports of OSRAM products.

Of small and medium-sized enterprises "do not enter our field"

Some small and medium-sized enterprises in order to prevent large enterprises to enter the LED lighting market, the requirements in this field included in the "small and medium sized enterprises, large enterprises and the appropriate industry" sing on stage.

According to information provided by the Ministry of knowledge economy, the current South Korea engaged in LED lighting industry has 7 large enterprises, small and medium enterprises have more than and 800, but the proportion of large enterprises accounted for the market reached 60%, SMEs only about 40%. And household LED up, South Korea's small and medium enterprises focus on street lights, building lights and other public facilities market, these companies are firmly opposed to large enterprises to enter this field.

But large companies that SMEs can not accumulate special chips and other technologies, just engaged in the assembly of components, the industry is very fragmented. Foreign companies will be able to take over if big companies pull out of the field. A large business sources said, such as the manufacture of street lamps, small and medium enterprises are generally imported chips from abroad, and then assembled only, which is different from the industrial areas of large enterprises.

Environmental protection LED lighting

Future lighting market will be popular environmentally friendly LED lighting. Environmentally friendly LED lighting does not mercury, mercury and other harmful substances, the consumption of electricity is about 90% lower than incandescent lamp, life expectancy of up to 50 thousand hours. The industry predicts environmentally friendly LED lighting will grow rapidly. This year the global market will reach $6 billion in 2013 and 2015 will reach $13 billion 800 million, $26 billion, but its disadvantage is that the price is more expensive.

The South Korean government plans to 2020, the national LED lighting penetration rate increased to 60%, the public sector has increased to 100%. It is reported that last year, South Korea's LED lighting penetration rate is only 2.5%, so this is a good opportunity for enterprises.

Samsung, LG and other companies have been the LED lighting industry as a driving force for economic development of the company's new power, so large enterprises and foreign enterprises, small and medium enterprises in the fierce competition will be inevitable.