Where is the next niche market to see what the big companies are doing?

[LED] with the progress of LED technology, a wider range of applications, coupled with the LED lighting market is becoming mature and stable, the development of highly potential niche application market as the primary trend. China LED network in 2015 Guangzhou lighting show, the manufacturers are optimistic about the high profit niche applications as well as the broad market potential, active layout, including UV / IR LED and special lighting technology and applications.

At present, UV LED is starting to replace traditional UV light, gradually entered the two replacement market, UV LED compared with the traditional lamp, with energy saving, less heat loss, long service life, as well as the curing wavelength is focused on the characteristics, favored by the market. According to LEDinside 2015 LED supply and demand market trends and outlook, pointed out that in 2014 the overall UV (UV) market reached $815 million, of which UV LED output value of $122 million, accounting for the overall UV market ratio of 15%.

UV LED EBOHR products can be divided into UV-A (UVA, 320~400nm), UV-B (ultraviolet, 280~320nm) and UV-C (ultraviolet, 280nm), of which UV-A accounted for the bulk, market share up to 90%, the main application for curing, including Manicure, teeth, ink printing etc.. The UV-B and UV-C are mainly used in sterilization, disinfection, medical treatment, such as light, of which UV-B to medical based, UV-C is sterilization.

Continue to develop UV-C applications and break through the technical limitations of the company's primary goal

In addition to the general well-known manufacturers, such as American SETi, Japan LED maker Nichia, and China Jason of Qingdao has been UV LED market for many years, there have been many active layout including South Korea the bright younger generation, Seoul semiconductor, LG Innotek; Taiwan factory including EPISTAR, light, crystal, research Hong Everlight, Lunda, Edison etc. manufacturers are good results.

South Korea LG Innotek and Seoul semiconductor manufacturers began earlier investment layout, has been the development of full wavelength UV LED products, including the Seoul semiconductor short wavelength can be 275nm; and with the United States SETi 340nm joint venture to produce the following products, its product life and brightness has been recognized. And its LED patented technology, including Acrich, nPola, UV LED and UV LED system applications, but also to obtain IEEE spectrum magazine certification, which is more competitive in the field of semiconductor UV LED.

LG UV LED series products

Seoul semiconductor UV LED products

Seoul semiconductor UV LED application Seoul semiconductor UV lamp

Taiwan plant in the field of UV-A applications and technology has been generally skilled, the future goal will continue to develop UV-B and UV-C applications and upgrade technology. Lextar with one-stop production advantage, in addition to providing full range of LED chip UV, the development of more "package" and "modular design" and other additional features; which package UV LED has the advantages of small volume, easy to use in the application of minimum size; and customization module design can simplify the customers in the production on the degree of difficulty, make a space for one person in the field of LED UV lextar accounted for many similar products.

Ronda UV LED chip products

Packageless UV LED lextar lextar customized UV module

In addition, Hong UV LED chip with high light power and competitive prices, as its biggest advantage. And contains the vertical structure (Vertical-Chip, LED) (Flip, chip) crystal and vertical (BH); the vertical and vertical structure is similar, the difference lies in the type of vertical electrodes on the same side, so as to strengthen its lineup in the string and ease of process. Package and application of current under different light, Hong also developed quite a range of sizes, with vertical structure as an example, has been developed including 4545, 4242, 3636, 2020 and 1515 provide customer choice.

Light hung UV LED products

Hong UV LED application (light ink curing)

Billion light UV LED applications

With the technical breakthrough in the future UV LED will be expected to replace the traditional UV light source

Currently UV-A technology and application market has been quite mature, and UV-B and UV-C in the sterilization and disinfection of the civilian market by the most optimistic about the world, the global vendors are actively moving toward UV-B and UV-C application layout. In this in the short wavelength UV-C technical standard is highest, because the UV-C luminous efficiency is still low in industrial water purification system, such as the limitation of the sewage treatment, thus further enhance its energy efficiency will be the manufacturers together, once UV-B and UV-C breakthrough, to import a large number of civilian market in technology the future, the price is expected to decline sharply, UV LED completely replace the traditional deep ultraviolet light has point the day and await for it. (text / China LED network Carina)

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