LED lighting applications are growing rapidly

On the other hand, KG Cheng, Marketing Director, APAC, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, states that judging from the current and future dynamics in the industry, it may take some time to enhance the performance of OLED, and projects that it will evolve from a high-end market to a high-volume market. Veeco Instrument Inc. Product Manager Michael Lamarra indicates, from the perspective of MOCVD equipment manufacturers, that an increasing number of LED backlight is replacing CCFL and LED lighting applications are growing rapidly; it is estimated that the cost of LED package will decline 85% in the next six years, which means that the LED manufacturers need to reduce their operating costs, while increasing their output.

As for the development of high-power UV-LED application, Dr. Chuong A.Tran, General Manager of SemiLEDs Corporation, said that the future chip development will focus more on higher performance products at lower costs. On the consumer application side, Alvin Tse, Vice President for Asia of Philips Lumileds Lighting Company, indicates that as led high bay light has the advantage of low maintenance costs, different specifications of LED lamps will be introduced for various purposes including general household lighting, decorating lighting in hypermarkets, office lighting, industrial lighting.

Stephan Greiner, Everlight Vice President of Global Sales, who analyzes the global lighting market, said that the main lighting market concentrates in the Asia-Pacific region, accounting for 33.7% of the global market; followed by North America with 30.1%, and Western Europe with 22.3%, Eastern Europe 5.1%, while Africa and the Middle East accounts for approximately 4.5%. Overall, the estimated global market size is approximately 8.5 billion U.S. dollars. In the lighting market by applications, household applications account for 39%, followed by 18% in office and medical facilities, and the third largest market is outdoor lighting, which takes up 12%.