LED to a glut on the market and the volatility, LED lighting bargain competition waves, for profit space, manufacturer actively turn into development potential, high gross profit niche applications such as new markets, such as automotive lighting, infrared (IR) and ultraviolet (UV) and other special lighting, crystal electric chairman Li Bingjie pointed out that automotive market entry is not easy, to enter the international brand car city Yang still need a period of time, and for the use of UV LED development potential is considerable.
At present, LED is mainly used for backlight application of lighting and consumer electronic products, such as mobile phones, LCD monitor and LCD TV. However, with the increase of market penetration rate and the impact of price-cutting competition in lighting market, the development of new applications has become the focus of manufacturers' layout.
At present, UV LED is starting to replace the traditional ultraviolet light source and gradually entering the two-time replacement market. Compared with traditional mercury lamps, UV LED is favored by the market due to its features of energy saving, less heat loss, long life and concentrated curing wavelength.
Save electricity and save energy
According to LEDinside's statistics, the overall UV (UV) market reached $815 million in 2014, of which the output value of UV LED was $122 million, accounting for 15% of the overall UV market. UV LED products can be divided into uv-a (long-wave UV, 320~400nm), uv-b (medium-wave UV, 280~320nm) and uv-c (short-wave UV, below 280nm).
Uv-a accounts for up to 90%
Uv-a accounts for the bulk, with A market share of up to 90%. The main application is curing, including nail, teeth, ink printing and other fields. As for uv-b and uv-c, they are mainly used for sterilization, disinfection and medical phototherapy, among which uv-b is mainly used for medical treatment and uv-c is sterilization and disinfection. Currently, it is the primary goal of manufacturers to continuously develop uv-c application field and break through the technical limitations.
LEDinside pointed out that apart from the us SETi and Japan asification in the United States, the Taiwan factories including crystal electric, yiguang, ronda, aidisen and other manufacturers have achieved good results, and the Taiwan plant in the field of uv-a application and technology has been generally familiar, in the future, the primary goal will continue to develop uv-b and uv-c application and upgrading technology.
In addition, the most compact transshipment health care products, which use UV light combined with sensors to detect pulse and blood oxygen, have also become the focus of the development of manufacturers. However, it still needs two to three years to develop this market before it can be introduced into a large number of USES, according to li.