In 2015, LED industry has entered the crucial stage of its development, full of merger & acquisition and bankruptcy, scale and price competition, as well as quality troubles and recall issues, industrial problems further emerged. Affected by the tide of reshuffle, more enterprises lacking of competitiveness go into liquidation. On the other hand, there are frequent opportunities in Southeast Asia and other emerging markets, also the segment markets like intelligent lighting, automotive lighting and UV LED have enormous potential. Many LED companies seek opportunities ...

Entering 2014, lighting ushers in a golden period of development, LED comes to the important period to realize the reversal. Since Jan. 1, the United States began to thoroughly ban the sale of incandescent lamp, and Canada officially prohibited the use of 75W and 100W incandescent lamp. In China, 60W and higher-power incandescent lamps will be banned from October. As the major countries around the world begin to implement the sales ban of incandescent lamp, the tide to replace with LED lights comes into being. There is a storm brewing over both the upstream such as sapphi...

LEDinside analysts revealed 2014 LED market trends during the LEDinside Chief Analyst Market Seminar organized by TrendForce at Shenzhen Marco Polo, China on Dec. 19, 2013. Renowned LED brands including Cree, Samsung Electronics, HC Semitek Corp., Refond and Honglitronics attended the seminar. The main agenda of the seminar was to discuss global LED trends in 2014 and Chinese market developments. LEDinside analysts approached the subject from lighting, backlight and package perspectives to give a comprehensive analysis. Below are some of the trends observed by LEDinside analysts: