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Commentary: The LED lighting market boom

digitimes.com 14 Jan '13, 9am

The #LED lighting market boom -- more rapid growth is expected (@digitimes) #cleanrevolution #cleantech #LEDs

Commentary: The LED lighting market boom Siu Han, Taipei; Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES [Monday 14 January 2013] In 2012, demand for TV-use LED backlight products was high, helping LED firms to maintain high to full capacity utilization rate. As many governments are beginning to ban the use of incandescent bulbs, the LED lighting market is expected to boom. The growth of the LED lighting market depends not only on technological improvement, but also on governments' energy-saving policies. According to various statistics, revenues from LED lighting currently account for 25% of the total sales in high-brightness LED market and in 2014, the figure is likely to be 40%, exceeding the sales from TV-use LED applications. In the short run, demand for TV backlights will continue to stimulate market growth but as brightness efficiency (lm/W) and price-performance ratio (lm/$) continue to ...

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