International LED lighting giants compete globally

According to reports, Philips has announced layoffs to the Hamilton plant and decided to move the factory's products abroad. The Hamilton plant currently produces outdoor luminaires (traditional luminaires and LED luminaires) and SOX low-pressure sodium lamps – low-sodium lamps and a small number of SOX luminaires will continue to be produced at the plant. The nine product lines of outdoor lighting will be completely stopped production. The production of LED models will be transferred to other factories in Europe, and which ones have yet to be confirmed.

A Philips spokesman said: “In order to maintain flexibility and competitiveness in a challenging economic environment, Philips has increased operational efficiencies around the world. As a result, we have informed employees of the Hamilton factory that we plan to do so in the first half of 2014. Phase out of the lighting production business at the plant, some of the production lines will be transferred to other factories.

“Slim Fit” international LED lighting giants compete globally “Reducing the labor force is always difficult, and Philips promises to provide the affected employees with as much help, information, and support.” The layoffs will be for the lighting business, Management and logistics personnel have an impact, and the company’s business operations staff will not be affected. Philips is negotiating with the employee representative and will take the final decision afterwards.

Philips: LED global lighting market share will reach 45% by 2015

A few days ago, Chandra Vaidyanathan, vice president and general manager of Philips Lighting Division of Professional Lighting Solutions in Guangzhou, said in Guangzhou that “In the future, the world needs to develop in three directions: more lighting, more energy-saving lighting and digital lighting, and the development of LED and control technology. The energy consumption can be reduced by 20%. By 2015, LED lighting will account for 45% of the global lighting market. Especially in China, with the government’s vigorous promotion, the proportion will be even greater.”

In order to meet the opportunities in the Chinese market, Chandra said that Philips Lighting is continuously investing in customer-centric, “end-to-end” customer value chain from market research, design and development, procurement and manufacturing to marketing, and accelerating the realization of lighting from the lighting Manufacturers of product components, transforming the strategy of integrated lighting solutions providers to create business models that are closer to the local market. "These are all aimed at achieving the target of 50% of the total business volume in the LED business in 2015." Chandra said.

At present, OLEDs (brightness higher than LED liquid crystals, thinner thickness, or alternatives to LED LCD screens in the future) are currently hot spots in the market. But Klaas Vegter, director of research and development at Philips China and head of the Philips China Research Institute, believes that OLEDs are still at an early stage of development and there is still more room for development. However, LEDs have entered the “national era” to be the current development trend of lighting.

Cree LED lights establish new standards <br> <br> Cree launched the latest TW (TrueWhite) Series LED bulbs. This revolutionary LED bulb emits natural light with a color rendering index (CRI) of 93, setting a new standard. Cree is the first company to meet the California Energy Commission (CEC) LED bulb specification. The new TW Series bulbs look like an incandescent light bulb. Lights are similar to those of incandescent light bulbs. This gives consumers another reason to turn to LEDs. Cree's new 60-watt replacement lamp costs $19.97.

California once again takes the lead in the country and has high energy efficiency standards. This time, it crosses the lighting industry. The introduction of compact trichromatic fluorescent lamps (CFLs) has led to consumer dissatisfaction with rebounds due to various reasons. The biggest drawback is the failure to provide California with high-quality lighting to replace inefficient incandescent lighting technology. New technologies like the Cree TW series LED bulbs provide California consumers with an uncompromising alternative to incandescent and energy-saving lamps.

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) has long advocated energy-saving lighting technology. SMUD will provide rebates for Cree TW series LED light bulbs. “SMUD has great potential in reducing lighting electricity costs and is a strong supporter of California's new LED lighting quality standards,” said Elisabeth Brinton, SMUD’s chief customer officer. “We are pleased to see the first light bulbs enter the market. This technology has made a great contribution to energy efficiency, while providing consumers with high-quality lighting.” Brinton said.

The California specification focuses on six quality attributes of LED luminaires, including color temperature, color consistency, color rendering, dimming, lifetime, and light distribution. The new California standard requires a color rendering index of all retrofit fixtures of 90 or higher, and the higher the color rendering index of the bulb, the more accurate the actual color of the object illuminated by the bulb.

Michael Siminovitch, director of the California Lighting Technology Center, said that Cree's TW series bulbs were the first light bulbs to meet California's specifications, which consumers need to see in order to eventually change the market.

The Color Rendering Index (CRI) of Cree TW series LED bulbs has reached an unprecedented 93. This high-performance bulb consumes 78% less energy, and its lifetime is 25 times that of a typical incandescent bulb. Light bulbs instantly light, using the most standard incandescent dimmer dimming, 10-year limited warranty. The retail price of a soft white 40 watt replacement bulb (450 lumens) is $17.97 and the retail price of a soft white 60 watt replacement bulb (800 lumens) is $19.97.

Japan's 2030 indoor LED lighting penetration rate of 30%

Japan is currently the country with the lowest energy use/gdp in the world. U.S. households have twice the power consumption of Japanese households and four times as many instruments. However, Japan is not satisfied with this, and Japan will produce at a low cost in the future. There is no chance of winning the competition with many developing countries in the world. Therefore, the development of “environmental” related industries is the direction that Japanese entrepreneurs have agreed.

LED / OLED Lighting prospects <br> <br> according to Japanese industrial economy provincial plan, hope in 2030, so LED / OLED bulb replacement at least 60% of incandescent bulbs, of course, the most important family still fluorescent lighting It is the occupation of high luminous efficiency and better economic benefits, but the room for growth in fluorescent technology has peaked, while the luminous efficiency of LED/OLED still continues to increase 20 times in light output every 10 years, but the cost declines every 10 years. With a 90% trajectory, this trend can be estimated to last at least until 2016. As a result, the luminous efficacy of LED/OLED lighting sources is expected to continue to increase in the future (thereby making it more versatile and energy efficient), and the price Will fall to the right stage.

Japan, the United States, Europe and other LED light source manufacturers believe that, although the current commercial LED lighting luminous efficiency is only 80 lumens / watt, but in 3 or 4 years 120 ~ 150 lumens / watt high-efficiency LED lights will be commercialized, then all products applied life. The total application cost of the cycle (light bulb usage plus electricity bill) will be lower than the LED light bulb. Manufacturers speculated that the future LED light to reach 200 ~ 300 lumens / watt will be able to reach the goal of around 2020.

According to the speculation of Japan's machinery industry association, by 2030, the coverage rate of LED/OLED lighting in Japan's interior lighting will reach 30%, accounting for 20% of the total amount of electricity used in lighting, and it will be possible to save energy and reduce carbon emissions. 18.7 billion kwh (kilowatt-hours) of annual electricity, or 7 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions.

OLED lighting will be promising for LED lighting prospects for competing LED lighting, but one cannot ignore the development of another next-generation lighting technology. Discrete components, namely, OLED lighting, OLEDs, ie organic light-emitting diodes, are regarded as the next-generation display technology for connecting tftlcd. However, tftlcd is becoming more and more light and thin, and the more power it saves, the difference between IGBTs and OLEDs is not so obvious. Photoresistors are used. Therefore, the use of OLEDs in display products is based on the establishment of a profitable market as the highest standard. After the profit model and the sturdy market, there are opportunities to naturally attract more companies to participate in and make investments after gaining profits, so as to accelerate the replacement of tftlcd.

Lighting Europe LED lighting study published in Human-Centered Lighting Europe, it said, according to the lighting people-centered, giving added comfort tunable solid-state lighting (SSL) can be integral LED lighting market is an important market segment. Research conducted jointly by LightingEurope, the German Electrical and Electronics Industry Association (ZVEI) and ATKearney shows that adjustable solid-state lighting (SSL) can be worth billions of euros worth of business, accounting for 7% of the entire lighting market By 2020, the market size will reach 1.4 billion euros.

Human-centered lighting produces a series of positive social impacts, based on new research and other research on this topic. Simply put, such lighting allows us to sleep better and rest, and to be able to exert maximum productivity when awake. Adjustable lighting can also accelerate recovery and help prevent chronic diseases. The study pointed out that European companies are prepared to take advantage of this opportunity, partly because it is a solution centered on understanding customer needs.

Human-centered lighting goes beyond the basic visual needs of humans. For the public, more time is spent indoors. Healthy lighting is imperative. Technologies such as adjustable colors and white dots further improve the quality of people's daily life. "Anthropocentric lighting solutions can actively support human circadian rhythms, thereby contributing to a person's well-being, mood, and health." Chairman Lighting Europe's lighting and health working group Alfred Wacker said.

LED light source <br> <br> will become a major new study pointed out that so far, most human-centric lighting is fluorescent light sources, LED mainly because of the cost. However, by 2020, LED will occupy more than 90% of the entire people-centered lighting market, researchers said.

In fact, LEDs can achieve many of the key elements of people-centered lighting. The new research report says that lighting can meet human visual and emotional needs by controlling the beam direction, color temperature and illuminance. In terms of the feasibility of controlling these characteristics, LEDs are unique among all light sources.

This research proves that people-centred lighting is reasonable, and this study has conducted a detailed and complete financial analysis of the application of this technology. For example, in a factory application, a 25% prepaid price premium and productivity increase offset more than 20% of the power consumption of adjustable lighting.

Information on this study can be found on the Lighting Europe website. The use of people-centred lighting in shopping, reception, health, education, office, industry, and residential applications is significant.