LED lighting market is fast growing, along with the rapid development of LED lighting industry. On one side, manufacturers for traditional light power supplies aggressively introduced new LED power suppliers or upgraded products for LED lights. On the other side, man entrepreneurial companies have been founded as well. However, the power technology is not mature yet. There is still no unified standard and the corresponding market is also in chaos. Relevant experts believe that LED lighting market will be finally dominated by a few giants. Marketing strategy an product quality is the key to the final victory.
2012 is a mixed story for LED lighting industry. Market is growing fast. But not every participants earned money at last. Most of LED street light suppliers did not make any profits. Most of LED tunnel suppliers only earned enough money to cover all charges. Some LED commercial lighting application providers with strong trade ability actually made money. All LED chip makers and packaging factories, both domestic and overseas earned money in 2012.
It is noticed that most manufacturers for LED power suppliers also had a good harvest in 2012. LED power suppliers are technically belong to the traditional electronics industry. Chinese manufacturers have strong manufacturing capabilities in this area. Although it is an emerging industry, price war has started in advance, especially in low-powered LED driver field. In fact, the price of small-powered LED drivers is very transparent, normally 24-25 yuan.
But LED drivers are still a highly profitable business. The relatively high technical threshold and large capital investment are major reasons. In addition, High-powered LED drivers are usually used in high-powered LED lighting applications, such like LED street lights, LED tunnel lights. These lamps are mainly used in government lighting projects and supported by government policies. Manufacturers will use best components and modules on their products to obtain a good effect, which will virtually increase the production cost at last.
According to incomplete statistics, about 80% failure of LED lighting products comes from LED power supplies. In recent years, with the continuous improvement of packaging technology and cooling technology, the stability of LED drivers has reached a satisfied level. The additional light attenuation and color shift all comes from the unreasonable cooling design.