Overall growth in market demand for LED

　　Recently , LED industry from the chip to the package plants are in short supply situation , the industry is also widely expected May sales will be better. Insiders expect the LED lighting market with the launch of the annual LED market demand will have more than 30 % growth in the first half of the new LED chip industry in less than 10% capacity , supply and demand conditions in the second half of the LED chip industry will become more balance even tighter .

　　According to the latest " China Packaging Industry Market Report 2014 " shows that in 2013 China LED packaging market was $ 7.2 billion , annual growth of 20%. China is the largest producer of LED application products , along with the rapid increase LED lighting penetration rate , the demand for LED devices is growing, China has become a major market competition in the global LED packaging manufacturers . 2013 market share of the top five highest Chinese manufacturers are Nichia , Everlight , Career , Linsen and Philips , together accounted for the overall market is about 1/3.

　　2013 international packaging manufacturers in China market total revenues of $ 2 billion , buttressed by patent advantage and benefit from the rise in the lighting market , an increase of up to 40 %. From individual manufacturers to observe, Nichia annual revenue growth of more than 7 percent, the proportion of revenue in China increased to 29% ; Seoul Semiconductor revenue growth of 8 percent, the proportion of revenue in China increased to 19% ; while Cree , Sharp , Philips, Osram and other international companies in China, there are brisk sales performance .