Japan LED lighting market analysis

March 2011 outbreak of the 9.9 earthquake is Japan's LED lighting began to develop rapidly, the earthquake caused by nuclear leaks so that the Japanese people's energy consumption concept of subversive changes, nuclear energy is no longer sit back and relax, the energy-saving lighting The urgent need to make the emerging LED lighting come in handy, from 2011 onwards, LED replacement products (Retrofit) to high-speed growth, less than three years has occupied the lighting market, most of the wall; and LED with energy-saving advantages But also has a long life characteristics, which makes the end of 2013, the replacement product market quickly approaching saturation, the market potential to turn to LED integrated lighting direction.

Japan's lighting industry will be envisaged in 2020, the Japanese lighting market will be 100% sales of LED products; by 2030, including the market sales and stock all the lighting products will be used for LED products.

Panasonic and Toshiba are Japan's lighting market doing my super-brand, the two accounted for about 70% of the general lighting market, Endo, Iwasaki, Koizumi, etc. in the field of lamps and deeds. Although Iris Ohyama, SHARP, NEC, etc. by the East Japan earthquake after the LED replacement products, the rapid growth of the Dongfeng occupy a place in the market, but for now, Panasonic Toshiba's market status is still unshakable.

Matsushita as a Japanese lighting license is also a few years ago, frequent expansion of the international territory, has acquired the US name enterprises Universal, German accessories manufacturers VS and India's electrical lighting brand Anchor, lighting business sales beyond GE, no time scenery two But the past two years due to economic downturn, shrinking demand and competition and other reasons, the two men are gradually recycling, Panasonic has shut down in Hangzhou, Indonesia and local factories; Toshiba announced last year to withdraw from the white LED business, Lighting of the Chinese business sold to Konka.

Overall, Japan is now the world's highest penetration rate of LED lighting in developed countries.