Philips won the amount of 50 million LED bulbs in India

In September this year, Philips India successfully won the Indian government for the UJALA program LED bulb tender case, received 50 million LED bulb supply contract, has now provided the first batch of light bulbs, however, most of them are the " Made in China".

According to the contract, Philips India is required to provide 50 million 9-watt LED bulbs (Rmb3.9) per lane for 150 days to UESALA's state-owned Enterprise Energy Conservation Services Limited (EESL).

According to Saurabh Kumar, general manager of EESL, "according to the contract, Philips within five months to provide LED bulbs should reach 50 million. Philips said the first bulbs from the Philips Lighting factory in China imports, but they are upgrading India production capacity, Which will provide 12 million LED bulbs per month starting in December 2009. Imports are only a temporary measure to ensure delivery on time, and they will be phased out, according to Philips, in addition to Philips' Month full operation. "

Under the UJALA program, EESL will first offer a number of light bulbs to private companies. Once these bulbs are delivered, they will be distributed to the state power companies. When consumers go to the power company to pay the bill, you can buy these pricing is lower than the market price of LED bulbs. At present, the Philips 9-watt LED bulb is priced at 130-190 rupees (equivalent to about 13.34-19.49 RMB).

"As a leader in the global lighting market, we purchase LED bulbs from our worldwide manufacturing facilities and through a strong network of suppliers in India," said Harshavardhan Chitale, vice president and marketing director, Philips Lighting India. "We already have large-scale production Manufacturing capacity, last year, we have provided more than 15 million LED bulbs made in India to EESL due to the large number of special orders, the need for substantial increase in production, so part of the order light bulbs from factories around the world procurement, But most will be supplied by Indian factories.