GE LED Light Manufacturers : LED is expected to open in 2020 80% of the general lighting market

General Electric Company (GE) LED Light Manufacturers the next decade, including incandescent bulbs, including the vast majority will be LED instead.

In March this year was appointed head of the lighting division Maryrose Sylvester said in an interview in New York, "LED general lighting into the interior has led to more and more attention, in 2020, LED will open about 70% to 80% general lighting market. "

Siemens subsidiary Osram Opto Semiconductors , Philips and GE's traditional rivals, have made ​​a similar growth rate forecasts. New regulations published with LED prices, making the LED lighting system for individual consumers and commercial buyers of appeal greatly increased.

Maryrose Sylvester said, accounted for the market opportunities for the past five years, GE Lighting in LED technology research and development spending has doubled. But he did not give a specific number is.

Headquartered in Munich, Siemens AG, 2013, the LED market will grow to 130 billion (about 9.8 billion euros), 2016, a further increase of 44%. Amsterdam-based Philips is expected in September, 2015, LED lighting will account for 45% market share.

Maryrose Sylvester said, because the LED system is more expensive in the early, thus reducing maintenance costs to show users how to generate energy savings and return on investment. This is critical.

Technology transfer

Maryrose Sylvester said, "When the shift LED technology, when it learned that whether it is a commercial building owners or business owners or individual consumers, are very clear in today's world energy consumption, more focus on improving the energy consumption. "

Although the LED light bulb is still more expensive than other bulbs, but with the environmental regulations for energy conservation as an important goal, LED bulbs, the prices have started to decline. In the U.S., in 2007 introduced the 100-watt incandescent bulbs out of the regulations will take effect next year, then in 2013 to phase out 75-watt bulb, in 2014, out of 40 watt and 60 watt light bulb.

An LED light bulb will directly affect the efficiency of light generation. On incandescent bulbs, the electrical heating process of the filament to produce light energy loss occurs.

Business Systems

As LED efficiency depends on the LED package and how to configure, so GE is focused on business customers overall LED lighting system design, rather than trying to make LED light bulb is equivalent to incandescent bulbs. That is Cree and other semiconductor chip suppliers are trying to do.

Maryrose Sylvester said, "Our expertise is combined to the overall application and implementation of the important applications."

Pike Research predicts that by 2021, only in the commercial lighting, LED lighting, it is expected to account for 52% market share. This year, the commercial lighting market is expected to reach $ 42 billion in 2012 and will reach $ 54 billion peak. With the use of LED lighting systems the growth of commercial lighting market will gradually decline to about 30 billion 2021 U.S. dollars.

Konkana Khaund said, from the current point of view all aspects of the information obtained, LED market can be described as chaos.

Maryrose Sylvester said, GE's strengths include extensive experience in the lighting business and its customer base and product line breadth. Opportunities and challenges us to think wider wider illumination. In the long term, this will help us win victory. As customers need a partner.

Frost & Sullivan expects 2016 sales of LED lighting market in North America will account for about one third of the lighting market, market share, more than the incandescent lamp market share.

GE and Siemens

New low-cost Asian companies can produce LED lighting manufacturers. Currently, GE and Siemens industry-leading giant is facing competition from these companies. Market research firm Frost & Sullivan industry manager, the main analysis of lamps and lighting markets Konkana Khaund said the companies must reduce the price to win the LED market. For example, some traditional manufacturers to an LED product quoted price of $ 200, but given the price of low-cost manufacturers only $ 100. Which will be filled with cheap products market as a whole.