Taiwan’s “Economic Daily” today published an editorial for the development of the LED industry in the island. The editorial pointed out that judging from the development history of the past, the key factors for the development of Taiwan's LED industry include three items, including technology, scope of application, and the joining of competitors. From a longer-term perspective, the development of Taiwan's LED industry, the authorities should have a more complete thinking.

The editorial editorial is as follows:

Recently, the Taiwan authorities have proposed project-assisted rescue programs for four industries including dynamic random access memory (DRAM), liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD), solar power, and light emitting diode (LED). Among them, LED streetlights were included in one of the top 10 focuses of the Taiwan authorities' economic stimulus program. In the next year, a total of 320,000 LED street lamps will be reloaded, with a total cost of 2.4 billion yuan (NT, the same below). This direction is roughly in line with the needs of the industry, but if we look at the longer term, the development of Taiwan's LED industry, the authorities should have a more complete thinking.

Judging from the past development history, the key factors for the development of Taiwan's LED industry include three items, including technology, scope of application, and the joining of competitors. In the technology section, before 2000, Taiwan’s technology was subject to Nichia’s patent and was often sued. It also restricted the development of the industry; until 2001, it included the United States Cree, Osram, and the island. Breakthroughs in technical barriers. In 2002, we have grown significantly with the development of mobile phone colorization. Nowadays, with the efforts of patents, Taiwanese companies have achieved considerable results. In addition to defending patents against foreign businessmen, they even have the ability to counterclaim. Moreover, in terms of LED brightness technology alone, Taiwan’s technological capabilities should meet the US Energy Department’s target of setting a target of 1,000 lumens (brightness) per 1 US dollar by 2020. It should be no problem. It can even reach 2,000 as defined by Philips. The goal of lumens, this goal is more than ten times the efficiency and cost ratio.

In terms of application, Taiwan’s LED industry has grown significantly with the use of mobile phones and notebook computers. However, the mainstream of recent application growth is LED LCD TVs. Korea has not only become the most important customer in Taiwan, but LED output has also surpassed that of Taiwan. LED application field determines the development potential of the industry to a considerable degree. However, from the trend point of view, whether mobile phones, laptops or televisions, LED is not the largest application of the future, Led Lighting is. Therefore, it has recently been seen that traditional lighting companies such as Philips or Osram have joined the LED industry. The biggest advantage of these companies is not the brightness technology of LED itself, but the integration and design capabilities of the lighting. Therefore, the decisive battle point of the LED industry should lie in lighting, not in the screen display, and thus the importance of providing assistance to the LED downstream application server is also seen.

With the change of the application field, it will naturally attract new competitors, but after over-subsidizing the investment, it will bring about the global LED industry oversupply disaster, but also led to the recent development of the LED industry. However, the LED industry is still a growing potential industry. Competitors will only be more or less, and they will only be stronger and weaker. How to respond to competition and even cooperation in the future is an important issue.

Qualitatively speaking, if the three aspects of technology, scope of application, and competitors' accession are still considered, the policy support that the authorities can provide includes: technically, continuing and strengthening the R&D activities of the assisting companies, and assisting the R&D alliance. In terms of application, it can assist LED industry to strengthen the integration with downstream applications, outdoor lighting demonstrations and subsidies, indoor lighting experiments, and the setting and implementation of environmental laws and regulations; in terms of international competition, the authorities can assist companies to strengthen international Industrial networks, including assisting companies or public associations in the discussion and setting of international standards, and urging important international companies to invest in Taiwan or set up research and development centers.

It is even more important to stress that after the industry is no longer just a foundry, it is the most important thing for after-sales maintenance and service capabilities. Therefore, since the LED is installed, it should be lighted. The most taboo is that it is broken and there is no maintenance plan and ability, because the lighting is not just decoration, but there are actual lighting function requirements. Therefore, the massive reinstallation of LED street lights by the authorities also provides a good opportunity for inspections, so that the public can directly evaluate the after-sales and sustainable service capabilities of Taiwanese companies, and then lay the foundation for the development of the brand.

Christmas is approaching, and 30,000 LED bulbs are hung on the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center in the United States. This saves nearly 2/3 of the electricity bill. Taiwan is an important area for LED decoration production. While waiting for the next LED street lights to hit the road, it is now possible to Led Light up Taiwan and let everyone have a beautiful and energy-saving holiday.