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Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Genesis Photonics has announced cooperation with Japan-based Engineering to supply High Power Flashlight products for the latter to market in Japan, according to the companies.
Lighting accounts for around 20 percent of global electricity consumption. LED bulbs use 20 percent of the energy of a traditional incandescent bulb and can last up to 25,000 hours, making them attractive in the drive to cut emissions.
However, the technology is expensive, which could prevent a widespread market take-off for some years.
The two companies will soon introduce their 40 watt tubes for sale at 8,000 yen (US$87) and 60 watt bulbs at below 2,000 yen, the companies noted.
They will target corporations and local governments in Japan initially, and will also jointly develop markets outside of Japan, Genesis noted.
Japan is the leading market for LED lighting, with data from GfK Japan showing that sales of LED light bulbs accounted for 18% of the total light bulb sales at 4,000 home appliances retail stores in the country in April, up from 9% in January, Genesis said.
Genesis will expand its production capacity to 19 MOCVD sets for blue LED chips and 34 sets for green LED chips by the end of 2010, according to industry sources.
Genesis is actively expanding its business to large-size backlighting and general lighting in 2010. The sources expect green LED products will account for about 40% of its total revenues in 2010, while 45-50% will be from blue LED products and 10-15% from chips on wafers.
The light-emitting diode (LED) sector is growing fast, especially in niche markets such as the car industry, but LED bulbs will not be a mass consumer item for some time, developers and experts said on Tuesday.
Major manufacturers like Philips and Osram are launching consumer LED bulbs this year, or in 2011, but prices remain high.
Established lighting manufacturers could also make it difficult for others to break into the fledgling market, Whitehouse said.
