becoming an all-around lighting company

The automated lines are jointly developed by automation-equipment suppliers, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Epistar and Nan Ya. It’s considered to be Shenzhen’s first for LED light bulb production, and is projected to turn out a total of 400,000-500,000 bulbs a month at full capacity.According to Nan Ya President B.J. Wu, at present, 7W LED replacements for incandescent bulbs are retailed above NT$400. And   the automated production lines will carry out the company’s goal of bringing down retail prices of its 7W bulbs to below US$10 per unit by the end of 2012.Nan Ya Chairman W.C. Wang, the former chairman from Formosa Petrochemical Corp., said the group decided to branch out into the LED sector on account of the outstanding energy-saving performance and zero mercury of the lamps.

The production line is scheduled to mass production in June, and Nan Ya Photonics will market the product with own brand.According to Wang Wen-chao, chairman of Nan Ya Photonics, LED market is going to take off and Shenzhen boasts complete LED industrial chain, covering epitaxy, die, assembly, and module.FPG has been dedicated in developing LED products for many years, via the strategy of cross-field integration and cooperation with the ITRI. And by cross-field integration, the company has set up a vertically integrated supply chain for LED lighting. Despite LED has very high penetration rate in LCD TV , its penetration rate in LED lighting is still very low, promising huge market potential.Currently, FPG has prepared sufficient land and capital for the development of LED lighting. Additionally, Nan Ya Photonics will require all of its supporting factories to pass UL certification to bolster its brand.

Furthermore, FPG has possessed the mass-production technology for 7-watt and 10-watt LED bulbs, lighting tube, and cabinet lighting. Nan Ya Photonics will cooperate with interior-lighting design companies, aiming at rolling out custom LED lighting products and becoming an all-around lighting company.While the TILS exhibitors are ready to feast visitors’ eyes on the results of painstaking research and development (R&D) programs besides technological breakthroughs, a series of exciting events will be available off the exhibition venue. Among others, Shenzhen is expected to further attract delegations from international lighting associations as both the Global Lighting Association (GLA) and CIE-Shenzhen are holding their 2012 annual meetings in the country for the first time. Listed below are events coinciding with TILS this year: