gross margin in lighting business

In backlight market, apart from the holiday factor in May in China, Q2 sales were also boosted by surging demands from mobile and tablet markets. Not only the sales revenue but also the product development achieved a positive xx in this quarter. Lextar’s side-view LED package was consigned by first tier Japanese brand to its latest smart phone display, for its high efficiency of 155 lm/W and high brightness to reduce the LED number by 15%, therefore to meet the energy efficiency requirement of mobile devices.

For lighting market, sales were fueled by high-end product demand from Japan, steady sales of panel lights in Europe, and increasing demands for COB and high power LED package in China. Despite of the impact by the price erosion in retrofit lighting segment, Lextar maintained its stable presence in lighting market with value added products including high efficiency tubes as well as luminaire and LED lighting component lineup, to keep both revenue and gross margin in lighting business.


Osram achieved a good performance in a challenging macroeconomic environment in the third quarter of fiscal 2013. Revenue rose 2% year over year on a comparable basis – excluding portfolio and currency effects – to almost €1.3 billion. Earnings before interest, taxes and amortization amounted to €22 million. The figure includes expenses from special items of €72 million, particularly transformation costs. The adjusted EBITA margin was 7.4% versus 5.8% in the prior-year period, reflecting positive effects of the company reorganization that has been underway since 2012 and which is well on track.