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Follow on Google News |  1400 new epi-reactors in the 2010-2012 period - Status of the LED Industry Report“The packaged LED market is experiencing tremendous growth with an expected CAGR of 28.2% between 2009 and 2015…”
Yole Développement and EPIC will highlight their recent analyses on LED industry, markets and technologies during the market briefing “Discover the New Market & Technological Trends in the LEDs World” at forumLED Europe, on December 8, Lyons, France. The 3 cycles toward $30b: mobile displays, LCD TV and General Lighting The initial growth cycle driven by small display applications is essentially complete and the LED industry growth is now driven by backlighting for large LCD display applications. This segment will mature by 2015 but by then, the third growth cycle driven by general lighting applications will have kicked in, therefore limiting the risk of any significant and industry-wide downcycle in the period. In our base scenario, packaged LED revenues will reach $8.9b in 2010 and grow to $25.7b in 2015 and approach $30b in 2020. Growth will be driven by large LCD backlight applications through 2013-2014. In terms of volume, LED die surface will increase from 6.3b mm2 to 51b mm2 in 2015, a 41.6% CAGR. This will drive substrate volumes to growth from 12.7M x two-inch-equivalent (TIE) in 2009 to 84.4M TIE in 2015, a 37.1% CAGR (smaller than the die surface increase due to significant expected manufacturing yield improvements) General lighting: a question of replacement cycle… The adoption of LEDs for general lighting applications is strongly dependent on technology and manufacturing improvements and standards needed to drive the cost of LED solutions to a trigger point where massive adoption can start. The exact trigger point varies per application, and will depend on intelligent design and marketing to connect LED technology with consumer demand. As a result, LED will progress into the market from niche to niche and progressively spread into all application segments. Ultimately, the long lifetime of solid state lighting technology will completely transform the business model of the lighting sector by dramatically increasing the length of the replacement cycles. For consumers, the initial large exposure to LED for general lighting applications will come in the form of LED bulb replacement that can be used in existing sockets. As the initial perception of the technology by consumers will come from this first exposure to bulb replacement, their quality and performance will be critical to the future of the industry. Standards and regulations are therefore needed to ensure simplicity of operation and a reasonable level of quality. Dedicated LED modules and luminaires will come in a second wave and deliver the full benefit of the technology. Additional standardization effort is however needed to ensure a minimum level of upgradability and interoperability. Growth in general lighting applications will be enabled by significant technology and manufacturing efficiency improvements that will allow the cost per lumen of packaged LED to be reduced 10-fold between 2010 and 2020: • Economy of scale • LED efficiency improvement, including at high power (droop effect) • Improved phosphors • Improved packaging technologies • Significant improvements in LED epitaxy cost of ownership through yield and throughput. Organic LEDs (OLEDs) are already widely commercialized for active displays, while for lighting OLEDs are still in their infancy. EPIC and Yole Développement expect AMOLED to capture a significant portion of the small-display market by 2015 and to start penetrating the large-display market by 2016. For the general lighting market, massive investment and significant technology developments are required. Both partners expect the technology to start being offered to consumers in large volumes in 2016. 1400 new epi-reactors in the 2010-2012 period The equipment market will experience a dramatic growth cycle with demand driving the installation of close to 1400 reactors in the 2010-2012 period. Anticipation of future demand and generous subsidies in China will trigger the installation of another 700-1000 reactors in the same period, leading to a short period of oversupply starting in late 2011. However, since this extra capacity will be mostly in hand of newcomers with little LED manufacturing experience, oversupply will mostly affect the low end of the market. “There are already more than 60 companies involved in the epitaxy of GaN-based LEDs. This number will keep increasing in the next couple years, but we expect a significant amount of consolidation starting 2013 as many companies will not have reached the critical mass and technology necessary to survive and will disappear or be absorbed by larger players.”, explains Dr Philippe Roussel, Senior Project Manager at Yole Développement. LED manufacturing will be dominated by Asian countries, with already 90% of the epitaxy capacity located in Taiwan, Korea, China and Japan. # # # Beginning in 1998 with Yole Développement, we have grown to become a group of companies providing market research, technology analysis, strategy consulting, media in addition to finance services. With a solid focus on emerging applications using silicon and/or micro manufacturing Yole Développement group has expanded to include more than 40 associates worldwide covering MEMS and microfluidics, Advanced Packaging, Compound Semiconductors, Power Electronics, LED, and Photovoltaic. The group supports companies, investors and R&D organizations worldwide to help them understand markets and follow technology trends to develop their business. End
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