Global and China LCD Backlight Unit (BLU) Industry Report, 2011-2012

Oct. 14, 2012 - PRLog -- "Global and China LCD Backlight Unit (BLU) Industry Report, 2011-2012 covers the followings:

Introduction to LCD Backlight Unit
LCD Backlight Unit Market
LCD Panel Market
11 Major LCD Panel Players
12 Major LCD Backlight Unit Enterprises
4 Manufacturers of LED Chips for LCD-TV

In 2012, the LCD backlight unit market size approximated UR$15.5 billion, down 3.1% from US$16 billion (a YoY decline of 4.2% over 2010) in 2011. The continuous decline mainly resulted from the sharp fall in the price of LED chips, the key raw materials for backlight unit. Meanwhile, due to the insufficient demand for TVs, it is expected that in 2012, the global LCD-TV market size will be 216 million units, with a growth rate of merely 2.85%.

For backlight unit enterprises, the light guide plate (LGP) technology acts as the core. As backlight unit exerts great effect on the performance of LCD panel, LCD panel companies have all held or participated in backlight unit enterprises, which are usually supposed to have one client of the LCD panel, e.g. Heesung Electronics and New Optics are suppliers merely to LG Display; Hansol, DID, DSLCD and TAESAN supply Samsung alone. There are only three independent large-scale backlight unit enterprises worldwide, namely, Coretronic, Radiant and Kenmos.

In recent years, the share held by Korean enterprises has continued to decline with poorer ability to control cost and they need to purchase LGP from the Taiwanese counterparts with more advanced LGP technology. Taiwanese players like Radiant obtained 70% of the total revenue from Korea, but in 2008, this figure slumped to 34%.

For the backlight unit industry, the Open-cell and Hinge-Up which made their debut in 2011 are not only great opportunities but challenges. Hinge-Up chiefly caters to the ultra-thin Ultrabook, backlight unit enterprises need to place the front cover of Ultrabook and LCM into one module, i.e. Module In Backlight (MIB), and both LCM process and the front cover of Ultrabook should be completed. This is difficult for backlight unit manufacturers to do the job, and globally, only Radiant is competent for it, which secures its significant growth in revenue (more than 40% and 20% in 2011 and 2012, respectively) against the overall decline of the backlight unit industry.

Open-Cell can also be used in ultra-thin LCD-TVs and table PCs. For more thinness, backlight unit enterprises must conduct shipment via LCM, so as to be 1-2 mm thinner than traditional means. Enterprises capable to grow in 2012 all have been provided with LCM assembly capacity.

The LCD panel industry in Mainland China has seen rocket growth in 2012, accompanied by significant rise in shipments of CSOT and BOE G8.5 generation lines, but the supporting backlight units come from South Korean and Taiwanese enterprises, of which, CSOT mainly cooperates with Coretronic Corporation; and major suppliers of BOE include Japan-based Chatani, South Korea-based On-Nuri and Nanohitec.
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"1. Introduction to Backlight Unit
1.1 Structure of Backlight Unit
1.2 Light Guide Plate
1.3 Optical Film
1.4 Backlight Unit for Laptop Display Panel  
1.5 Backlight Unit for Computer Display Panel
1.6 Backlight Unit for TV Panel

2. LCD Market and Industry
2.1 LCD Panel Market
2.2 LCD-TV Market
2.3 LCD Market Situation
2.4 LCD Panel Industry
2.5 Chinese Large-sized TFT-LCD Industry
2.6 Market Share of Major LCD Panel Companies
2.7 Small- and Medium-sized Display Industry Scale
2.8 Small- and Medium-sized Panel Technology Status
2.9 Geographical Pattern of Small- and Medium-sized Display Industry
2.10 Small- and Medium-sized Display Enterprises Ranking

3. Backlight Unit Industry
3.1 BLU Market Size
3.2 Open-cell and Hinge-Up
3.3 Market Share of Major BLU Enterprises
3.4 Ranking of BLU Enterprises

4. Major LCD Panel Players
4.1 Japan Display
4.2 HannStar
4.3 CPT
4.4 AUO
4.5 Chimei Innolux
4.6 LG Display
4.7 SMD
4.8 BOE
4.9 CSOT
4.10 Samsung Display
4.11 Tianma Micro-electronics

5. Major Backlight Unit Enterprises
5.1 Forhouse
5.2 Heesung Electronics
5.3 Chi Lin Optoelectronics
5.4 New Optics
5.5 Kenmos Technology
5.6 Coretronic Corporation
5.7 Radiant Opto-Electronics
5.8 Hansol Technics
5.9 TAE SAN ELECTRONICS
5.10 DID
5.11 DSLCD
5.12 Forward Electronics

6. Manufacturers of LED Chips for LCD-TV
6.1 LG INNOTEK
6.2 Samsung LED
6.3 Lumens
6.4 Seoul Semiconductor
6.5 Unity Opto Technology"
TFT-LCD Panel Structure
Stamper Electroforming Process
Structure of Backlight Unit for Laptop Display Panel
Cost Structure of Backlight Unit for 13.3-Inch LED Laptop Display Panel
Structure of Backlight Unit for Computer Display Panel
Structure of Backlight Unit for 18.5-Inch LED Computer Display Panel
Structure of Backlight Unit for TV Panel
Cost Structure of Backlight Unit for 42-Inch LED TV Panel
Total Area of LCD Panel Shipment, 2009-2013
LCD Shipment, 2009-2013
LCD-TV Shipment Area, 2009-2013
Flat-Panel TV Shipment by Technology, 2007-2016
Monthly Revenue of Global Large-sized LCD Enterprises, Jul. 2011-Jul. 2012
LCD-TV Panel Price, Apr. 2010-Jun. 2012
Monthly Revenue of Global LCD-TV Panel, Jul. 2011-Jul. 2012
MNT Panel Price, Apr 2010-Jun 2012
Monthly Revenue of Global MNT Panel, Jul. 2011-Jul. 2012
Laptop Panel Price, Apr. 2010-Jun. 2012
Mobile PC Panel Revenue, Jul. 2011-Jul. 2012
Global TFT-LCD Capacity by Generation, 2000-2014
Revenue Breakdown of Global LCD Industry by Region, 2010-2014
Market Share of Major LCD Panel Enterprises, 2012
Main TFT-LCD Production Lines in China
Market Share of Major TV Panel Companies, 2008-2012
Market Share of Major MNT Panel Companies, 2008-2012
Market Share of Major Mobile PC Panel Companies, 2008-2012
Revenue and Growth Rate of Global Small- and Medium-sized Panel Industry, 2004-2012
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