LEDinside:LED Chip Market Sees Oversupply as China Accounts for 47% of Global MOCVD Capacity

According to the latest 2015 Global LED Industry Supply and Demand Database Report by LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, capacity expansion efforts of Chinese LED chip manufacturers have resulted a supply glut with this year’s LED chip supply-demand ratio reaching 22%. LEDinside also estimates that the global MOCVD installed volume in 2015 will grow to 3,130 chambers, among which 1,473 are located in China and will account for 47% of this year’s global MOCVD capacity (MOCVD systems used in the calculation are of the K465i model).

 
Roger Chu, research director at LEDinside, pointed out that this year’s MOCVD capacity is equivalent to 72.31 million pieces of 2-inch LED wafers, representing a 14% increase in output volume over 2014. Chinese chip manufacturers such as San’an Opto and Changelight in particular are producing with the latest MOCVD systems in their newly built plants in Xiamen. Based on LEDinside’s projection, the monthly wafer capacity during the second half of 2015 will increase by as much as 500,000 pieces, creating a huge impact on the entire chip industry’s supply and demand situation.
 
Due to government support and fundraising in the stock market during recent years, Chinese LED chip manufacturers are able to expand their capacities to the point of creating a supply glut. Therefore, the strength of these enterprises cannot be judged by past records. San’an Opto, the largest Chinese LED chip manufacture, is a prime example. In the past few years, local governments in China have been providing San’an Opto subsidies that have made up 10~14% of the company’s annual revenues. Moreover, San’an Opto’s market value has been rising sharply since 2014, and this in turn has attracted more and bigger investments. In the overall competition, Chinese LED companies have fewer patents and smaller customer base than their global competitors, but they have significant strength as they are backed by a continuing stream of investments. Taiwanese LED companies by contrast have seen their market values falling followed by exodus of their talents and fundraising challenges. Consequently, they resort to layoffs and unpaid furloughs as means to reduce cash outflows.
 
 
As the oversupply situation remains unresolved, industry participants in the future will have to differentiate themselves by developing distinct products or niche applications in order to get around highly saturated and competitive markets. For this point on, their strategies will change from focusing on market scale and market share to generating stable profits to ensure sustainable development.
 
LEDinside Gold Member Report: LED Supply Chain Data Base
Backlight / Lighting / Automotive / Display / UV / IR
 
Chapter 1: Worldwide LED Market Forecast and Summary
  • Market Introduction and Overview
  • LED Supply Chain
  • WW High Brightness LED Market Forecast
(Revenue / Unit / Material Type / PKG)
 
Chapter 2: Worldwide LED Demand Forecast  (2015-2019)
(Revenue / Unit / ASP)
  • WW High Brightness LED for Mobile Application Forecast
  • WW High Brightness LED for Medium-Large Display Backlight Application
  • WW High Brightness LED for Lighting Application Forecast
  • WW High Brightness LED for Automotive Lighting Application Forecast
  • WW High Brightness LED for Signs and Traffic Signals Forecast
  • WW High Brightness LED for Medium-Large Display Backlight Application (By Quarterly)
 
Chapter 3: Worldwide LED Supply Forecast  (2015-2019)
  • Equipment Maker-- WW MOCVD Vendor's Revenue
  • Chip Maker--LED Chip Vendors' New MOCVD Installation Volume in GaN Base
  • Chip Maker--LED Chip Vendors' Accumulated MOCVD Installation Volume in GaN Base
  • Chip Maker--LED Chip Vendors' Epi Wafer Volume in GaN Base (Wafer Size)
  • Chip Maker--LED Chip Vendors' Epi Wafer Volume in GaN Base (Region)
  • Pkg Maker--WW LED Package  Revenue By Region
  • Pkg Maker--LED Package Vendors' Revenue Ranking
 
Chapter 4: Cost Analysis Compare to Traditional Light Source
  • LED Lamp Cost Structure-40W Replacement
  • LED Lamp Cost Structure-60W Replacement
  • 12W PAR30 Cost Structure
  • LED Tube Light Cost Structure- T8 Tube Light Replacement
 
Chapter 5: Price Forecast in White LED / LED Light Bulb
  • Sapphire Substrate Price Trend-2" / 4" / 6"
  • PSS Price Trend -2" / 4” / 6”
  • LED Chip Price Trend
  • LED Package Price Trend
  • 40W Equiv LED Light Bulbs Price (the US, the UK, Germany, Korea, Taiwan, China)
  • 60W Equiv LED Light Bulbs Price (the US, the UK, Germany, Korea, Taiwan, China)
  • European LED Light Bulb Market Strategy
  • US LED Light Bulb Market Strategy
  • Japanese LED Light Bulb Market Strategy
  • Korean LED Light Bulb Market Strategy
  • Chinese LED Light Bulb Market Strategy
  • Taiwanese LED Light Bulb Market Strategy
For further information please contact: 
Joanne Wu (Taipei)
joannewu@trendforce.com
+886-2-7702-6888 ext. 972
 
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