It’s reported that Konka Group Co., Ltd., of Shenzhen, China, announces that it is to open its LED backlight design and production line in Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province, Eastern China in mid December 2008.
Established in May 1980, the Shenzhen company plans to spend three to five years building a complete LED industrial chain in China. The industrial chain is expected to produce LED related products with a value of more than CNY 10 billion per year.
It’s disclosed that the industrial chain will be composed of LED display,LED lighting, LED application, LED backlight for LCD TV, and sapphire substrate for LED. By now, Konka Group has reached a cooperative agreement with a LED sapphire substrate R&D team in a bid to boost its layout in the upstream sector of the LED industry. Moreover, it has set up a postdoctoral research station as well as two R&D teams special for the LED technology at its research institute.