Global LED manufacturing equipment spending 36% surge in 2011, it is expected in 2012 will decline 18%. The agency said that in 2012 the global LED will reach monthly capacity of 2 million wafers (calculated in 4-inch wafers), representing a 27% increase in 2011.
MOCVD market after several years of rapid expansion, expected 2012 sales of 40% will be greatly reduced, thereby allowing the overall LED equipment spending the first decline in five years. In addition, non-MOCVD equipment expenditures (particularly lithography, etching, testing and packaging equipment) will rise in 2012, mainly due to production line manufacturers began to improve efficiency and improve product design.
Although the 2011 high-brightness LED solid state lighting market demand continued to rise, but for LCD TV backlight HB-LED (40% of the total application market) growth is as expected. According to industry estimates, by 2020 global sales of used solid-state LED lighting from the current $ 2.5 billion to over $ 30 billion big.
The agency predicted that mainland China’s LED 2012 equipment spending will reach $ 719 million, ranking the highest in all regions; secondly Taiwan (3.21 million), Japan (3.00 million) and South Korea (2.60 million). 2012, Taiwan’s LED production capacity accounted for 25% of the world, followed by the mainland (22%). In the new plant, the 2012 global total of 29 new LED plant, expected by 2012 there will be another 16 new plants on line.