By half of the global LED lighting market demand, the mainland region's major chip manufacturers MOCVD machine utilization rebounded. Chip prices have stabilized this year, but with the capacity of each chip manufacturers to re-open the second half of the LED chip prices may be loose. Mainland areas still rely on long-term production capacity of invalid exit will contribute to the LED industry, the demand and supply balance. Research institutes said, LED lighting market rise this year, the upstream chip directly stimulating the rapid growth of market demand, the original main production Kanban application continent chip makers actively adjust the product strategy, improve lighting chip production. HC SemiTek and Silan Azure core business to LED billboards chip-based, are currently adjust production capacity in response to market demand for LED lighting chips, all new entrants MOCVD equipment for the production of lighting chips. Overall, in 2012 the market growth slowed since the signage, more competitive, profitable manufacturers difficulty, which is the chip manufacturers have LED lighting chips converting one of the reasons.LED chip factory in mainland leader Sanan Optoelectronics total 149 units MOCVD, now in volume production MOCVD machine has reached over 90%, capacity utilization is more than 8 percent. BDO Runda current machine reached 92 units, mass production MOCVD machine has reached 45 units, the number of holdings and production are among the mainland's second. HC SemiTek, Silan Azure tension due to equipment, machines already in full production. Other chip manufacturers equipment utilization also have some improvement.Machine utilization rebounded manufacturers continue to expand production also increased confidence, according to the professional bodies Statistics show that by the end of 2012 the number of mainland MOCVD machine has reached 1,013 units. Mainland China in 2013 the number of new MOCVD equipment will be more than 100 units or more.LED industry research shows that although the continent as a whole the number of MOCVD equipment may lead to overcapacity problem, but many manufacturers of equipment from the introduction to the present has not yet commenced, and many older machine models, performance and efficiency are far less than the new machines, If these invalid capacity out of the market after 2013, have a chance to make an early realization of market supply and demand balance.Epistar LED chip factory ex yesterday, although the corporate forecast Epistar have the opportunity to return to profitability in the second quarter, but the Taiwan stock market fell, and television to buy gas with variable, the market worried about the impact Epistar second half performance, making the ex- first day shares fell, appeared discount. Whistle fell 3.9 percent to close at 51.7 yuan.
