China's lighting industry is facing new changes

China's lighting industry started from the early 1980s, and after 30 years of rapid, steady, sustained development, from the initial small industry with a total production value of less than 10 billion yuan, to 2011, the annual gross production value reached 350 billion yuan. industry. In the meantime, even if China's economy has undergone cyclical adjustments, the Chinese lighting industry has basically maintained a double-digit growth momentum.

Recently, Dou Linping, Secretary-General of the China Illuminating Institute, analyzed the changes in China's lighting industry structure at the semiconductor lighting market summit forum. He said that in the process of industrial development that has passed, there have been three significant changes in the pattern of the lighting industry due to changes in the external environment. Each change in the industrial structure has affected the survival status of lighting companies. At present, due to the development of LED lighting, China's lighting industry is once again facing a critical period of significant changes in the industrial structure.

Three changes in the pattern of lighting industry

Marketization gave birth to the development of private enterprises. The lighting industry, especially the lighting industry, has the characteristics of less investment, quick results, and strong individual product characteristics. In the mid-1980s, when China transformed from a planned economy to a market economy, it attracted a large amount of private capital into the lighting industry within a short period of time. The number of enterprises has increased rapidly. In this process, the state-owned lighting companies that previously dominated the lighting industry gradually withdrew. By the late 1990s, the Chinese lighting industry was mainly based on private enterprises, and there were few state-owned enterprises.

Increased market competition has led to corporate consolidation. The rapid increase in the number of enterprises has aggravated market competition. In order to ensure the competitiveness of the market, enterprises have increased investment, expanded the scale of enterprises, and integrated upstream and downstream resources in an effort to minimize production costs. For example, light source companies adopt mechanization to expand production capacity, lighting companies integrate ballast industry and so on. During this period, many light source companies and ballast manufacturers shut down, stop, merge, and transfer.

Changes in the end market demand have changed the market position of light source companies and lighting companies. The improvement of living standards has changed consumer demand for lighting products. Consumers' understanding of the brand has changed, which has led to a change in the market position of lighting companies and further promoted the integration of upstream and downstream resources in the lighting industry. Many light source companies have developed downstream and started to produce light fixtures. The light fixture companies have developed upwards and involved light source production. The "chicken and egg" debate in the lighting field in the early 1980s did not end.

LED lighting development will change the lighting industry

The development of LED lighting is known as a revolution in the lighting industry, and its development will certainly have a major impact on the pattern of the lighting industry. Then how will LED emergence change the pattern of the lighting industry? Dou Linping pointed out that it is mainly reflected in the following three aspects:

Lighting industry. The lighting industry is composed of light sources, electrical appliances, lamps, materials, lamp holders, etc. These components are individually composed in traditional lighting. The future LED lighting products will be designed and manufactured according to the LED's light emitting characteristics and characteristics. Its performance is different from that of traditional lighting products. The industrial structure will undergo a very big change, and light source companies and lighting companies will be integrated.

standard system. China Lighting's standard system is in line with international standards. It implements the IEC standard system and is IEC TC34. It is divided into TC34A, TC34B, TC34C, and TC34D according to components, corresponding to light sources, lamp holders, accessories, and lamps. The future changes with the industrial structure. The existing standard system will also change.

Products and markets. LED lighting products have the characteristics of small size, high luminous efficiency, long life, easy control, and many changes. The development space in the lighting field is huge, but the current LED lighting products do not play the characteristics of LED, the basic is the traditional lighting products Reprint. Future products should fully utilize LED's easy-to-control features. LED lighting is an electronic product. Its design, manufacture, and application will be very different from the original lighting products. Products will rely on functionality, fashion, and differentiation to win. The market will make great changes through the close cooperation between companies and distributors and the strengthening of services. Product manufacturing and marketing will all undergo major changes.

Dou Linping suggested that despite the energy saving and environmental protection background, LED lighting has triggered a change, but opportunities and risks coexist, and companies should learn to protect themselves.