The LED industry gained a foothold for growth in the parts and materials industry after LED technology was applied to the TV backlight unit (BLU). The industry is now about to advance again with the development of the LED lighting, an end product industry. Accordingly, LED-related companies are in intense competition to cut costs, improve yield rate, and develop core technology to survive.
The ingot and substrate industry, the front-end in the LED supply chain, experienced soaring prices and oligopolistic market from the growth of the LED industry and a supply shortage in 2010. But revenues declined rapidly in 2011 when an LED industry slump caused prices to plunge and inventory to build up. According to this report, the LED ingot market is expected to recover after 2012 and increase to $324 million by 2015.
“LED Ingot and Substrate Industry Analysis and Forecast,” by Displaybank, recently acquired by IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS), analyzes overall status and outlook of the sapphire ingot industry through the analyses of manufacturing technology and processing of the sapphire ingot widely used as LED ingots; status of major ingot makers; trend of start-up companies; manufacturers’ capacities; and market price and demand forecasts.
This report will be of great help to the LED ingot and substrate makers; Epi—wafer and chip-related companies; package firms; companies interested in lighting and new businesses applying LED technology; and manufacturers in LED components and materials industry. In particular, this report is expected to provide the related companies with useful information as it contains in-depth analysis and forecasts of the 6-inch ingot market and price.
