OLED Lighting Is Receiving a Lot of Attention in Europe, America, Japan

OLED lighting is receiving a lot of attention in Europe, America, Japan and industries there are actively involved in R&D work for the next-generation lighting technology. Industry sources predict that in 2015 OLED lighting and LED lighting will be butting heads for competition in the market due to advances in OLED energy efficient lighting as well as improvements in reducing carbon emissions as much as LED lighting. The advantages of OLED lighting include no mercury and UV, and it does not have overheating problems like LED lighting. Manufacturers from all over the world such as Sharp, Toshiba, Mitsubishi Electric, Osram, NEC-Lighting, Panasonic, and Hitachi-Lighting began promoting OLED lamps in 2009 at competitive prices, causing OLED lighting to become an important development for the next wave of lighting. More OLED lighting products are expected to come out in 2012. Sumitomo Chemical has commercialized OLED products in March and will launch OLED panels for high-class interior decor in April. In addition, firms such as Konica Minolta, Panasonic, and Mitsubishi Chemical are making efforts to commercialize OLED lighting. The Photonics Industry and Technology Development Association (PIDA) said that Sumitomo Chemical has begun promoting their OLED products to factories and residential design firms via exhibitions. Consumers can expect to see about panels in 60 different kinds of light color that are 10x15cm from Sumitomo. OLED lighting is self-luminous, has high energy efficiency, and generates less heat. It is good for lighting fixtures that may be only a few centimeters thin as well as for placement on walls or ceilings. However, OLED production costs at this stage are still high and give off luminosity that is half as bright as fluorescent bulbs. These are issues the industry still has to overcome. In addition, the International Energy Agency (IEA) met in March to discuss the international standardization for LED lighting and hope to use information from countries all over world to reach a consensus before June 2013. At present, the Japan Industrial Standard (JIS) is referred to as the standard of quality of countries selling LED lighting products. If the JIS's standardization can be implemented as the standard for LED lighting and obtain certification from Energystar in the United States, consumers will be free to purchase goods that have either domestic or international certification. An LED energy saving project being developed by IEA, called the IEA-4E SSL Annex, is committed to high quality LED lighting. Looking at the current trend of market development, energy efficiency is an important aspect in the LED industry that is allowing it to take over the traditional lighting market. Thus, OLED is expected to become increasingly popular due to the rapid decline of LED lighting prices coupled with the support of governments around the world. By using the scale of the LED component industry in regions all over the world in 2011, PIDA said the LED component industry ranks first in Taiwan. Moreover, Taiwan's industrial division of labor is developed, such as its upstream LED wafers and chip manufacturers. Taiwan's industries also meet the needs of LED packaging and module manufacturers and can also cut into the OEM sales of manufacturers in Japan, South Korea, and China. More so, Taiwan's LED packaging and modules also have the opportunity to enter the same industry and utilize manufacturers' supply chains. Source: www.digitimes.com