General Electric settles in Dongying to build the world's largest LED base

Global LED lighting market $9 billion temptation and more than 2 thousand companies melee, let GE (GE) to speed up the layout in China. In August 30th, GE and Dongying Tektronix Photoelectric Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Tektronix) formally signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Dongying to build the country and even the world's largest LED lighting production base.

The cooperation, it is not only the world's top 500 ranked in the top eleventh GE, as well as China's home appliance industry aircraft carrier Haier group. "Last year, my left hand on the most famous domestic enterprises Haier group, in order to enhance the management, sharing the channel; today, my right hand to hold the world famous GE lighting company, in order to enhance R & D capability and brand influence, become the trailbreaker hundred enterprises to enter the field of LED. GE lighting + Tektronix + Haier, which is an exciting combination. "On the day of the signing ceremony, with Tektronix Tuopu chairman Chou Zhiyong said.

So this just open cooperation has been hoping for "epoch-making significance of cooperation in the LED industry".

Left hand Haier, right hand GE

It is understood that, as a diversified technology, media and financial services giant, GE partner selection is extremely critical, any of its investment projects, must become the world's top three. Haier group is also extremely careful selection of cooperation projects, there is no profit prospects and expand the space of the project simply can not enter their line of sight. With GE settled in Dongying, Tektronix from the country's more than 2 thousand LED private enterprises surfaced.

It is understood, founded in September 2007, Tektronix Tuopu is a high-tech enterprise of private capital and the domestic and foreign technology combination, mainly engaged in LED packaging and application products and solar cell chip and the development of energy-saving lamps and related optoelectronic products, light mechanical and electrical integration. The technical support from one of the world's two largest lighting manufacturers in Germany OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, although late, but in the history of the development of just 3 years, Tektronix Tuopu the achievements of envy: in 2008, the successful completion of the Beijing Olympic Games venues - Qingdao landscape lighting project; in 2009, the completion of the Ji'nan games home court museum lighting engineering the success of this year; to undertake and complete the lighting, lighting and full-color display in 2010 Shanghai World Expo Museum of Shandong (Lu Bansuo) project, Shanghai and World Expo Italy Museum, Pakistan Museum of lighting and color display engineering.

In May last year, Tektronix and Haier group formed a strategic partner, the use of OEM mode to jointly build LED energy-saving lighting brand, and Haier's overall image to participate in market competition. By the end of last year, Haier Tektronix LED street lights were installed on the Central Avenue in Havana, Cuba, which is the first time China's LED Street products exported to foreign brands.

It can be said, Tektronix in the LED lighting companies everywhere, has become a veritable invisible champion". According to the plan, the company wants to invest 1 billion yuan to build the country's leading enterprises in the LED industry, will be listed on the gem in 2011, is currently in the preparation and counseling period.

GE want to enter the Chinese LED lighting industry, Tektronix is undoubtedly the best choice. December 11, 2009, Dongying mayor Zhang Jianhua and chairman of the board of directors of Haier in-depth talks and reached an agreement to build Dongying into China and even the world's largest LED production base. The entry of GE lighting will speed up the realization of this goal. Chou Zhiyong said.

Lock the next 10 years

It is understood that GE will cooperate with Tektronix in the market, research and development, joint ventures and other aspects of cooperation. "The next 10-15 years will be a period of major changes in the lighting industry. "GE consumer and Industrial Products Group Asia Pacific president Jim Fisher (Jin Feixiang) said," LED and OLED technology for its excellence in energy conservation and environmental protection, and fit with GE's commitment in the 'Ecomagination', will become an important direction of our future development. "

Like GE, more and more international giants have great potential for LED lighting market. Last November, four of the world's largest LED chip giant CREE in Guangdong, Huizhou invested 2 billion yuan to set up a chip production base, the production line is expected in December this year started mass production, then, the production capacity will reach 1 million 500 thousand; its $167 million investment plan this year in most of the Chinese. In March this year, Hongkong new Henderson International (Group) Co., Ltd. invested 18 billion yuan in Jiaozhou to build semiconductor lighting display industry base, plans to use about 5 years to build the country's largest LED industry base.

Their confidence stems from the attitude of the Chinese government and the huge market potential of LED lighting products. According to market research firm iSuppli and Strategies's recent survey report shows that in 2011 the total market value of the LED industry will reach $9 billion.

Terminal breakout

However, China's LED industry in the face of broad prospects and opportunities, but also encountered technical bottlenecks. Tektronix Tuopu planning department director Yan Fei told the Economic Herald reporter, at present, in the Chinese LED industry, foreign enterprises to master the upper most of the profits, China enterprises unable to compete, 90% domestic LED enterprises in the terminal can only fight the most meager profits.

Statistics show that by the end of 2009, although only the Pearl River Delta region, there are more than 1 thousand and 300 companies engaged in the middle and lower reaches of the LED business, but the same period in China with LED chip production capacity of only 62 companies. According to the Guangdong Provincial Intellectual Property Office and the Guangdong Provincial Information Industry Department jointly issued in 2009, LED industry patent situation analysis report, China 62