Taiwan's Display Panel Makers Pan for Gold in LED Lighting Sector
2011/01/24 | By Ken LiuTaipei, Jan. 24, 2011 (CENS)--While Wintek Corp. plans to tap Taiwan's market for LED (light emitting diode) lighting this year, Jeng Shiang Precision Ind. Co., Ltd and ArmTRAN Technology Co., Ltd. have worked out plans to deliver their LED lighting fixtures overseas.
The three manufacturers have recently branched out into LED lighting from the liquid-crystal display (LCD) sector, in which Wintek specializes in touch screen, Jeng Shiang in light guide plate for the panel and ArmTRAN in LCD monitor.
Wintek has set up an LED-lighting business division with a team of 20-30 specialists. The division began shipping the lamps in the second half of 2010, having made them available at Walmart in Germany.
Wintek's LED product lineup now is mainly composed of light bulbs, T5 light tubes, T8 light tubes, and MR16 lamps. The company will add downlights and desk lamps to its LED product collection in May.
Wintek executives pointed out that each of the company's T8 light tubes uses only eight high-power LEDs to compete with the average 300 LEDs installed in the tubes supplied by the company's competitors. They ascribe the brilliant efficiency of the company's tubes mostly to the backlight technology the company adds to the tubes.
The company estimated LED lighting to begin bringing in the *company significant revenue in two to three years.
Jeng Shiang has reengineered its light guide plates originally used in backlights, making them suitable for LED lighting fixtures. The company's executives said the plates allow the lights to produce soft illumination. It has begun shipping desk lamps designed with European flavor.
The company's executives noted that the company's LED-lighting shipments would rise when specifications of LED lighting come to standardization.
ArmTRAN will make most of its established distribution channels for LCD panels to promote its own-brand LED bulbs at a competitive price range of US$10 to US$15. Currently, the bulbs sell for US$30-50 apiece, on average.