Taiwan's LED Lighting Makers Expect Brisk Sales for 2012

Taipei, Feb. 24, 2012 (CENS)--Delta Electronics Inc., AcBel Polytech Inc., Phihong Technology Co., and Leader Electronics Inc., Taiwan's major power-supply makers branching out into LED lighting manufacturing, estimate sales of their LED lamps to grow at am exponential rate this year.

They base the bright growth forecast mostly on the implementation of bans on incandescent bulb consumption beginning this year in many advanced economies, mainland China's new round of subsidization on LED lighting estimated to begin this year, and LED replacements for 40W incandescent bulbs dropping below US$10 in retail price in South Korea.

LED lighting has become a new revenue source for Taiwan's power-supply makers as the lamps operate on power converters and transformers, which are crucial devices in power supplies.

Delta supplies LED lighting fixtures and power components for the fixtures. The company has won many contracts to supply LED streetlights in Taiwan and mainland China. Its LED light bulbs are now available in Europe and Japan. The company estimates its revenue from LED lighting sales to double to US$50 million this year from last year.

AcBel has also won contracts to supply LED streetlights for uses in several of the mainland's LED-streetlight demonstration projects. In addition, it has landed contracts to supply Japanese retailers LED light bulbs.