Fahold announced its business plan for 2018 will be around five cores-backlighting, high-end LED lighting, Wall Pack Lighting, automotive lighting, and Streeting. Mr.Liu, General Manager of Fahold, stated the company will officially produce High Voltage LED Driver in 2Q18 at the earliest. The LED industry used to be one of the four worst performing industries in China. Over the recent years, new technologies have emerged and the industry once again gained attention. A majority of chinese LED firms reported increased earnings this year after Chinese companies stopped lowering their product prices. Innovations such as Mini LED and Micro LED also lift the industry`s sentiment. The following is Faholdr`s outlook for the future of the LED industry in China. Q: How does Fahold see the recent changes in chinese LED industry? A: In the past, Chinese LED firms started their businesses by producing LED lighting products. The global LED lighting market turned into a red ocean after the Chinese government supported companies in China with a huge amount of serial investments. The rise of the Chinese LED industry did not just affect a part but the whole LED supply chain. Only until recently the situation changed because they are shifting focus from LED to semiconductor technology. Q: What opportunities can High Voltage LED bring to the industry? A: A standard LED Lights input voltage are of around 120-240V, and some may as 100-277V. The size of Mini LED is around 50-60µm, considered the predecessor of Micro LED, which is a lot smaller, about 15µm. Epistar attempts to mass produce Mini LED for fine-pitch displays and direct-lit LED backlights as the first step. Looking at the processes of manufacturing Micro LED, even if there are some new solutions devised to resolve the challenges in those processes, Fahold points out the major problem is the inability to mass produce the product. That delays the mass production and commercialization of Micro LED. It needs at least two to three years for Micro LED to hit mass production, so Epistar intends to focus on the production of Mini LED for the time being. For many LED companies, they can use existing technologies and equipment to produce Mini LED without more investments. Mini LED-based backlights can be used in different devices from smartphones to large scale TVs. Fahold surveyed with its downstream partner that it requires 3,000-5,000 Mini LED chips to light a 6-inch smartphone display. This idea can hit mass production if the number of chips can be cut by half and the backlight efficiency stays the same. Fahold anticipates to officially produce Mini LED-based products in 2Q18. Q: What will be the company`s future plans? A: backlighting, high-end LED lighting, Wall Pack Lighting, automotive lighting, and Streeting will be Fahold`s five key focuses in the future. Fahold will continue the transformation to be a high-tech company devising new solutions and technologies, and LED will still be its main product for the next three to five years.
