According to statistics, in 2015 the world's general lighting output reached 82 billion US dollars (excluding automotive and other special lighting), including LED lighting output value of about 25.6 billion US dollars, the overall LED lighting market penetration has reached 31%. However, because of the rising penetration of LED lighting, coupled with intense competition in the LED lighting industry, leading international companies have abandoned the original business has been a century of lighting business, and actively embark on the road to transformation.
As early as April 1, 2015, Philips LED components business group Lumileds and automatic lighting business group independent spin-off, and then focus on high-profit health applications; in May this year, Philips announced its spin-off lighting equipment sector Philips Lighting in Beijing held 2016 media conference, released lighting strategic planning, a clear direction for the next major development direction in the smart Internet.
Osram in July this year, the formal sale of spin-off assets LEDVANCE to strategic investors led IDG Capital, Merrill Lynch and the obligation of state-owned capital operation center and other limited partners of the Chinese consortium. The future will focus on three core business: special lighting (SP), lighting systems and solutions (LSS), photoelectric semiconductor (OS) growth and innovation.
Cree announced in July 2016 to 850 million US dollars to sell WolfspeedPower & RF sector to the German manufacturer Infineon, Cree Chairman and CEO ChuckSwoboda said, Wolfspeed sold to Infineon to Career quickly become a more focused on LED lighting Of the enterprises, in order to accelerate the growth of Career provides an important resource.
