All the provinces in the U.S. and Canada, such as San Diego, Seattle, Los Angeles gradually in the second half of 2012 have LED street lamp replacement program launch, major companies such as local Lighting, Cree, GE Cooper Lighting also announced a new product line to meet different application requirements. Europe also riches let international manufacturers, Philip CityTouch, let users through the management interface is easier to monitor all of the lighting system of the whole city. CityTouch can also through the real time status report every lighting maintenance condition monitoring management. So far, CityTouch has been widely used by large European lighting operators.
Buck the global LED lighting market growth in 2012, the China new street light volume accounted for thirty percent of the world. Subsidies from the government still is the main driver of growth, especially in the export of weak situation, more and more enterprises of China's public lighting energy saving reconstruction project. Because the competition is fierce, making the full year 2012 LED prices down further, shipments has focused on the scale advantage of the enterprise, but there is also a new manufacturer to have them cut into the market. LEDinside estimates, 2013, as fiscal subsidy standard case into installed, guangdong new installed capacity is expected to exceed 300000 units this year, LED outdoor lighting of the fastest growing regional market.
Taiwan energy released by the nt $2 billion to install LED street lamp energy saving project plan, expand the replacement is expected in 2013 ~ 2014 and 250000 LED street light. The LED street lamp tender review take good standard, which is beneficial to use Taiwan chip, LED components, power supply, the radiator of the auction, LEDinside thinks, market price competition is intense, although the case vendor bid in the low price, but after add maintenance and warranty cost, bidder can not have too much profit, but it can bring revenue contribution. Therefore the bidder to bid as the light, light, Lin in industry such as electronics, Hershey will become the main benefit from the manufacturer.
