PlayNitride plans to reduce microLED chip prices by 95% within 5 years

PlayNitride says that in order to meet mass production goals, microLED chip prices will have to be reduced drastically. The company aims to reduce the production cost of microLED chips by 95% within five years.

PlayNitride's CEO, Charles Li, says that the main challenge right now is to reduce the cost and size of microLED chips. In addition microLED makers will have to integrate the entire supply chain - from LED wafer production and process to transfer technology, backplane production and display module fabrication. Good technologies are available for all these steps, but integration is now key.

Charles also updates that the company aims to raise $50 million this year to accelerate both R&D and production capabilities.

PlayNitride is a leading microLED technology developer, with a long list of partners including Samsung, CSoT, TianMa, RiTDisplay, AUO and others.

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN EYEVIS AND UNILUMIN

20.01.2016 – LED displays: Strategic partnership between eyevis and Unilumin promotes development of high-quality indoor LED walls

eyevis and Unilumin, the Chinese manufacturer of LED displays, have announced their cooperation, fittingly in the forerun of ISE. “With our strategic partnership for development and distribution, we supplement eyevis’ vast expertise with Unilumins high-quality manufacturing of LED modules. This is a win-win situation for everyone, in particular though for our customers,” Hartmut Weinreich, eyevis’ product manager for LED solutions, comments on the new cooperation. The development departments of Unilumin and eyevis had already successfully worked closely together in the past.

SILICONCORE UNVEILS THREE NEW KEY TECHNOLOGIES

SiliconCore Technology (SCT), a leading innovator in LED displays, is proud to announce three new technologies that enhance the company’s pioneering Common Cathode architecture.

The first technology is a new SCL8080 LED driver chip, which culminates a 2.5 year development cycle. This new generation driver now powers 640 pixels per chip, a benchmark that represents a doubling in the scan rate, a four-fold increase in processing speed and a five-fold increase in pixel processing per driver.

The second key enhancement is a new Precision Current Pump (PCP). Each LED printed circuit board (PCB) can inherently possess small variations in impedance for each LED pixel, so this technology compensates for the variations — ensuring complete integrity in every light pulse from each pixel. The result is a dramatic improvement in low-brightness performance.

SILICONCORE DEMONSTRATES 0.95MM LED DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY AT ISE 2016

Common Cathode LED manufacturer SiliconCore will showcase the smallest LED pixel pitch display

yet — a 0.95mm prototype. At ISE 2016, this technology demonstration will be held at booth 10-

K110, from 9th - 12th February at the RAI in Amsterdam.

SiliconCore’s 0.95mm LED prototype brings the benefits of very fine pixel pitch displays to

applications requiring extremely close proximity viewing. The display features superb contrast ratio

and gray scale qualities, with the ability to achieve 2000 nits in brightness. 4K resolution is achieved

at 165” diagonal and optimum viewing can be experienced at less than one meter.

UHD small pixel pitch LED displays (P1.2 , P1.6, P1.9, P2.5, P3.9, P4.8) prices for December 2015 by Tier-1, Tier-2 and Tier-3 LED manufactures - UPDATED!

UPDATED!

In December 2015 the prices for the indoor small pixel pitch LED displays are fall drastically by 25-50%. Below we summarized the average prices for indoor small pixel pitch LED displays by top50 LED manafactures (Tier-1, Tier-2 and Tier-3).

1). Indoor small pixel pitch LED display prices from Tier-1 LED manufactures of high-end LED displays (like Leyard, Aoto, Unilumin, ROE, Silicon-Core, Barco, Planar, Christie, Mitsubishi, NEC, Daktronics, Tecnovision etc.):

P0.9 LED,         price: 80,000-100,000 USD/sqm, average price: 90,000 USD/sqm

P1.2-P1.29 LED, price: 45,000-65,000 USD/sqm, average price: 55,000 USD/sqm

P1.5-P1.59 LED, price: 30,000-45,000 USD/sqm, average price: 37,500 USD/sqm

P1.6-P1.69 LED, price: 25,000-40,000 USD/sqm, average price: 32,500 USD/sqm

P1.9-P2.0 LED,  price: 15,000-23,000 USD/sqm, average price: 19,000 USD/sqm

P2.5-P2.6 LED,  price:    8,000-12,000 USD/sqm, average price: 10,000 USD/sqm

P3-P3.125 LED,  price:    4,500-7,500 USD/sqm, average price:   6,000 USD/sqm

P3.5-LED,          price:    3,500-5,500 USD/sqm, average price:   4,500 USD/sqm

P3.8-P4 LED,     price:    2,500-4,300 USD/sqm, average price:   3,400 USD/sqm

P4.8-P5 LED,     price:    2,000-3,000 USD/sqm, average price:   2,500 USD/sqm

BAKO cut down prices for P2.5 LED cabinets

Bako annonced the cut down prices for their indoor LED display producs.

Now the indoor P2.5 mm LED display price is 1999 USD/sqm

Small pitch LED screen analytical development characteristics and marketing trends

If 2013 was the first year of the small pitch LED display, then 2014 will undoubtedly be a small outbreak of the pitch LED display: technology further evolution, and the number of product marketing, branding and sales doubled, becoming a small pitch LED display the main features of the outbreak of the screen! 

     Development stage small pitch LED display 

Narrow Pixel Pitch LEDs Showing its Powerful Punch in the Global Videowall Market and is predicted to own 31% of Videowall Value by 2019

Futuresource Consulting has continued its decade long study and released the fifth edition of the global videowall report which explores the adoption rates of technologies in the tiled display market. This report continues to build on its heritage tracking the established technologies of rear projection cube (RPC) and super narrow bezel (SNB) but focuses more keenly on the narrow pixel pitch LED (NPP LED) category which is gaining real traction and moving in to be a serious contender in this space.

From a macro perspective the report found that the videowall market reached 536,000 units in 2014, 19% growth on 2013 (RPC & SNB). This growth was driven by SNB, which grew at 22%. Futuresource Consulting also found that NPP LED stood out, with a rapidly changing competitive landscape and increasing momentum in verticals such as retail, public display and broadcast. Activity in the control room space, an important value niche, has largely been limited to China where State/Government projects have given it a strong foothold.

P1.9 HD display for China Unipay in Shanghai from QS-TECH

Small pixel product getting increasingly popular for indoor display solutions. QSTECH proudly present this P1.9 full color display to China unipay and installed in Shanghai successfully. 

 

Unilumin Upanel UHD LED Display Shines at Seattle KIRO Studio

Unilumin LED display lighted up another TV Studio again!! Because of Unillumin Upanels , Seattle KIRO Studio changed into a more professional and higher efficient broadcasting room. The traditional DLP video wall was replaced by Unilumin Upanel 1.5 LED video wall, creating a brilliant visual performance for audiences.

ANFLEDS reduced the prices for their high-end LED TVs

The ANFLEDs annonced new reduced prices for their high-end LED TVs:

A-series

Model A-218, price: 179,000 USD (old price was 315,000 USD)
218 inch, P2.5mm, resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels

Model A-162, price: 116,000 USD
162 inch, P2.5mm, resolution 1280 x 720 pixels

B-series

Model B-162, price: 166,000 USD
162 inch, P1.8mm, resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels

C-series

Model C-121, price: 250,000 USD
121 inch, P1.4mm, resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels

Model C-242, 4K model, price: negotiable (approx. 800,000-1,000,000 USD)
242 inch, P1.4mm, 4K, resolution 3840 x 2160 pixels

Leyard and Christie Curved LED Displays Upgrade TWC SportsNet’ Studio

Now celebrating its fourth season as the television home of the Los Angeles Lakers, Time Warner Cable SportsNet recently unveiled a refreshed studio home for such shows as #Lakeshow and Access SportsNet: Lakers.

The Leyard USA LED display follows the 3-degree arc of TWC SportsNet’s upgraded studio.

China LED Package Market Scale Forecast to Grow at a 5-year CAGR of 9% from 2014-2019, Says Firm

The scale of the China LED package market grew 19% year on year to US$8.6 billion in 2014. The growth of the China LED package market will slow down in the next few years as LED prices continue to fall. Its market scale is forecast to grow at a five-year CAGR of 9% from 2014 to 2019, when it will reach US$13 billion. The general lighting segment will be the main growth sector, whereas LED display and LED backlight segments will post slower growth and even decline in some periods, according to LEDinside.

Absen A2 is the LED Panel of Choice for Tøyen Metro Station

Rüsselsheim, Germany (10th August 2015) – As Absen Optoelectronic Co., Ltd. continues to strengthen its ever-expanding European presence in the high quality LED display market, the breath in application possibilities becomes increasingly apparent. One such recent example was the installation of an impactful LED video display in the Tøyen metro station (Oslo, Norway), a project successfully carried out by install specialists Clear Channel Norway (CNN).

Nationstar Net Profits Up 30% YoY during First Half of 2015

Chinese LED manufacturer Nationstar announced Tuesday the company revenue was up 24.65% Year-on-Year (YoY) to RMB 906 million (US $141.85 million), according to the company’s financial statement.

Operating profits climbed up 18.49% to RMB 82.06 million, net profits also increased 29.66% to RMB 83.57 million.

The company’s weighted average asset ratio peaked to 3.65%, while total company assets had increased 17.56% compared to earlier this year to RMB 4.32 billion as of June 30, 2015.

San'an Opto's LED Net Profit Reaches 1.04M During First Half of 2015

San’an Opto released its financial results for the first half of 2015 on August 18, 2015.

The company’s sales reached RMB 2.3 billion (US$350 million) with 5.26% growth year on year (YoY). The reported net income available to shareholders is RMB 904 million, reflecting a 35.76% YoY growth.

As shown in the report, LED revenue rose to RMB 2.14 billion with 5.26% YoY growth while Gross Margin rose to 44.41% with 7.3% YoY growth.

San’an Opto Most Profitable Among Survey of 14 Chinese LED Manufacturers

As of Aug. 21, 2015, 14 Chinese manufacturers have released their financial results for the first half of 2015. Some have become more profitable, while others have continued to incur heavy losses. LEDinside takes a closer look into these companies financial performance.

Most manufacturers debt ratio fall between 25% to 40%

Of the 14 manufacturers surveyed, 10 companies debt ratio fell in the 25% to 40% range. However, it could be noted that Silan Microelectronics and Yankong Lighting’s debt ratio increased, while Kennede Electronics (Kennede) and Linyang Electronics debt asset ratio was in the lower range.

However, there were a couple of exceptions. Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing (Dongshan Precision), reported the highest debt ratio of 62.57% during first half of 2015. Despite revenues and net profits climbing up to 27.43% and 143.51% respectively, the company debt continued to pile up. Other manufacturers in a similar situation included Unilumin and Lianchuang Optoelectronic Science and Technology (Lianchuang), which respectively respectively reported debt ratios exceeding 50% and 40%.

In comparison, Aoto Electronics and LEDman had the lowest debt ratio of 17.19% and 14.45% respectively.

A company’s debt ratio should not be too high or too low, and tends to vary across industries. However, manufacturers might be able to restore their debt ratio through their capital operations.

Huge differences in LED display gross margin, Auckson Opto delivers lowest performance

In general, LED lighting applications had the highest gross margins during the first half of 2015, and there were minor differences in gross margins. However, disparities in gross margins became evident in LED display market, where gross margin differences reached about 14% between the most profitable and least profitable companies. Unilumin gross margin reached 34.61%, but Auckson Opto’s gross margin was a mere 20.21%.

In the upstream LED chip market, San’an Opto claimed top spot with its LED gross margin of 44.41% for the first half of the year, up 7.30% compared to 2014.

Additionally, Guangdong Wuchuan Hongtai Sugarcane Chemical Equipment, which has a LED subsidiary, saw its gross margin fall to a mere 0.14%, while Dongshan Precision, Kennede, and Lianchuang’s gross margin was also in the lower point of 12.90%, 15.22% and 14.31% respectively.

Unilumin LED Profit YoY Growth of 140%

Recently, the mid-term report of listed LED display companies have been released .In the first half of 2015, Unilumin Group reached 625million RMB gross revenue, increased by 40.01% over the same period last year, and gross profit increased by 126.65% in the same period of time.

According to the report, Unilumin Group overseas sales profits increased by 57.50% over the same period last year; One of the most important reasons is the rapid increasing market share of “LED Super TV”. In the first half of 2015, “LED Super TV” contributes 26.88% of total profits, increased by 113.01% over the same period last year.

Taiwan, China to see LED Chip Sector Consolidation, Says Epistar President

Due to increasingly intense competition, Taiwan-based LED chip makers are expected to be consolidated into 1-2 makers and so will China-based fellow makers, according to president Jou Ming-jiunn for Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar.

In addition, only 5-6 LED chip makers will survive in the global market, Jou said.

While the LED backlighting market has reached saturation, demand for LED lighting is still growing, Jou said. But product prices have been falling, with LED light bulb pricing having dropped 40-50% so far in 2015, he indicated.

As international vendors are designing new LED lighting products for launch in March 2016, Epistar expects shipments of low- to mid-power LED chips and COB (chip on board) devices to significantly increase starting from December 2015 through February 2016, Jou said.

For LCD TV backlighting, Epistar expects demand for flip-chip LED devices based on CSP (chip-scale package) to increase in 2016, Jou noted.

Taiwanese LED Chip Manufacturers Revenue Decline 20% 1H15

Low demand in laptop and TV backlight worldwide and LED bulb price  wars led by major LED manufacturers, most Taiwanese LED manufacturers incurred revenue losses during first half of 2015.

Taiwanese LED components business , the total value of output of Taiwanese LED wafer and LED chips only reached NT$19.8 billion (US$ 607 million), reflecting 20% decline Year on Year (YoY) , according to Photonics Technology & Industry Development Association,. Meanwhile, the value of LED package output and LED module slightly declined to NT$44.9 billion. The revenue of top 10 LED chips Taiwanese manufacturers also dropped from NT$ 89 million profit to NT$ 1.1 billion loss.