Mueller: ‘China currently accounts for 35% of the global general lighting market, which is expected to rise 45% by 2020.
GEORGE TOWN: Light-emitting diode (LED) product companies in the country are either expanding or manufacturing new LED test equipment and high brightness modules this year, as the global demand for LED is rising.
This is also in view of the gradual phasing out of incandescent lighting in Europe and China.
Osram Opto Semiconductors (M) Sdn Bhd has been expanding its LED chip production plant in Bayan Lepas, Penang, while local public-listed LED companies such as Globetronics Technology Bhd, Elsoft Research Bhd, and MMS Ventures Bhd were producing a new range of high brightness LED modules, LED test equipment for high voltage LEDs, and multi-functional LED test equipment this year.