Abstract
The HB LED market continued its slow growth phase in 2006. The market grew by
6% to $4.2 billion, primarily due to the continuing decline in the mobile
appliance market. Mobile appliance applications once accounted for nearly 60%
of the market but is now down to under 50% despite an increase in handset
shipments. Other applications have taken up some of the slack including solid
state lighting and automotive. On the production side, high-power (0.5W+) LEDs
were the fastest growing product line in 2006 with a growth rate of 43%. In
fact, the market without mobile appliances grew at an impressive 22% growth
rate for 2006 showing the willingness of the industry to seek out new
applications.
To understand this dynamic market and its driving forces, Strategies Unlimited
has completed this comprehensive report that looks at the demand side of the
high-brightness LED market. The report includes an applications analysis,
worldwide market review, five-year market forecast and a supplier market share
analysis. Now in its 8th edition, High-Brightness LED Market Review and
Forecast - 2007 is the most recent edition in a series of reports published on
the LED industry.