Germany increases focus on infrastructure, LED lighting

Germany is calling for increased foreign investment in LED installations. The country's LED lighting sector is expanding rapidly, with an expected double-digit annual growth through 2018 according to Frost & Sullivan, a market research company. The firm also anticipates the Solar chargers for Iphone industry in Germany to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 27% between 2008 and 2018. Solid-state lighting (SSL) companies are well positioned for the next growth phase within the lighting industry, say Germany Trade & Invest experts, who are attending year's LED/OLED Expo in South Korea. The Expo opened today and runs through Friday."The energy revolution in Germany is enabling many infrastructural upgrades. Several German cities have already begun testing LEDs in street lamps and in buildings," stated

Jonathan Schoo, electronics and microtechnology expert at Germany Trade & Invest in Berlin. "The German automobile industry is also exploring the advantages of LEDs, which could draw in valuable investments," added Schoo.
"There is a call for foreign investment to support increasing LED installations. Germany provides an excellent infrastructure and a skilled workforce for international companies interested in taking advantage of the recent energy shift in the country," said Schoo.Germany Trade & Invest is the foreign trade and inward investment promotion agency of the Federal Republic of Germany. The organization advises foreign companies looking to expand their business activities in the German market. It further provides information on foreign trade to German companies that seek to enter foreign markets.
They pointed out that although Lextar offers integrated manufacturing service ranging from chips and packages to modules and lighting fixtures, Lite-On is Taiwan's first LED maker starting operation around 30 years ago and has maintained close ties with international contract buyers.In this deal, Philips contracts Lite-On to supply LED packages and modules, Epistar Inc. to supply chips and some mainland Chinese manufacturers to supply light fittings. Industry executives pointed out that this is a huge order that Lite-On has won from international big name company since it entered into alliance with Epistar and mainland Chinese lighting fixture makers.Lite-On executives said the company's revenue for the second quarter would surge to double that of the same quarter last year largely thanks to brisk demands from contact buyers and smooth output at the company since beginning of the quarter.