& ldquo; Chaos, Transformation, Survival, and Development; It is still the keyword of the LED lighting industry in 2014, and it is particularly prominent in Foshan, a key town of the lighting industry in southern China.
As one of the largest production bases for electric light sources in China, Foshan has nearly 300 lighting enterprises above a certain scale, with a total industrial output value exceeding 20 billion yuan. Over the course of more than 30 years of development in the lighting industry, Foshan has gained a number of industry leading enterprises such as Xuelaite, Guoxing Optoelectronics, Foshan Lighting, Jiamei Lighting, Zhaoxin Group, and Osram (Foshan).
It can be said that Foshan's lighting industry is at the forefront, but sometimes its advantages can also become a burden.
With the breakthrough of LED technology, stable quality, declining prices, and the increasing demand for light efficiency and lighting experience from users, the era of LED lighting applications has arrived. However, lighting companies in Foshan are far behind those in Shenzhen and other places in terms of foresight.
Wu Yulin, the president of Foshan Lighting Association, believes that due to the relatively independent development of Foshan's lighting industry, there are many limitations to the development of LED lighting. The fierce and disorderly market competition, the transformation of traditional lighting enterprises, the lack of standardized and unified product technology, and the limited sharing of resources within and outside the industry are constraining the further development and growth of LED lighting enterprises in Foshan.
Meanwhile, many traditional lighting companies are facing obstacles in transitioning to LED.