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With many LED end markets already saturated, the lighting sector is the main driver of growth this decade.
packaged LEDs. This market is forecast to grow slightly from 2012 ($2.0 billion) to 2016 ($2.4 billion), as LED adoption rates increase throughout the time period just enough to overcome price erosion and the reduction of LEDs required for a given area.
LCD panel shipments are also forecast to increase slightly, while there is also the trend towards larger screens, one which has been ongoing for a number of years. However the number of LEDs required for a given sized screen has also been decreasing more rapidly than had been previously expected.
The 2012 market size is projected to be about $10.9 billion, with $2.9 billion in lighting and $8.0 billion in all other applications. By 2015 the market is forecast to reach $13.5 billion in 2015, with $5.8 billion in lighting (doubling in three years) and $7.7 billion in other areas (almost unchanged, and actually slightly less).
But there has been a much more important development within the lighting market itself. IMS expects shipments of LED lamps to remain relatively flat from 2015 onwards. IMS Research Analyst Stewart Shinkwin explains, “This is mainly due to fewer replacements being required each year due to the longer-lifetime of CFL and LED lamps reducing the overall market.”
With price erosion set to remain in double digit figures, the LED lighting sector, as component packaged LED revenue, is forecast to contract towards the end of the decade. With no other markets expected to grow significantly, IMS expects the total packaged LED market to fall towards the end of the decade, in terms of revenue, once the general lighting market has peaked.
There are, however, a number of factors that could change the outlook, notably if adoption is slower than predicted over the next three or four years. In this alternative scenario, growth would be slower initially but could be maintained for a longer period throughout the decade.
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For example, in the first quarter of 2012, the low cost TVs which were introduced used half the number of LEDs for a given area, and although overall LED TV penetration increased as a result, average LEDs per LCD TV actually fell from 175 in the fourth quarter of 2011 to 137 in the first quarter of 2012.
This trend cannot continue at the same rate forever and innovations may cause more LEDs to be used in some cases. However the overall trend is for a slow decline.
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Amazon.com & NBC CFO jumps on Board at Intematix
The innovator of patented phosphors and phosphor components used in LED lighting has taken on Warren C Jenson. He has been involved in scaling some of the most important success stories of the last two decades.
Intematix, an innovator of patented phosphors, has appointed Warren C. Jenson to its Board of Directors, effective December 11th, 2012.
Jenson is currently CFO and Executive Vice President of Acxiom, a marketing services and technology company.
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