Sapphire in the smartphone camera, smart watches the application in the field of LED(including 3W E14 LED), the sapphire rods in the short term price increases, due to tight supply of the world’s top five manufacturers price increases ranging from 10% to 20%, and the relevant manufacturer’s good profit. At the same time, the crystal bar price increases will be conductive to the substrate, the Taiwan commercial times is expected in the first quarter of next year, substrate will boom. Ronda industry company has released the second quarterly reports, revenue rose 33.1%, compared with a year earlier, a sharp increase of 47.3%. Consolidated operating margin was 17.4%, from the first quarter growth of 10.6%, in addition to the peak season effect, also showed a significant upward in the boom of the whole industry. Ronda electronic financial officer and Zhang Bo apparatus, a spokesman for the vice general manager, said the second quarter gross margin growth significantly, mainly due to the peak season effect, and the inventory turnover days to 64 days of a reasonable level and the second quarter regardless of backlight and lighting applications, the market is stronger than in the first quarter.
Strong exports in the first half of the LED products(3W LED Candle light and 3w led candle bulb) exports
According to Chinese customs data, in the first quarter of 2013 China’s semiconductor lighting products are exported to thaw. In the first quarter of 2013 encapsulation device export value of nearly $640 million, up 16.5% from a year earlier, the export amount has reached 13.274 billion, year-on-year growth of 18%, the average price fell slightly; Device imported appear raise price reduction trend, the import amount increased 4.5% year-on-year, while the number of decline, so the device appeared more obvious rise in the prices of imports.