Sino-American Crystal Expands LED Sapphire Substrate Capacity

It is expected that the LED market will grow significantly in 2011. Sino-American Crystal decided to increase the expansion rate of sapphire substrate production capacity, increase the monthly production capacity from 180,000 to 240,000, and expand production by 30%, of which the target for self-sustaining crystal growth is 50%.

According to senior executives of Sino-American crystal, the monthly production capacity of Sino-U.S. Crystal is about 90,000 tablets (2吋equivalent equivalent). The original company planned to reach 180,000 by the end of the year. Recently, the company decided to accelerate the expansion, and it will be achieved by the middle of the year. 240,000 films, the expansion rate from 1 to 1.6 times.

In addition, in order to actively expand production capacity, Sino-American Crystal decided to build a new sapphire substrate plant in Q2. By the end of 2011, it will join the operation after completion of the operation, and will gradually move the equipment in the Zhunan Plant over to make the sapphire division have a dedicated factory building.

China and US crystal senior believes that the market demand for LED dies is still quite buoyant, and the upstream Changjing production capacity will not be oversupply for a short period of time. It is expected that the Q2 substrate will not have a high chance of price reduction. At most, the customer's request will be slightly adjusted. In the second half of the year, after a large number of new production capacity are released, look at the market supply and demand to decide whether to lower prices.