Recently, the American LED Association organized mainstream LED lighting companies such as Shenzhen and Zhongshan to sell products to the US market, which means that the production and sales of domestic LED lighting will usher in a larger development space. However, according to the reporter, the biggest threshold for Chinese LED companies to enter the US market is the need for UL certification, and the annual cost of UL certification is high. Recently, the American LED Association organized mainstream LED lighting companies such as Shenzhen and Zhongshan to sell products to the US market, which means that the production and sales of domestic LED lighting will usher in a larger development space. However, according to the reporter, the biggest threshold for Chinese LED companies to enter the US market is the need for UL certification, and the annual cost of UL certification is high. In this regard, the industry believes that UL certification is more than a threshold, but promotes the improvement of product quality. the way.
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Chinese companies rush to the US LED market In early 2013, the US government began to introduce a step-by-step replacement for tungsten filament lamps. According to relevant laws, the production and sales of tungsten lamps with a maximum energy consumption of more than 100 watts were first banned.
According to Yu Lingyun, chairman of the American LED Association, as the world's largest consumer of household and building materials and a major importer, the US government has realized that LED is a must replace tungsten filament lamp, because tungsten filament lamp is both expensive and environmentally friendly, and semiconductor lighting leader A new light source revolution, no need for heat, two diodes pass, there is light, no heat, and save electricity. However, the price of LED products is much more expensive than ordinary tungsten lamps. It is not possible to change the use of tungsten lamps to LED lamps. The US government has enacted laws this year to completely ban the production and use of all tungsten lamps.
Ultra-bright, high-power LED devices have been widely used in urban traffic lights in China. LED signal lights are favored by urban traffic management departments for their high brightness, high reliability, low cost of use, and long life. However, there are many places in the United States that do not use LED traffic lights. Therefore, the United States is actually slow in the pace of LED popularization, especially when it comes to the application of LED products by ordinary people. Yu Lingyun said.
LED update and fast enterprise to accelerate rectification It is understood that the biggest threshold for Chinese LED companies to enter the US market now is to obtain UL certification. Xie Zuhua, general manager of Shenzhen Minbo Photoelectric Technology Co., Ltd., said in an interview that UL in the US market is a stepping stone to knock out the US LED market. Without UL certification, it is impossible to enter the US market. However, the annual cost of UL certification is very high. It takes 500,000 yuan to do a UL certification. Each certification number is worth more than 1,000 US dollars per quarter.
Yu Lingyun mentioned that the cost of producing products that meet the safety certification is much higher than that of products without safety certification, about 50. When selling safety-certified LED products in the US, the sales price will also be much higher, flat. In general, the flat light is taken as an example. The same one is 0.6 meters and 0.6 meters. Such a square light is installed on the top for office lighting. The safety light sells for 150 dollars, and the non-safe light sells 100 dollars. That is the case: 1.5: The difference between 1.
UL Meihua Certification Co., Ltd. Ma Yusheng said that the LED industry is developing very rapidly in China, and the certification volume is between 20 and 30. Because the development of certified products is relatively rapid, there may be nothing to restrict its development and promote the certification products. The export volume continues to increase; in addition, the replacement of LED products is also relatively fast. For China's manufacturing industry, certification is not more certified, but to improve product quality and rectify products.