Recently, the reporter from the China Communications Industry Association, CCIA photoelectric touchscreen branch and other agencies informed in 2015 of the second session of the Shenzhen International sapphire Industry Technology Exposition will be held June 25 - 27, at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center grand debut. The Expo aims to build the world's first exhibition of sapphire industrial technology, promoting technological innovation and depth of cooperation sapphire industry chain, promote sapphire is widely used in LED, photoelectric information, smart phones and smart wearable and other new consumer electronics products. The activities of Nikkei BP, Taiwan electronic equipment Association, Korea Display Industry Association, the Indian telecommunications manufacturing industry associations and other organizations for their support and assistance.

Years of research has proved that the sapphire has excellent optical properties, machine performance and physical and chemical properties, with high strength, hardness, resistance to erosion and wide band optical penetration and other advantages, sapphire is becoming the new darling of the consumer electronics market and presents rapidly rising trend. Despite the current market should be limited, but according to industry experts predict that by 2018, accounting for the overall non-application of LED proportion will grow to 80% among non-LED applications, the sapphire substrate to the application on the phone, including the camera to protect the lens, Home key and the cover demand is bound to increase.

Data show that the sapphire used in LED, watches, jewelery, optical electronics and high-tech fields of energy per year growth rate of close to 10%, which is enough to make the materials and equipment in the field of corporate profit growth. Currently, both the long-grain production, or cutting, grinding, polishing, and many other industrial chain business, seem to have a keen opportunity to see the outbreak and have been or are entering the sapphire industry. Another good news is that smart watches, smart phone market for voice sapphire applications become more sophisticated, participate millet, Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo, ViVo, and many other companies, the market has injected fresh vitality but with blood, This also allows the sapphire industry chain enterprises excited. Moreover, with the world's major countries and the policy took effect incandescent disabled people to enhance awareness of energy saving, LED lighting market ushered in the outbreak, which will fully promote the recovery in demand for sapphire substrate.

As sapphire industry internationalization, specialization massive exposition, the exhibition will showcase the latest trends in the sapphire market and the most cutting-edge technology. From high-purity alumina and manufacturing processes and equipment, sapphire crystal and a substrate, crystal growth system device (control system, vacuum system, heating body, cooling systems and thermal protection systems, etc.), the sapphire wafer ingot, drilling equipment, slicing equipment, sapphire cutting equipment, polishing equipment (mechanical polishing, chemical polishing, polishing the ion beam, a laser beam polishing, etc.), grinding equipment, diamond wheel, diamond wheel / resin wheel, chamfering device, thinning (pottery wheel), sapphire dedicated wafer polishing liquid, sapphire cleaning equipment, production technology and other equipment, touch screen, sapphire mobile phone screens, and materials and processing equipment, more than the whole industry representatives will gather a business jointly promote the sapphire industry development and market applications.

To achieve the best results of the exhibition, the organizer --CCIA photoelectric touchscreen branch of this fair, the Swiss Exhibition Co., Ltd. of Shenzhen City through media campaign, 150,000 free tickets, 30,000 direct mail invitations, 100,000 distributing leaflets and other forms of propaganda show of its kind, invites phones, LED, watches, smart dress, jewelery, optical electronics, optical communications, solid-state laser, infrared window, superconducting materials, semiconductor chips, solar energy, new energy and other areas visitors sapphire and super-hard materials professional development, more than 30,000 visitors are expected to participate in business will be an important figure in the industry and customer focus, unlimited business opportunities.


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According to sources, Apple's Local 26 is located in Mesa, Arizona, a factory fire occurred, scene smoke billowing smoke. Insiders said, Mesa sapphire glass factory had belonged to Apple partners GT Advanced, fire or cause sapphire supply. Mesa sapphire glass factory formerly belonging to Apple partners GT Advanced, GT Advanced declared bankruptcy last year, Apple won the Mesa factory.

Earlier this year, Apple announced that it would invest in Mesa 20 billion to build a data center. The data center will be the largest investment to date Apple's lies. The plant is expected to recruit 150 full-time employees and will create at least 300 construction and trade-related work. No news that if this fire associated with the project.

According to previous news media in Taiwan, Apple's new iPhone will be held in late August production, the new iPhone is expected to have 4.7 inches and 5.5-inch models, 5.5 inches models may be a limited edition issue of the use of sapphire screen. To this end, the industry expects, Mesa factory fires or cause sapphire supply.


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Recently, Jiangsu hold "170kg high-yield sapphire crystal" new conference to announce the size of Asia's largest, highest yield was born sapphire crystal, the product diameter 430 mm, weight 170 kg, with an average grade processed 2 inches led the ingot length of 7800 mm up to 8600 mm. This is the Jiangsu Jixing July 2011, following the success of the first one in Asia grown over one hundred kilograms (101.35 kg) of sapphire crystal and October 2012 developed the 115 kg sapphire crystal, the product in terms of weight and yield another major breakthrough.


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Ago shine bright light of diamonds, jade and warm water, sparkling feminine wisdom and platinum, there is a class jewelry can also stimulate female heart possessiveness - that mysterious red sapphire.

Ruby red as fire, ice sapphire crystal clear high-grade varieties of precious stones, they diamonds, emeralds, gold with green opal is listed as the world's five precious stones. Rubies and sapphires are mineral corundum two different varieties of precious stones, the chemical composition of both are aluminum oxide (A1203). Ruby red hue refers to all corundum, including red, pink, orange, purple, brown and red and other colors, the red is mainly caused by the chemical composition of trace elements contained chromium.

Sapphire, is mixed with a small amount due titanium (Ti) and iron (Fe) impurities due to its color can be pink, yellow, green, white, and even a variety of colors with a stone. Sapphire is produced in Thailand, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Laos, Cambodia, among the rarest of origin should belong to Kashmir sapphire, and Myanmar is the largest sapphire today produces great place.

The late 1980s, China's jewelry industry has entered a period of rapid growth. Red Sapphire also enter the Chinese market during this period, and welcomed by consumers.

The early 1990s, the red sapphire market ushered in prosperity. Prior to this, people know jewelry, mostly gold, platinum and jade. Meanwhile, the red sapphire due account for the largest share of the domestic colored gemstone jewelry market, and even became synonymous with colored stones. But with diamonds by strong advertising to enter the mainland China and the rapid success of the lack of advertising and design style red sapphire market by a huge impact, steering the doldrums.

This period of downturn lasted more than five years. 2004, the red sapphire market started to recover, especially in 2008 and 2009, the market is growing rapidly, especially in booming sales of which ruby.

The reason for this change is mainly to several factors. The first is improving the quality of domestic red sapphire. Due to lack of knowledge of the initial jewelry, people buy red sapphire, the quality is not high, but the selection criteria greatly particulate lead early red sapphire market is not standardized, a large number of low-price market is flooded with low-quality ruby ​​and sapphire .

But as consumers of jewelry deepening understanding, more and more consumers have higher quality jewelry requirements. Between the last two years, low red sapphire gradually withdraw from the market, the rapid development of high-quality ruby ​​and sapphire, ruby ​​and sapphire has become the main force in the market. Especially in Beijing, a city, the average price of red sapphire can reach 5,000 yuan. Buy high-quality ruby ​​and sapphire become the first choice for many consumers.

Followed by the red sapphire grading standards of corporate promotion. As can be seen from the rise of the diamond market, the red sapphire market in order to rapid and healthy development, we must have a red sapphire grading system as a prerequisite and foundation.

Grading standards will allow consumers to directly understand the value of the standard red sapphire, has selected based on the time of purchase. Grading standards also regulate businesses, standardized tool red sapphire market. Development of red sapphire grading system, to better regulate businesses, and consumers to play the best guide.

In order to be better able to sell red sapphire, jewelry retailers in the United respective increase publicity efforts, while the plant to develop a new style of red sapphire, ruby ​​and sapphire let become the focus of fashion, so that consumers see more red sapphire beautiful, unique style and design, has become this year's most obvious red sapphire market trends.

Of course, the red sapphire market recovery and the nature of the reasons is the rise of the consumer market matures and consumers learn more about the status and value of red sapphire awareness. It was under the influence of these favorable conditions, the 2008-2009 two-year period, the red sapphire market to several times the growth rate of previous years in development.

Secretary-General of China Jewelry Industry Association has said that Sun Fengmin, jewelry foreign mature markets such as Europe, America, Japan and other countries and regions, the red sapphire market share reached 5% to 10% of the total consumption of jewelry, but this ratio is less than 1 China %, ruby ​​and sapphire jewelry at least 50 billion market potential.

Seen in this light, the red sapphire jewelery market prospects are worth the wait. On the development of the industry in terms of red sapphire, ruby ​​and sapphire Luoshi sales of only the first step, in the long run, only the development of ruby ​​and sapphire inlaid jewelry, keeping up with international fashion trends, and constantly develop new models, so that consumers can be better red sapphire awareness and understanding, love and wear a red sapphire.


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According to the survey, the Watch OLED display covered by sapphire crystal case, can achieve two effects: first, to reflection, and adjust the screen brightness according to ambient light and shade; the second, sapphire surface better protection than ordinary glass display . That really scratch sapphire glass screen, but sapphire glass screen appearance ratio Watch Sport Watch and iPhone and other products more easily glare. Why is this?

In fact, every medium has a refractive index, which is the ratio of the speed of light in a vacuum and the light in the material speed.

The refractive index of a vacuum is equal to 1, generally of glass is 1.5, 1.77 and sapphire (refractive index of the medium between the most 1-2). Because the refractive index of the sapphire glass is much higher than the refractive index of a vacuum, so that the light shines sapphire crystal mirror from the air, most of the light can not penetrate this mirror reflection when your eyes, it will produce glare. The solution is to use an anti-glare coating, but easy to fall off after use, so that the surface feels vulnerable to scratches.

So you can not put this into the sapphire coating inside? Apparently useless, because the glare is produced in those who can not penetrate through the sapphire crystal of light. To reduce glare, you have to put anti-glare coating on the surface of things. After those places affect our reflection on those who are hitting the watch screen, and from the light reflected on the surface, so there is you need to use the coating.

According to Center for nal Nanomaterials physicist Charles Black introduction, in the case of using an anti-glare coating will affect the scratch resistance, the only possible solution is to change the physical structure of the sapphire, to strengthen its anti-glare properties. But there is a bigger problem is, scratch resistance sapphire reason so strong, all because of its physical structure, so if you change the physical structure of this substance may cause hardness have unpredictable effects.

So if you're the kind often used Watch the outdoors person, then Watch Sport may be a better choice, even if it's not the other two screen scratch resistance and strong.

DisplayMate Technologies had repeatedly stressed in the report that the sapphire crystal mirror Watch Apple will soon be used to the use of smart phones, smart watches and other mobile devices, so I do not know how it intended to use this material manufacturers will fix it glare problem?

Regardless of the current solutions do not seem to be the best, caught in a dilemma. In the case of not solve glare sapphire crystal mirror, you are willing to scratch it and the choice of the patient do? Or choose another glare is not so serious, and scratch-resistant sapphire degree and no strong screen material?


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With the advent of Apple Watch, sapphire second spring seems to come ,, related stocks ushered rose. Past the traditional sapphire industry, including LED sapphire substrate market and the window film market, where the window film market tend to be customized, the price is very inelastic; substrate market will depend on the impact downstream LED epitaxial wafer demand.

Current applications are mainly concentrated in the Sapphire 90% LED substrate, probably total. A few years ago, the blind expansion of industries sapphire LED industry driven crazy, the result of overheated investment in excess capacity, resulting in a sapphire substrate prices plummeted, two-inch sapphire substrate prices fell from a peak of around $ 35-40 to around $ 30; 2012 decline more than 1 0 0%; 2013 prices have rebounded, in $ 7 fluctuate.

To the first half of 2014, with demand-pull LED downstream applications, the market once again showed sapphire boom, especially in the ingot prices continue to rise. "By the second half of the price of 2 inches Sapphire Ingot prices remain at $ 5 / mm, while the price of the largest amount of 2 inches of the substrate is back up to around $ 8, a slight rise." Tiantonggufen (600330.SH) market Director Guoyue Bo introduction, PSS-patterned substrate prices have fallen to around $ 13. The 4-inch sapphire substrate size flat sheet prices are still two inches of 5-6 times.

Huge potential market opportunities spawned large investor confidence continues to climb sapphire substrate material. LED production and research Engineering Institute (GGII) that the future price rise as a sapphire substrate, sapphire substrate 4 inches profitability of investment projects will be further enhanced. In this regard, Guoyue Bo agrees ,, he said:. "Next day through the LED sapphire substrate products will be mainly located in the 4.6-inch large-size substrate"

From the cost structure, the sapphire proportion accounted for about 10 percent of the cost. In LED lighting applications popular, prices continued Zoudie case, the price is clearly a non-trend, which is contrary to the competition rules of the market, particularly sapphire substrates and related products continued to decline in the case, as a sapphire substrate customers upstream epitaxial chip makers is how prices might allow sapphire manufacturers do?

Well, from the point of view of market demand, driven by LED lighting, in 2014 major chip makers rapid expansion of wafer production capacity to expand, in order to secure market share and in response to the needs of the lighting market, Hua Chan, Saman, Tongfang and other domestic LED chip manufacturers to speed up the expansion and capacity utilization, to seize the market, further driving demand for sapphire substrate.

In HC SemiTek example, in 2014 two-inch sapphire substrates month demand of about 250,000, as of the end of 2014, about 100 companies MOCEVD equipment, production capacity reached 450,000 / month. In this regard, while 迪斐 vice president HC SemiTek said, "entered after 2015, production capacity will continue to expand on this issue, the attitude of the Board of Directors of highly consistent: strong expansion"

As communications, IOT technology and intelligent development, cell phones, wearable electronic devices for electronic functional materials put forward higher requirements, sapphire as a new generation of high-quality materials in such applications demand more and more widespread. Compared to the LED market has matured, the market is highly anticipated that the sapphire as a protective material for electronic consumer products such as mobile phones.

In the crystal optical (002273.SZ) released 2014 performance report, the company total revenue of 978 million yuan, an increase of 56.16%.

The reason is the growth performance of rapid development of domestic smart phone industry, led to the rapid growth of mobile phone-related products, and sapphire, product sales increased 234%. And this is just a microcosm of the current listed companies involved in sapphire investment plan view, although the LED substrate is still an important investment direction, but the trend for consumer electronics products is already obvious more obvious.

"The market size of LED substrate industry has basically seen, but the phone screen is the new blue ocean, may the future development of space is very large, the capacity of the mobile phone market will reach 7,8 times the LED industry is now on the market for more than eighty percent of sapphire LED substrates are used, the mobile phone market is very small; once the sapphire mobile phone screens are applied, this proportion is likely to be reversed, "the sapphire used in the mobile terminal, a sapphire-related listed company secretaries to" Engineering LED. "correspondent thus described.

In this regard, Aorui photoelectric chairman, left Hongbo, general manager also holds the same view, he said he was optimistic about the huge sapphire crystal material application in the field of consumer electronics. "Years ago the company began to layout, in this year, the company expects revenues to increase from 88,534,400 yuan to 346,153,800 yuan, an increase of 290.98%."

IPhone5 and 5S camera lens in the lens and Home key applications from sapphire material, especially by the end of 2013, Apple signed a sapphire crystal and GTAT an order for $ 578 million worth of. The market will continue to spread the new generation of Apple iPhone6 ​​sapphire cover message on the screen.

But in the end, iPhone6 ​​and iPhone6plus not as expected sapphire screen, the manufacturers GTAT reason to go bankrupt because of debt restructuring, sapphire applications in consumer electronics is expected to fall sharply, sapphire stocks of some large-scale investments in the consumer electronics field layout brunt affected.

"Although the United States Sapphire supplier GTAT down, but intelligent terminal application sapphire material is the trend." Guoyue Bo said the company Tiantonggufen in this field has a core competence, continue to favor an active role in the future to enhance the company's overall sapphire business profitability.

Sapphire this year finally appear on the Apple iWatch, obviously Apple did not give up the use of sapphire material on its electronic products in mind.

GGII as long as sapphire technology, yield, production can be effectively improved, sapphire is still possible to become Apple's supply chain, a mobile phone, iPhone7 sapphire screen is a high probability event.

Turning to the future, LatticePower Assistant Chairman Wang Qiong said they saw a silicon substrate, sapphire she believes in recent years will still occupy the mainstream market, but with the skill and technology to improve the silicon substrate, the market will be relatively sapphire substrate part of being squeezed out, other new substrate materials also have the opportunity.

For this reason, the sapphire market, insiders believe that, while we should see the market prospects for the future of sapphire, on the other hand have called on companies to rational view, do not blindly follow the trend.

"In terms of market space and capacity, the sapphire industry is still in its infancy, as the rising sun of hope .LED enterprises to make full use of its advantages, to find the right business strategy, more efforts in technological innovation is certainly promising." Left Bo said that with the sustained-release technology and production capacity, the progressive development of the sapphire substrate from two inches in the direction of large-size and high-power, high value-added. In this trend, there will be the bigger of the situation, with low cost, technology and quality through the most competitive companies will become the leading sapphire industry.


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Raw material costs account for about 64% of the largest value-added products in the field. A higher proportion of production costs accounted for raw materials, reaching about 64%, while raw material metal powder, graphite powder and anvil occupy a major position, the impact of unit cost. Domestic products of synthetic diamond and synthetic diamond value ratio of 3-5: 1.

Our artificial diamond production accounts for 90% of the world. Synthetic diamond production in 2013 amounted to 15.1 billion, accounted for more than 90% of global output. China's exports abroad of synthetic diamond lowest volume in the high-end market is not dominant. In the US market, unit sales in Ireland and South Korea are the country's 5.5 times and 4.1 times; in the Japanese market, Ireland, the United States and South Korea are priced synthetic diamond is of 6 times, 5 times and 4.8 times.

Industry cluster effect is obvious oligopoly form. The highest market share in Henan superhard materials, synthetic diamond industry, SOUTH diamond, diamond Henan Huanghe Whirlwind and the total market share of about 80%, the monopoly has been formed.

The presence of diamond product gross margin decline. Diamond crystal and composite margin there are downside risks, the listed company actively expand the industrial chain has become an inevitable choice to product field.

Insufficient supply of domestic high-grade diamond. Demand for high-grade diamond proportion of the total market of about 60% to 70%. At present, China's high-grade synthetic diamond diamond only about 25% -30%, with 60% of market demand control, the gap was 30% -35%.

Traditional applications demand stabilized. Traditional oil, building stone stable areas of demand; electronic automotive demand growth.

PV and sapphire industry to bring new demands. PV with micron diamond wire: 2015 Global and Chinese demand is expected to 30 billion meters, respectively, 9,000,000,000 meters; in 2016 was 50 billion meters, 15 billion meters. Sapphire industry, in 2015 the global and Chinese demand micron diamond wire was 1.33 billion meters, 470 million meters.


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Sapphire has excellent optical properties, mechanical properties and chemical stability. Its unique structure, excellent mechanical properties and good thermal properties make sapphire crystal become the most ideal substrate material LED, LSI and so on. Its hardness, resistance to erosion of the manufacturing industry is more praiseworthy characteristics, the latest data show, if the Vickers hardness calculation, sapphire glass cover about the current iPhone application Corning "Gorilla" glass tripled. Intelligent terminal screen into the upgrade era, sapphire open a new pattern of competitive differentiation.

Apple iPhone6 ​​sapphire had been abandoned, and now they AppleWatch reuse, which might make once troubled sapphire industry usher in a new machine. With the power of AppleWatch and sapphire once again launched a large-scale offensive into the field of consumer electronics.

Traditional sapphire market demand is very inelastic

It is understood that the sapphire is a gem corundum, it first has been widely applied to some luxury and luxury watches them. The artificial sapphire in industrial applications, including LED industry and the consumer electronics industry, which is used in the sapphire LED industry more traditional markets.

Past the traditional sapphire industry, including window film market and LED sapphire substrate market, which tend to customized window film market, the price elasticity is small. The substrate market accounted for more than 70% of the traditional sapphire market demand, but the market will depend on the substrate of LED epitaxial wafers downstream demand. If the downstream demand is very good, even though the price of epitaxial substrate manufacturers can easily absorb the cost. Conversely, if the downstream demand is not good, even if the substrate is half the price drop, it will not stimulate more demand.

Therefore, from the whole, demand elasticity traditional sapphire market overall is very small. But then the sapphire in the consumer electronics market to find a new way out.

Sapphire and consumer electronics products forged "Fatal Attraction"

Since Apple iPhone5 will import sapphire lens cover, and then for the home button iPhone5S sapphire, sapphire will be with technology electronic products and forged a deep "fate."

However, this "fate" but also with changes in Apple's product planning, and became very tortuous, and finally evolved into the deep, "Fatal Attraction."

Sapphire concept in the technology sector pushed up to the summit, is GTAT the end of 2013 and Apple signed a $ 578 million worth of sapphire supply agreement. And, at that time, there have been iPhone6 ​​will abandon Corning Gorilla Glass, the use of hearsay sapphire screen. Apple this action, setting off a wave of domestic sapphire industry, when the A-share market and even to create a concept of some sapphire big bull stock.

But then Apple released iPhone6Plus iPhone6 ​​and does not use a sapphire screen, GTAT also led directly to bankruptcy. This gives the whole "hot air" sapphire industry poured "cold." At that time, many companies caught in a loss even sapphire toward collapse. For a time, the sapphire industry "collapse theory" rampant.

Is iPhone6 ​​abandoned, has become the darling of AppleWatch

It is understood that Apple has decided not to use the phone screen as sapphire, sapphire Bikang Ning because glass is more fragile, and the manufacturing process due to the difficulty of sapphire was beyond market awareness, costs also increased a lot.

However, iPhone6 ​​abandon sapphire screen, does not mean that Apple does not optimistic about the sapphire.

After the termination of cooperation with GTAT, some foreign media have constantly exposed technology news: Apple is still ongoing patent sapphire reserves. In related news sources, in February this year, Apple approved a sapphire display the new patent. In this patent document, Apple describes in detail a variety of sapphire crystal used in electronic devices methods, such as covering the iPhone camera lens with a sapphire glass, or cover the entire smartphone and smart watches the screen.

Also, Apple did not have a wide range of uses in the iPhone sapphire. And now, Apple will be its wide application in AppleWatch. According to Apple's official show, AppleWatch a total of 38 versions, Standard Edition Watch Edition series of 20 models and series of eight models equipped with sapphire screen, but after all AppleWatch shells are equipped with four sapphire lens.

Sapphire and consumer electronics products forged "Fatal Attraction," opened a new pattern of competitive differentiation

Insiders believe that, AppleWatch sapphire screen will greatly enhance the sapphire market demand. According to DigiTimes analysis, AppleWatch of sapphire purchases of more than 18% of global production of sapphire.

AppleWatch is a rocker, upstream brands boost demand

AppleWatch affected by Sapphire chain also beginning to show warming trend after China and Taiwan AppleWatch release sapphire related stocks appeared greatly increase.

And with AppleWatch using sapphire screen, which will encourage more brands or manufacturers to use sapphire in smart wearable devices. Currently, including Huawei, Wellograph other manufacturers have launched smart watches with sapphire screen. With brands for sapphire growth in demand, the industry will move toward healthy development. Looking at the current domestic sapphire market, because last year, many manufacturers capacity expansion, resulting in a sapphire has appeared overcapacity. If the downstream demand growth brands, will consume excess capacity, even pulling new capacity needs.

And, according to LEDinside observation, there are indications that the sapphire market after labor pains are rapidly recovering, at the inflection point of the long term, at the moment is the industry upturn. GTAT failure not only does not mean the end of the sapphire industry, on the contrary, is conducive to the industry and investors in the right direction to further clarify this industry should move forward.

For domestic enterprises, sapphire, due to a larger initial investment, a number of technical breakthroughs in slowly, costs are declining. Thus, the domestic business opportunity is huge. It is understood that there are already blue Synopsys and Bern Optics two domestic companies to enter the Apple sapphire supply system, which supplies Apple Bern about 40% of the sapphire surface, while the blue Synopsys nearly 47 percent of Apple's revenue sources. It can be said that with the pull AppleWatch the upstream brands or sapphire will be widely adopted on smart phones, smart wearable devices and other consumer electronics products, and with the sapphire production capacity gradually released, the market scale will expand rapidly, sapphire industry will also will gradually enter a virtuous development period. (Source: Lei Feng network)

CIOE Xiao Bian said: For sapphire, consumers are not familiar with, but consumers are accustomed to agree with glass, and did not realize this was a material widely used in high-end products will be applied today in the smart phone. However, this era has come true, and the sapphire industry will therefore be rapid development.

According to Yole study reported that non-sapphire substrates used in $ 1 billion in the sapphire industry accounted for 25%. But Sapphire may make the total market in mobile phone applications in 2018, more than three billion US dollars.

In fact, the sapphire material has become so widespread, LED is the most abundant of their fields, and aircraft applications hung window glass more verified the material itself has its advantages.


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In recent years, tourism is booming Southeast Asian countries, some countries of origin is an important sapphire, many Chinese tourists "shopping" high-grade sapphire jewelry back, claiming the price to one-third of the country is only two points. But after jewelry testing equipment inspection department, are the high-temperature diffusion through the beryllium-treated stones, gems change the natural characteristics that make them lose the value of the collection. Similar to the low-end stuff, but the cost of ten dollars one karats, treated selling price rose by at least 20 times.

Statistical data from the perspective of a domestic testing organizations, provided the customer claims to be from Southeast Asia, South Asia bought the sapphire, ruby ​​subject, the results of the final product to detect more than 50% of the treated products are optimized, visible local synthetic gemstones scale industrial production has become.


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Sapphire hot topics application, in addition to the conventional LED epitaxial substrate applications, sapphire widely attention in recent years by industry, widely used in smart phones and wearable devices, including Apple, Samsung, LG and other high-end smart phone The camera lens cover and the main screen key, but also by market expectations can be applied in the field of optics, aerospace technology and military uses. "LED Taiwan 2015" closely linked to market demand, this year in particular the establishment and patterned sapphire substrate area.

Countries in the world are optimistic about business opportunities in the sapphire substrate, the US Rubicon, Aorui De Harbin, China, Switzerland, Meyer Burger and other overseas manufacturers have come to Taiwan exhibitors, Taiwan factory Katherine far, Rui Jie De Jing, China Shun and related equipment manufacturers Whitby, Kellers and Korean manufacturers NTS, are also optimistic about the future of application development sapphire, are patterned sapphire substrates and exhibit area features highlights!

Preview sapphire innovative technology applications will be published

Sapphire substrate industry from 2012 to date, changes in the industry as in the three warm wash. Renowned research firm Yole senior analyst Eric Virey LED Taiwan this year will be published on the innovative technology that Apple's products still dominate the sapphire market, the market reaction Apple Watch and the new iPhone screen applications, will dominate the next two inches and 10 inches sapphire growth, Apple Watch released its table cover is made of sapphire material, unprecedented turn sapphire industry. Apple Watch after the listing is expected to inject double sapphire industry demand, sales and application if the two products as expected, the industry will have 4.5 years of recession, and is bound to bring another round of reshuffle.

Sapphire currently the main pull goods almost four inches towards mainstream PSS substrate is available, Rui McNair is one of the largest factory supplier PSS substrate, March orders are continuing full, since April have grown more pronounced. Even the LED market ups and downs, the general manager of the sapphire ruijie Hong Wenqing PSS market remains optimistic, he said multi-product application is very important, when the LED industry off-season to season, followed by a season of consumer products. Maintaining product diversity just let ruijie way ahead. Total Hung said: partnerships with leading manufacturers of grain, so that the overall technical ruijie rising, and technology to master the mainstream market, which is far ahead in the industry McNair sharp tips!

Although the current market is already saturated sapphire Taiwan, but Chinese demand is still potential. Within two years of the German cabinet impromptu crystal technology, its business manager Qihong Liao mention: De Jing in China in the second half will focus, in the Chinese market layout, and high reliability of partners is important, even if the market as expected, De Jing still confident to prepare you.

Jason Yu Rubicon business marketing director, PhD, said: "In the face of fierce competition in the market price, quality and delivery is very important that also allows us to be more positive towards the development of high-performance optical fields, such as defense and aerospace equipment applications such as high-end technology applications development. . "Jason from South Korea to Taiwan, especially praise LED Taiwan. He stressed: "I have been to many Chinese large-scale exhibition, but I can not see my client, my client can not find me, but here I can see I want to see the focus on customers."

The next two days will continue to be held TechXPOT innovative technologies will be published, on the 27th will be invited Epistar, Ronda, Everlight, Wing Chong, ASM, Crayo Nano and other domestic and foreign manufacturers with advanced process technology as the theme, share the latest LED current technology applications, while through such networking opportunities, gather energy industry development.

Business matchmaking, academic achievement and create new cooperation opportunities published

26 by the organizers but also with Foundation Metal Industries Research and Development Center, the Industrial Development Bureau photovoltaic and semiconductor equipment industry to promote the program office jointly organized the "International LED advanced process & Equipment Technology Business matchmaking would be" to provide LED equipment and materials suppliers and process in Taiwan, packaging factory platform, invite foreign buyers from seven vendors one on one with Taiwan procurement negotiations, namely AT-VAC, DISCO, MONOCRYSTAL, Meyer Burger, NTS, Rubicon, Tokyo Semitzu and other international companies, Total matchmaking more than 40 sessions, providing equipment manufacturers to promote global LED conclude partnership opportunities with Taiwan parts manufacturer / behalf of the industry platform for the industry to create more opportunities for cooperation.

LED Taiwan also special programs' academic results published zone "to provide industry-university cooperative research programs or institutions to show the results of university, industry and research institutions to make school system to understand where the LED manufacturing process development and professor of research expertise, but also through academic achievement District issued share academic research projects and achievements in terms of LED manufacturing process! Features over NTU, National Chiao Tung University, National Cheng Kung University, Central and other leading universities totaling over 20 on LED epitaxial structure, chip design, UV LED, packaging materials, optics, lighting applications and other papers published, and look forward to promote interaction research collaboration, accelerate the process of innovation and technology.


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