TrendForce Green's career LEDinside chief analyst at China, said Wang Fei, Apple Watch exponentially after implantation listed industrial demand for sapphire, sapphire industry a chance to make the cut to become one of the new materials industry of China has a global competitive advantage. According to reports, there are mainland Chinese and Taiwanese manufacturers sapphire plant, does not exclude the shares or strategic alliances.

Blue Synopsys and Byrne optical despite a major supplier of Apple Watch cover glass from mainland China, Taiwan plant seems to eat less opportunities, but Jingmei has Qieruboen supply chain in Taiwan, the Taiwan plant still have a chance next generation access work orders, along with the application of universal sapphire, sapphire factory synchronized to benefit both sides. Coincidentally, just do a cash capital increase over last year, Jia Jing, recently a further handle no more than 6,000 shares of private placement, rumored to introduce strategic alliance partners, Jia Jing of shareholders will be held temporarily in March 31.


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Sapphire screen with anti-scratch and drop, etc., with great influence of Apple in the electronics industry, is expected to become the standard configuration sapphire some electronic products, sapphire industry demand will show a blowout status, good sapphire chain.

Apple recently released applewatch, Sapphire has become the standard version of the screen material configuration. applewatch sapphire sapphire screen will greatly enhance the demand, the industry is expected to only applewatch sapphire purchases more than 20% of global production of sapphire.

Gradually pick up in demand as well as Apple products are intended to carry the whole drive under sapphire, sapphire future will usher in the explosive growth. If the future of Apple's mobile phone screen all sapphire, the only piece of the screen is equivalent to seven times demand global sapphire production in 2013; in addition, related supplies will usher in the explosive growth, the required value of the diamond wire corresponding to 20 billion. And if other smartphones than Apple also promote the sapphire screen applications, the demand will continue to increase, with a market size of sapphire diamond wire will be more than million dollars.

With the outbreak of future demand and production of sapphire, the demand for related supplies also have more explosive growth. According to 2013 Global 130 000 000 2-inch slices to calculate the value of diamond wire consumption amounted to about 244 million yuan. If used in all future Apple screen sapphire, market capacity increased 7 times the value of the diamond wire required corresponding to 20 billion yuan.


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Apple has issued invitations to the media persons in recent days, and is scheduled for March 9 Pacific Time (Beijing time at 1:00 on March 10) will hold a special conference in San Francisco Yerba Buena. The invitation slogan for "SpringForward", which previously AppleWatch concern will come to the party, including the sales price and the specific launch time.

According to analysts revealed that 40% of AppleWatch will be equipped with sapphire cover plate optics supplied by Byrne. And if you follow the cover of yield increase causing prices to fall, do not rule out the proportion AppleWatch with sapphire further improved. Sapphire once iPhone6 ​​the abandoned child, but now it has become the darling of AppleWatch. At the same time, Apple suppliers sapphire blue Synopsys recently listed approved. Superposition of multiple positive, the sapphire plate is a second spring has come?

Apple frequently concern sapphire, sapphire applications open space

Sapphire is a concept from the beginning sought GTAT announced last year with Apple signed a multi-year, $ 578 million worth of high-grade sapphire material supply agreement.

And even if Apple and GTAT and cooperation ended, continue to be exposed in the news or ongoing sapphire display Apple patent reserves. In February, Apple approved a sapphire display the new patent. The patent will help Apple to become a pioneer in the new field of display materials. In the patent documents, 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 the entire phone screen.

"Consumer electronics applications sapphire sapphire growth of new open space." Orient Securities anonymous analysts believe that if the sapphire lens used in mobile phones, Home, screen protective glass, then to 2016 the global smart phone by 1.658 billion computing, mobile application penetration sapphire lens rate of 80%, Home key sapphire application penetration rate of 25%, sapphire screen phone penetration rate of 15% applied, the sapphire application market of nearly $ 5 billion of new space will be more than five times the space LED substrate material.

Industry sources pointed out that LED demand growth, the smartphone market demand for sapphire substrates also achieved strong growth in the past few years to ease the oversupply sapphire ingot market to bring trouble. By 2014, the ratio for the production of smart phones and other mobile devices, parts of Sapphire Ingot demand total demand will rise by 5% last year to 20 percent.


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February 10, 2015, the famous American technology magazine "PopularScience" announced the results of the annual 100 Best Technology, involving aerospace, engineering and construction, healthcare, software, hardware, entertainment, home, consumer electronics, sports and leisure Green, automotive, security and other 12 major categories. This selection has insisted for 27 years, science and technology achievement award Pokka has turned those who would lead the future, change the future of technological innovation. Kyocera phones which SapphireShield indestructible sapphire screen was rated one of the ten latest technology.

Although the non-application of LED application sapphire proportion accounted for less than 30%, but in the future as more consumer electronics sapphire material, the proportion will rapidly increase in 2016 is expected to be an equal proportion of the non-application of LED and LED application proportion . Currently manufacturers worldwide involved sapphire 148, 74 in China, with the actual manufacturing capacity has 39, although there once before GTAT bankruptcy affect the development of the industry, however, Apple has opened space for development sapphire, sapphire in the future as Apple product chain and other smart phone use promotion, expected future demand will grow sapphire. Currently, many companies secretly preparing sapphire material, such as exposed laugh Technology, East Crystal Electronic, Aorui De, Lida Optical already using all sorts of methods to do the layout for the sapphire market, has been revealed that Apple's next-generation mobile phones will sapphire material, enormous sapphire future industrial development, explosive strength.

Broken to pieces by a mobile phone screen we rely heavily on technology, life in reality, it is a blatant mockery. A recent survey found that every four years there is an iPhone, encountered a broken screen doom. 2014, Kyocera Corporation has released for the first time and never broken ultra-rugged mobile phone screen. SapphireShield screen laboratory made synthetic sapphire, synthetic sapphire called this one of the hardest substances on earth. Safety fall sapphire screen height is twice the normal screen. In addition, it is almost impossible to be scratched.

Sapphire crystal as an important technology, widely used in military, aerospace, consumer electronics, etc., sapphire has broad application prospects, especially in the consumer electronics and LED substrate applications, the ability to accelerate the development of the award-winning Sapphire it? Can bring 100% or 200% of the growth of the industry do?

Sapphire current state of development

With the continued growth of technology sophistication sapphire reduce production costs and, in addition to the conventional LED epitaxial substrate applications, sapphire widely in recent years, various industries concerned, all countries in the world promising business opportunities in the sapphire substrate. Sapphire substrate is mainly used in the production of LED wafers of material with high hardness, high dielectric constant, high thermal conductivity coefficient, and so superior characteristics, in addition to applications in smart phones and wearable devices, including Apple, Samsung, LG and other higher-order smart phone camera lens cover and the main screen keys, the sapphire substrate is expected to be more market can be applied in the field of optics, aerospace technology and military uses.

Current sapphire material from the application point of view, LED applications are expected to consume an average of one month 200-3000000 capacity, and with the high-end mobile phones and flat lens, the popularity of home key applications, and next year Applewatch market entry, sapphire material face increasingly wide applications. The main reason for the current market malaise sentiment remains sapphire material that GTAT bankruptcy, investment agencies believe that the reasons for the failure is that the sapphire the periodic problem on the technical and cost control, but in the long run, as long as there are new areas of application the possibility of new material production process, technology, cost and other issues will evolve over time, and are gradually digested. At present, it really possible to predict the sapphire will be applied to the next generation Iphone premature conclusion of the panel, but the new material industry chain enabled perspective still cause for concern.

Sapphire future demand trends

With Sapphire Apple product chain and other smart phones in the promotion of the use of the future will be increasing demand for sapphire. 2016 Sapphire application market of nearly $ 2 billion of new space will be three times higher than the market LED substrate material. Sapphire future needs in the following areas:

Applications sapphire: 1, LED chip substrate material; 2, consumer electronics: camera, fingerprint identification plate, cover glass; 3, military; in which the application of LED and consumer electronics industry accounted for most of the demand.

LED chip substrate material future global application needs in 6000-8000 ten thousand (2-inch pieces), demand remained stable, consumer electronics, mainly used in mobile phone cameras and fingerprint identification, if the demand sapphire glass cover can be opened, the industry is expected to remain twice for growth.

According to forecasts industry research organization, smartphones future growth rate of 11.5% on average, in 2018 shipments reached 1.8 billion, cover more than 20% penetration rate, the demand for more than 400 million. If the price by $ 10 / piece of computing, the industry will reach 4 billion US dollars.

As a phone cover glass of the advantages and disadvantages, sapphire has a hardness (close to diamond), ultraviolet, infrared sapphire advantage (for the military), dielectric constant, a crystal, amorphous and other than the advantages. Sapphire also has low light transmittance, however, a large density is less.


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In recent years, Changle jointly EPRI province, the Provincial Geological Survey Bureau and other units of the occurrence of the mineral resources of the county conducted a number of research and field exploration, especially for sapphire deposits causes, distribution, and other basic elements of reserves rigorous scientific conclusions are given for the rational development of resources sapphire, sapphire industry development and growth provides a strong theoretical basis. Currently, sapphires mined ore, processing and marketing in Changle has formed a complete and mature industrial chain, while driving, and brings together the rapid expansion of the size of the gold industry, will China (Changle) Gem City is increasingly playing a gold jewelery industry Changle and strong economic development aircraft carrier Enterprise.

From Gem Town Board was informed that, after nearly 30 years, especially the development of the past three years, Changle gem industry occurred in five 10-fold change: Gem City area expanded by 10 times; Gem City retail prices increased by 10 times; jewelry employees increased 10 times; sapphire prices rose by 10 times; jewelry processing transactions increased 10-fold. Gold as a gem processing raw materials, production and processing capacity has been developed jewelry industry, "weathervane." China (Changle) gems the city has more than 300 gold processing and marketing company, with annual processing capacity of more than 50 tons of gold, the output value of over 100 million, is the province's largest gold jewelry processing base. Jewelry industry employment has reached 40,000 people, gem mining, processing, jewelry inlaid, sales more than 1,200 enterprises, processing 13 million karats gems, jewelry 45 million, more than 50 million grams of precious metals, the annual turnover of over 300 processing billion, is one of the country's largest distribution center for jewelry. Changle jewelry industry has received four provincial famous brand, with Shandong Province jewelry industry's only "Chinese Famous Brand" dream gold circle.

Since last year, Changle County spend more than 40 billion yuan to carry out a large-scale expansion of the transformation Gem City. Two International Jewellery Building, three Liwei International Jewelry Plaza has been put into operation; four Pearl Tower, five million carats of all international gems, jewelry IWC park is being built. After the completion of the entire project, China (Changle) Gem City construction area will reach 2.6 million square meters, processing transactions may exceed 100 billion yuan.


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Recently, Xinjiang herdsmen accidentally picked up a nugget resembles a map of China news, attracted widespread attention. Coincidentally, Changle County, south street map five villagers Xu Xu Sai, recently also the great good fortune, accident picked up a weight of about 40 grams of sapphire, pleasant surprise, coming blessing, envy.

Changle County, five street map known as "China Sapphire Village", "China Sapphire first town" reputation, is not news to find gems and sapphires found fineness and weight also repeatedly been refreshed, but picked up accident like this large pieces of sapphire, is rare.

Recently, early one morning, as usual, many of the villagers to the field not far from the village where labor, suddenly heard someone picked up the stones cry, everyone Mother looked, I saw come bubbling, dancing, crowd surrounded the past, a sapphire impressively soil coerced India into the eye, people have reached out to pass, touching, envy was palpable.

Discoverer Jiaoxu Sai, South Xu village, the people of teachers. It is said, the day he was riding an electric car to work the streets back, passing a farm and saw everyone busy in full swing, wanted to say hello to the past, I did not expect to be at the foot of the "foreign body" stumbled, picked it up thinking that it is a closer look Stone, also quipped: "If pieces of gems like," Xu Jinglei slowly wipe away dirt intently closer look, impressively textured blue highlights, Oh, the Xu Jinglei bad music, shouting, "I picked up the pieces of gems ", giving rise to the crowd of onlookers.

Xu Jinglei wipe on home soil sapphire weighing about 40 grams, about 2-3 fineness grade, the family happy needless words. Since Xu Jinglei picked up stones, really became a star of the village, outside the village, the village people are also attracted to the visual impact of a constant stream of villagers spread the news, rumors and gems with Xu Jinglei adventure story.


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One of the reasons for mobile phone manufacturers are reluctant to equip sapphire glass screen that compares traditional basic reflectivity is not too obvious upgrade, but for this reason will soon be broken by new production processes. Well-known screen test DisplayMate recently announced that the company uses to build new production processes sapphire material reflectivity "far below the glass," said this is not a coating plant, but the use of new technology into the sapphire material itself.

DisplayMate's Raymond Soneira, CEO, said: "The new production process has been improved for low reflectivity sapphire prepare is no doubt that in the near future application on a smartphone screen." Reflectivity means lower equipment in less power consumption can be backlit operating environment, thereby improving the battery life of the device.


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The 2013 launch of the Apple generation flagship product iPhone5S, to bring people in addition to the topic of unprecedented champagne (Tyrant gold) color, and its trend-setting mobile fingerprint recognition. 2014 follow-up Samsung Glaxay S5, Huawei Mate7, vivo Xplay3S, OPPO N3, Meizu MX4 Pro, Jin Tian Kam T1 and the next generation of Apple's flagship iPhone6, iPhone6 plus, all you can think of, the recent launch of the high-end machines, the flagship machine possess fingerprint recognition. Fingerprint recognition mobile phone is no longer with or without a problem, "China cool together" relevant person in charge of all publicly stated that in the near future, in 2015 one of the development of mobile phones undoubtedly determine the fingerprint.

Fingerprint sapphire so why manufacturers developed a taste, in addition to its luxurious atmosphere, whether there are other Sentimentality?

A typical fingerprint identification systems include: Fingerprint Sensor + feature extraction / matching module + feature template library + applications. And a matching fingerprint can be divided into two steps, first to be authenticated extracted fingerprint features, then the fingerprint and the template fingerprint template library similarity compared to determine whether the two fingerprint images from the same finger. You can say that the core of the fingerprint identification is accurate and efficient fingerprint analysis.

Application of fingerprint recognition sensor cover materials are: ceramics, sapphire and resins. The relatively soft resin material; ceramic dielectric and sapphire pretty, and relatively low cost, but its color is not controllable, if the color disposable meet the requirements, then the ceramic material can only be set aside.

Fingerprint recognition mobile phone since launch, on the relationship between the sapphire deal, which is due as a cover on the fingerprint sensor, sapphire has its unique advantages.

Sapphire advantages as fingerprinting cover

Sapphire as fingerprint recognition sensor on the cover, there are three major advantages:

First, read the fingerprint data, requiring very fast induction, sapphire relatively high dielectric constant, good thermal conductivity, can quickly react;

Secondly, since the fingerprint identification system is very sensitive fingerprint recognition sensor cover only a thin one, if the recognition area is scratched, it may cause not recognize, so the requirements cover material strength is very high. Sapphire hardness of 9H, scratch resistance, physical sector in few other substances can damage it.

Again, fingerprint recognition using a sapphire on the front panel to do the cover style, identification zone with the same mobile phone cover glass is clear and transparent mirror, making the phone look more beautiful and harmonious whole.

Indeed, the current cost of the use of sapphire is 4-5 times that of ordinary glass, large-scale use and supply chain maturity is the key to reducing costs.

"Sapphire large number of applications in the smart phone panel is only a matter of time," a new source of optical Industrial (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "new source of optics"), Chairman Liang said in an interview marked the current fingerprint identification area is just a round or elliptical thumb-sized area, the future may lower end of the entire panel is fingerprint recognition sensor area; new source of optics in terms of capacity utilization there is a huge room for improvement, ready to attack the mobile phone market.

Providing 70% of the Meizu MX4 Pro Sapphire

As the world's first fingerprint recognition front push Android phones, Meizu MX4 Pro around fingerprinting create "mTouch" system, fingers just gently press the Home key, the sensor will respond quickly under the sapphire, the whole process is only 0.5 seconds . Liang Standard in an interview that the sapphire cover Meizu MX4 Pro fingerprint recognition sensor, 70% come from a new source optics.

The new optical source was founded in 1994, has focused on sapphire lens, sapphire crystal, sapphire phone mirror, LED sapphire substrate and POS equipment protection lens production and processing. Currently, a new source of high-end watches optics provide domestic market 80% of the glass panel, FIYTA, according to Bo, Rossini and other domestic well-known watch brands are a new source of buyers; in foreign markets, new sources of optical main competitors are Japanese and Swiss firms, but also occupy a certain market.

A new source of long-term work in the optical field of watch components, but also has been closely observing the situation using a sapphire in the mobile space. The new optical source from 2012 to intervene phones, Nokia's luxury VERTU series sapphire cover indirect supply, now with the Department of the top technology cooperation, there Meizu mobile terminal client, Jin and other domestic terminal brand manufacturers.


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Apple did on iPhone6 sapphire screen, but it did not "give up hope." According to sources, Apple's Foxconn will produce sapphire for the iPhone screen.

Although no experience Foxconn production of artificial sapphire, but the company was interested but then this material. Over the past few years, Foxconn has been active in a variety of applications for patents related to sapphire. Currently, it owns patents include sapphire sapphire with LCD screen, screen protective sapphire, sapphire, sapphire laser cutting training methods and materials.

In order to meet the supply needs of the iPhone's screen, Apple needs to 3000 production of 165 kg sapphire furnace, or 200 262 kg of production furnaces. Sources said, Foxconn has purchased a large sapphire furnace planting, prepare to expand sapphire supply chain.

If Apple wants to adopt sapphire screen on the next-generation iPhone, then it must be deployed before the spring of next year production furnaces. The good news is that in addition to Foxconn, Mesa factory from China and Arizona will also provide Apple sapphire material, while South Korea and China Harbin Aurora HansolTechnics photoelectric technology companies will also produce sapphire material screen.


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Splendid sapphire iPhone illusion has been shattered in the last year. Even more distressing is that the original co-production with Apple sapphire manufacturers GT Advanced Technologies (hereinafter referred to as GTAT) filed for bankruptcy, and also to repay hundreds of millions of dollars of Apple. iPhone 6 no sapphire is still very popular, Apple naturally laugh laugh. But the problem is Apple Watch it? At the press conference, but Apple claims that this device will sapphire version.

Not only is Apple Watch, rumors of a new generation of iPhone this year will also be used sapphire screen, and this is one of Apple's major problem to be solved in 2015.

After GTAT event, pick apples for sapphire manufacturers will no doubt be more stringent quality control of their products will be more demanding. Last year, there was news that Foxconn is trying to encroach on the sapphire had never been involved in their field, and its purpose is the only big apple Sheep. If Foxconn sapphire business runs smoothly, then either the Apple Watch the next iPhone or even iPad and Mac are likely to become their cash cow.

But Apple seems even Foxconn has a small partner for many years, if they can not produce in line with Apple's standard sapphire products, the possibility of the two sides fell out of the still very large.


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