Recently, the United States sapphire sapphire production of raw material suppliers and equipment manufacturers GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) announced that the company has legally to the United States Bankruptcy Court proposed initiative bankruptcy filing. For a time, gone in addition to more than 90 percent of the company's shares, as well as a large number of lay members from the start of cooperation with Apple, had placed on the sapphire industry full of hope and confidence. The bursting of the moment, it is bankrupt to domestic enterprises and government caused huge losses of distressed and resentful of their.

But in fact, really be so terrible? A sapphire equipment and materials into a few years time, consecutive losses, $ 299 million in 2013 revenue, profit margin to 30% once the old PV equipment suppliers, where they come from so much energy? After all, it is because at the end of last year GTAT with Apple reached $ 578 million worth of sapphires phone screen supply agreement, let GTAT became the other end in the air flying up the fattest pig. Today, the tide receded, the GTAT was found swimming naked, the only thing they had their stuffed bear bitter fruit under. For domestic sapphire industry, whether suffered the effects mentioned above it?

First, the huge losses caused to the domestic GTAT bankruptcy and out of the question. Domestic purchase GTAT sapphire production equipment business does have a few, and some order amount of money, but there does not exist already prepaid deposit situation has not got a lot of equipment. Interpretation of related earnings can be corroborated this, by the end of 2013, GTAT scale new record backlog of products, worth up to $ 602 million.

GTAT failure is their own business decision problems and mass production 160kg ~ 200kg sapphire crystal lack of experience, its commitment to Apple's products many of which are indicators of laboratory data, fully withstand the test of production. In contrast, domestic enterprises purchasing GTAT equipment, after quite a long arduous transformation and innovation, the current supply of products from mobile phone applications, although there are still gaps, but the mainstream LED fully meet the market demand. Taking into account the investment and construction project in mind, in these CDB and local financial support for projects of strategic emerging industries, it should be said domestic enterprises do fail in their mission.

Secondly, from the GTAT, domestic producers still sapphire Dezhuan. GTAT equipment for the technological transformation and innovation, domestic enterprises are autonomous. After GTAT bankruptcy, China has purchased its equipment production will not be affected, but certainly after the expansion is to increase the difficulty.

Currently GTAT heat exchange method using domestic enterprises in Jiangsu star, Guangdong race Fei, Zhejiang, Guizhou Haotian and the city. Similar polysilicon production equipment, production equipment purchase GTAT sapphire companies already have autonomous operation, maintenance, upgrades and R & D capability to mature production 120kg-class crystal, LED and watches market in a good performance. However, if the bankruptcy is no longer available after GTAT sapphire production equipment, more enterprises to expand production capacity in the short term will be affected.

In addition to equipment suppliers GTAT sapphire outside, not only to the domestic supply of several Russian companies mature, more background Aorui De HIT photovoltaic and Yuan Liang science and technology has reached the international advanced level of domestic equipment manufacturers to choose from. GTAT bankruptcy, so that domestic sapphire equipment manufacturers less of a competitor, but also to make way for LED upstream equipment at home.

Finally, GTAT bankruptcy will not affect the good prospects for the development of the sapphire industry. GTAT sapphire promote the use of the phone screen opens up a new world of sapphire applications, but it also delayed the outbreak of the bankrupt consumer electronics applications sapphire. GTAT heat exchange technology can mature production line 120kg crystal, automation rate, compared to other technology roadmap Kyropoulos mature production 80kg crystal has certain advantages.

But in the long run, Kyropoulos will be more mature, the two technologies will coexist for a long route, which also for domestic enterprises to bring business opportunities. Huawei, vivo, Jin Sapphire has released three mobile phone manufacturers mobile terminal products, Tiantonggufen at the end of last month, won three domestic mobile phone manufacturers supply contract sapphire screen. At the same time, with the rising world demand for energy saving LED lighting brings market penetration, sapphires used in LED field is in full swing, wind and water. Sapphire industrial prospects of a bright future.

So, GTAT bankruptcy would be no negative impact on it? There is! GTAT sapphire bankruptcy broke aura domestic stocks, all stocks have been "lying gun", or not small. But to be fair, these stocks are also in the basic set off after Apple sapphire boom, touted to highs. It would appear that the return on stocks sapphire rational understanding, it seems not a bad thing.


Tungsten Manufacturer & Supplier: Chinatungsten Online - http://www.chinatungsten.com
Tel.: 86 592 5129696; Fax: 86 592 5129797
Email:  sales@chinatungsten.com
Tungsten & Molybdenum Information Bank: http://i.chinatungsten.com
Tungsten News & Tungsten Prices, 3G Version: http://3g.chinatungsten.com
Molybdenum News & Molybdenum Price: http://news.molybdenum.com.cn

According to Agence France-Presse reported on October 10, providing sapphire screens for Apple mobile equipment supplier - American Birgit Advanced Technologies Inc. (GTAT) on Friday apply to the Bankruptcy Court, urging the court to lift its contract with Apple . GTAT said the contract allowed to feel the pressure.

Sapphire is very hard to the touch screen of synthetic material, are used to replace the glass panel for Apple's mobile device has been used on a small number of very sensitive components. Sapphire is expected to be installed on the Apple screen and watch the latest of several Apple phone.

GTAT's attorney submitted to the instrument in the United States Bankruptcy Court, said the issue for the business relationship with Apple, GTAT think they have the right to put forward a number of Apple's claims. Contract to GTAT pressure exerted a lot of great entries and arduous task. GTAT also requested the court to let it reduce located two states sapphire manufacturer's production capacity to reduce the "burn" like spending, in order to avoid liquidity dried up.

Recently, GTAT has officially filed for bankruptcy protection, Apple's sapphire screen from where is not known.

GTAT told the court, after careful assessment, the company concluded that: In order to protect the company's assets, the company needs to reduce the sapphire production capacity, and the dismissal of its support staff located in New Hampshire office. Stop its sapphire manufacturing business is expected to result in 890 job losses.

Apple did not comment on the matter told AFP, but said the move to file for bankruptcy on GTAT shocked.


Tungsten Manufacturer & Supplier: Chinatungsten Online - http://www.chinatungsten.com
Tel.: 86 592 5129696; Fax: 86 592 5129797
Email:  sales@chinatungsten.com
Tungsten & Molybdenum Information Bank: http://i.chinatungsten.com
Tungsten News & Tungsten Prices, 3G Version: http://3g.chinatungsten.com
Molybdenum News & Molybdenum Price: http://news.molybdenum.com.cn

A person new Hanpuxieer United States Bankruptcy Court in Manchester, said Apple's sapphire material suppliers GT Advanced Technologies will be held Thursday 10:00 EDT initial bankruptcy hearing. GT said it would at the hearing to explain why the company a surprise bankruptcy filing this week, and led to share price fell 90%.

Tuesday, GT shares rose 51 percent, to close at $ 1.21. GT shares rebound on Tuesday, analysts noted that some investors believe that bankruptcy will give the rest of GT shares some value. But this is a very dangerous gamble.


Tungsten Manufacturer & Supplier: Chinatungsten Online - http://www.chinatungsten.com
Tel.: 86 592 5129696; Fax: 86 592 5129797
Email:  sales@chinatungsten.com
Tungsten & Molybdenum Information Bank: http://i.chinatungsten.com
Tungsten News & Tungsten Prices, 3G Version: http://3g.chinatungsten.com
Molybdenum News & Molybdenum Price: http://news.molybdenum.com.cn

September 22 news, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has recently announced another apple with sapphire glass reinforced technology-related patents. Earlier in August Apple has won a sapphire strengthen technology-related patents, and foreign media found on Apple Watch just released this month, Apple will use the patent.

Apple's latest patent obtained in this, we can see that Apple introduced is another engineering team, they developed out there is a sapphire glass strengthening process. As to whether this new technology will be the future of Apple Watch series we can not use to be determined.

The Apple patent primarily related to the coating on the substrate, and more particularly described in the patent Apple enhanced user underlying substrate layer. Apple says their new invention can be used on multiple devices, including tablet PCs, laptops, home appliances meter window and window. Alternatively, you can use the non-electronic devices, such as mechanical watches.


Tungsten Manufacturer & Supplier: Chinatungsten Online - http://www.chinatungsten.com
Tel.: 86 592 5129696; Fax: 86 592 5129797
Email:  sales@chinatungsten.com
Tungsten & Molybdenum Information Bank: http://i.chinatungsten.com
Tungsten News & Tungsten Prices, 3G Version: http://3g.chinatungsten.com
Molybdenum News & Molybdenum Price: http://news.molybdenum.com.cn

Beijing time on September 10 morning, Apple's new conference held as scheduled. In this conference Apple announced two new products & mdash; & mdash; two sizes iphone6 ​​and wearable products AppleWatch. However, as an important innovation in this field of hardware, sapphire used in Apple's new in the industry, but lower than expected. Supply chain sources, capital market holds high expectations for sapphire, sapphire domestic and foreign manufacturers are targeting capacity expansion, the market still has a good future sapphire market expectations.

Apple only partially sapphire

With Apple's new products unveiled, some rumors have been confirmed before the industry. Apple will launch two sizes iPhone6 ​​and wearable watch AppleWatch, which only AppleWatch display all use the sapphire material. This makes the industry prior to the iphone display with sapphire is expected to fall.

At the end of the Apple conference, Apple genuine sapphire suppliers GTAT shares fell sharply close to 13% a month gains have all been eroded. A-share market also appeared chain reaction, September 10, Tiantonggufen, new sub-process, Southwest Pharmaceutical, East Crystal Electronic, Han's Laser, etc. sapphire stocks fell sharply.

Due to limited exports after the global sapphire industry has long faced overcapacity situation, but in the early and announced that the next Apple purchase GTAT sapphire material will be used in hardware, capital markets showed strong expectations for the better. Studies have reported that Apple's handset shipments each year more than 100 million, if the display screen in the field of sapphire material nature of supply and demand in the industry will make a reversal. Moreover, the demonstration effect of Apple's bound to lead the industry to follow suit, will make the future for a long period of time sapphire market is facing serious capacity gaps.

Apple iphone4S camera for the first time using sapphire material, iphone5 generation is the sapphire applied to the entire home button. This makes the application of the industry's future direction on sapphire gradually clear. According to the industry previously expected, Apple's next step will be to replace the entire cover with sapphire glass material, a widely circulated version, iphone6 ​​big screen version will use the sapphire. However, this is expected to ultimately did not materialize.

Capacity expansion also look at next year

& ldquo; This situation is already in the industry expected, but the capital market to its expectations too high, resulting in valuations under pressure. & rdquo;

LEDinside research director Chu Chao said in the third quarter of this year whether it is sapphire crystal rods, flat sheet and pattern type substrates are slight decline in prices, some products showed 5% -10% of the quarter decline, has been heralded this year will be less likely to use Apple sapphire replace the cover glass.

Chu Yu Chao also believes, iphone6 ​​not use sapphire merely expedient, taking into account the pre-Apple GTAT huge funds to purchase and post-investment, there is no reason not to use sapphire material at a later stage. From the supply chain to understand the situation, Apple may launch carrying a larger sapphire iphone in the first quarter of 2015. & ldquo; sapphire production release will still come, but time point is next year. & rdquo;

Insiders said that this new product that Apple has used in wearable sapphire, which can be interpreted as a positive signal. Aorui De backdoor Southwest Pharmaceutical, new sub-process to acquire 10% stake in the sapphire season Fei, sapphire industry is still attracting a large number of listed companies to enter, it also means more industrial capital is targeting the future direction of development in the field of intelligent terminal hardware materials .


Tungsten Manufacturer & Supplier: Chinatungsten Online - http://www.chinatungsten.com
Tel.: 86 592 5129696; Fax: 86 592 5129797
Email:  sales@chinatungsten.com
Tungsten & Molybdenum Information Bank: http://i.chinatungsten.com
Tungsten News & Tungsten Prices, 3G Version: http://3g.chinatungsten.com
Molybdenum News & Molybdenum Price: http://news.molybdenum.com.cn

September is a month full of hope, which is not open to usher in the first week of small Mid-Autumn Festival reunion. Therefore, non-September birthday stone symbolizes love, loyalty, hope and love is none other than sapphire, the Oriental peoples, sapphire also as a "guiding stone", is said to wear it good luck.

In the latest poll multicolored, sapphires and rubies, emeralds are entitled to 80% of visibility.

Origin: Western royal worship were "imperial stone"

In the gemstone family, sapphire head forever shrouded in the aura of the sacred circle, mysterious, noble, its English name Sapphire translated that perfection thing. It is another imperial stone, Stone of Destiny, the stone of love in the world, almost every era of Western imperial family have been its ability to attract and bless the considered sacred and collection of treasures. From a global perspective, the main origin of sapphire for Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and other countries, China, Shandong, Anhui and other regions also produced sapphire, but because of awareness and other reasons, it is still not recognized by the international sapphire comparable.

Sapphire consumption is mainly popular in Japan and the United States and Europe. For example, the Christian clergy to do with a sapphire ring or crown jewel is inlaid into the engagement ring couples, and the Japanese do 23 with sapphire wedding anniversary stone, but unfortunately, it belongs in China "is just a legend" category gems.

In addition to the beautiful blue sapphire and a huge branch - color sapphire, and all corundum except red and blue are called color sapphire.

Formed in the mantle of high temperature and pressure, the color of sapphire corundum is classified into a class, is in addition to the diamond on Earth hardest natural mineral, basic chemical composition is alumina, the hardness of 9, second only to diamond. Those with a non-red corundum gemstone characteristics are color sapphire, showing a variety of colors, but the clear deep blue gemstone most precious.

Sapphire is the biggest characteristic is most uneven color, two-color and strong. For example, Burmese sapphire production areas, was bright blue uniform (which is caused due to titanium color), because it contains inclusions, can produce six or twelve shooting stars. Indian Kashmir sapphire, was cornflower blue, indigo microstrip purple, bright colors, high-quality sapphire. Sri Lanka, Thailand, China, Australia, the production of sapphire is also distinctive.

The reaction from the market point of view, the most popular color sapphire best known and most expensive way to Sri Lanka produced orange pink sapphires, pink and orange exist, and two colors embraced. Some people call it domestic Padma corundum. In Sri Lanka, where the language, it means "lotus", representing the holiness and life. U.S. consumers are most popular pink sapphires, is the price after the pink sapphire orange color, but if the pink in with visible brown, gray, value will be greatly affected.

In addition, yellow, bright orange, lavender, purple and blue-green, such as sapphire is also very popular with collectors welcome. Color sapphire color more colorful, more rarely, the higher the value.

Market: sapphire future appreciation of the enormous space

Sapphire is in addition to diamonds, rubies, emeralds outside the most precious gems tradition, it is called a blue royal blue, so it shows the market price of money.

Yesterday, sapphire latest news about the most talked about way to pass Apple's new product market iPhone or iWatch will be equipped with sapphire glass screen. At present, Apple has been using the sapphire material to protect the iPhone's camera and TouchID fingerprint sensor.

Thus, the future appreciation of the enormous space sapphire.

According to "Chinese colored gemstone collection trends report" shows that colored gemstones tight global supply, China demand amplification, prices rose sharply. Specific to the sapphire, 2008-2013 Sri Lanka sapphire net gains of up to 200-300%, Burma sapphire net gain is as high as 300-500%.

Last year, Christie's Hong Kong spring auction, a 44.53 kt Burma unheated sapphire inlaid in the Cartier diamond necklace, the auction sold for $ 2.8 million, priced at $ 63,000 carats. From the price, it is usually good clarity and color sapphire vivid color, the higher the price. If the color is soft tonal range, clarity must be good, otherwise inclusions or flaws become apparent. And, like other precious stones, the main factors affecting the price of sapphire for clarity, cut, natural, weight.

Sapphire is directly proportional to the value and natural, that is, the higher the degree of natural stones, relatively higher value. After mined gemstones, often not perfect, there are some places, such as the color is too light, etc., to improve the appearance of precious stones, often using conventional heating methods, and these methods have not changed fundamentally due to the composition of matter consisting of stones, so, gemstone industry, including being recognized inspection agency can be accepted. However, compared to optimized sapphire, completely non-optimized natural sapphire, the price is extremely high, and the international market price has increased steadily. So, in the purchase of top-sapphire, the authority to ask the jeweler laboratory identification certificate is necessary.

Difference: confusing aquamarine

Lift the sapphire, it is reminiscent of the recent appreciation of the Chinese market very fast collection of aquamarine, then what is the difference between them do?

In fact, aquamarine, and the first two newspaper "collection" Emerald introduction, Morgan beryl stone belong to the same family, is transparent beryl crystals. And a coloring element which is completely different from the sapphire, so that the different varieties. Because beryl aquamarine color caused containing iron ions, so that presents crystal blue sky blue or sea, it was this name. No multi-color sapphire.

Aquamarine is mainly grown in Brazil, Russia, China, belongs only to the mid-range gems, along with a collective appreciation multicolored family, its price has doubled, but still can not be compared with belonging to high-grade sapphire gemstones.

The famous sapphire varieties

Kashmir Cornflower - King Sapphire

From India and Pakistan border Kashmir sapphire is the most prestigious of its mining entirely artificial mountain crevice in struggling to explore mining. It is said that the quality of Kashmir sapphire can show a similar plateau sky like a pure, rich and slightly positive blue with purple, which the national flower of cornflower blue and Germany has a lot of similarities, it is also known as cornflower sapphire.

In today's market, most people have never heard the name of Kashmir sapphire, and even slightly aware of those, it is only just heard his name, no matter which. Kashmir sapphire absolutely could easily appear in shopping malls or shops, jewelers and generally only senior international auctions in possible chance to see, hundreds of thousands of dollars per carat price of non-ordinary people can afford. November 21, 2008, Geneva, precious stones autumn auction held at Christie's, a 42.28 kt of Kashmir sapphires to the final sale price $ 3,458,400 to create a sapphire auction total price high.

Royal Blue - sapphire nobility

Sapphire in the non-noble "Royal Blue" must go, and the best produced in our neighbor Burma. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II that is produced in Myanmar 一枚 huge royal blue sapphire brooch, is before the marriage of Prince Albert gave Queen Victoria's day gift, sapphire surrounded by 12 round diamonds, beloved Queen Victoria jewelry, often wear, however, after the death of Prince Albert, perhaps to avoid Duwusiren, Queen Victoria never worn it.

Compared with the Kashmir has never produced cornflower, so far, Myanmar royal blue sapphire is still a small amount of new annual output.

Red Lotus Sapphire

Red Lotus Sapphire, also known as "Padma" sapphire, the color of a red lotus, representing the holiness and life is sacred religious believers hearts colors.

Red Lotus sapphire colored sapphires belong to the most expensive one, is the second independent name sapphire, also known as the "Red Lotus corundum," consisting of color from pink and orange, two colors you have me, I have your indispensable complement each other. Most ideal red lotus sapphire pink color is 50% plus 50% of the orange, red lotus sapphire initial production in Sri Lanka.


Tungsten Manufacturer & Supplier: Chinatungsten Online - http://www.chinatungsten.com
Tel.: 86 592 5129696; Fax: 86 592 5129797
Email:  sales@chinatungsten.com
Tungsten & Molybdenum Information Bank: http://i.chinatungsten.com
Tungsten News & Tungsten Prices, 3G Version: http://3g.chinatungsten.com
Molybdenum News & Molybdenum Price: http://news.molybdenum.com.cn

According to foreign media reports, Apple will release iPhone6 ​​on September 9, including 4.7 inches and 5.5 inches in two models. Among them, in addition to carrying a faster processor and more advanced camera, the sapphire screen iPhone6 ​​used to be a great spectacle. Analysts said Apple's new release can attract highly sought after repeatedly capital markets; coupled with the recently listed companies have to take a different approach to overweight sapphire business. In this context, the sapphire industry will usher in leaps and bounds. Affected Roshow science and technology stocks continued to rally sapphire, sapphire driven index rose 2.11 percent.

Thus, the sapphire is continuing to expand the application space, that is, from LED applications into the smart phone applications. Moreover, the current market demand for LED traditional applications continues to grow. Data show that this year, increasing demand for LED lighting, coupled with Apple's mobile phone driven market is in short supply status. 2 inches ingot beginning of the year rose to $ 4, 4 inches from ingot to $ 13 by the end of the first quarter of this year rose to $ 15, the second quarter rose to $ 16 in the third quarter rose to 16.8 latest offer -17.65 dollars, accumulated in the first three quarters of this year rose nearly 3 percent, thus downstream substrates will also be synchronized prices, thus further enhancing the ingot and substrate factory revenue and profit margins.

2014 LED chip and the window size of about 5 billion yuan with a sapphire, sapphire cover once Apple applications, the sapphire industry will achieve leapfrog development. Societe Generale Securities expects 2015-2016 Apple sapphire cover demand will reach 7.5 billion yuan, 9.3 billion yuan, non-Apple sapphire cover demand will reach 40 billion yuan, 7.0 billion. Thus, sapphire rapid increases in corporate profitability, growth quickly open space, so as to enhance its intrinsic valuation coordinates.


Tungsten Manufacturer & Supplier: Chinatungsten Online - http://www.chinatungsten.com
Tel.: 86 592 5129696; Fax: 86 592 5129797
Email:  sales@chinatungsten.com
Tungsten & Molybdenum Information Bank: http://i.chinatungsten.com
Tungsten News & Tungsten Prices, 3G Version: http://3g.chinatungsten.com
Molybdenum News & Molybdenum Price: http://news.molybdenum.com.cn

The iPhone6 conference is approaching, but on the scale of the sapphire, the industry is still uncertain. DIGITIMES8 month 25 days reported this year, apple mobile phone use sapphire probability is still small, is expected to adopt a sapphire Apple mobile phone to only one quarter of next year may achieve mass production.

IPhone short term or not using the

Industry is rife, Apple will hold the conference in September 9th, announced a new generation of mobile phone iPhone6. The industry on the iPhone hardware evolution's main focus is on the body the sapphire. Before, Apple has acquired sapphire manufacturer GTAT, and use the HOME key sapphire materials in iPhone5. Analytic personage thinks, Apple will be possible in the iPhone6 products will be the first time the sapphire material to cover the entire screen, Corelle gorilla cover glass replace early adopted.

Despite the current hardware evolution of intelligent mobile phone has slowed sharply, but Apple's status in the industry determines its every innovation will still affect the nerve. If the sapphire material employed on a large scale in iPhone6 products, not only represents the change direction of the intelligent mobile phone screen material, more on the explosive growth of sapphire industry to greatly boost.

According to the media before, iPhone6 may have two versions, respectively is 4.7 inch and 5.5 inch, 4.7 inch will still use the traditional plate glass, while the 5.5 inch will use sapphire. However, a number of industry organization said, from the analysis of supply chain status, subject to capacity and cost down, short-term inside Apple will sapphire large-scale applications to mobile phone still has not little difficulty. The DIGITIMES report, GTAT provides to Apple's 5.5 inch sapphire mobile phone screen in this year will not be able to supply large quantities, formal be born in 2015 may have to.

The report, apple on sapphire supplier GTAT fourth advance payment to pay in October. While the GTAT before the foreign said, the sapphire in August to enter mass production stage, this year has been no time to complete the large-scale ship. In addition, 5.5 inch screen mobile phone with sapphire cost could reach $100 / piece, and the cover glass cost only about $5-10, and this is short-term inside cannot be one of the reasons the sapphire market acceptance.

Domestic enterprises ahead of the layout of

Although the leading demonstration effect have not yet been born, but the industry is still optimistic about the same sapphire industry prospects.

As early as 2012 apple iPhone5 mobile phone to use sapphire as the camera lens, and then to 2013 apple to iPhone5S in the use of sapphire glass HOME key, the industry will have sapphire as the hardware of future intelligent mobile phone standard choice. Forecast report shows, with the large-scale application of sapphire in the mobile phone lens, the Home key, the screen protection glass, sapphire market share from 15% in 2013 to 55% in 2015.

The sapphire material weaknesses only cost. The personage inside course of study points out, the cover glass manufacturers have been considering the problem of price, the future of sapphire prices will also be expected.

From the observation of the capital market, each big company smell opportunities already ahead of action. Analysts have pointed out, apple large-scale use of sapphire follow practices, will inevitably lead to the stock market more Samsung brand, thus stimulating the intelligent mobile phone supporting hardware market another round of high growth.


Tungsten Manufacturer & Supplier: Chinatungsten Online - http://www.chinatungsten.com
Tel.: 86 592 5129696; Fax: 86 592 5129797
Email:  sales@chinatungsten.com
Tungsten & Molybdenum Information Bank: http://i.chinatungsten.com
Tungsten News & Tungsten Prices, 3G Version: http://3g.chinatungsten.com
Molybdenum News & Molybdenum Price: http://news.molybdenum.com.cn

LED chip link prosperity depends on the demand, but supply depends on the MOCVD devices. After entering the 2 quarter LED chip supply and marketing steel enterprises the main production equipment MOCVD full load production, chip shipments increased inventory at historic lows, some enterprises zero inventory operation.

Supply and demand is expected, the second half of the LED chip will be more balanced and even reverse, in short supply situation in a certain range. Epitaxial chip enterprises with the further release of the expansion of production capacity, profitability has continued to improve. In terms of price, the short-term upward probability is not big, but in the supply and demand improved the situation, prices stabilized.

Since 2014, with the LED epitaxial chip enterprise MOCVD equipment capacity, plus apple with sapphire news stimulation, the upstream sapphire demand better, supply and demand situation improved, sapphire ingot and substrate prices gradually rise slowly.

Since the 2 quarter of 2 inch sapphire ingot prices remain at $5 /mm, and the maximum amount of 2 inch substrate prices rebounded to around $8, the price increase in 15%. but in LED chip prices probability is not the case, and sapphire expanding production capacity, 2 inch sapphire crystal and the substrate is not in short supply. So in the short term the sapphire substrate prices limited space.


Tungsten Manufacturer & Supplier: Chinatungsten Online - http://www.chinatungsten.com
Tel.: 86 592 5129696; Fax: 86 592 5129797
Email:  sales@chinatungsten.com
Tungsten & Molybdenum Information Bank: http://i.chinatungsten.com
Tungsten News & Tungsten Prices, 3G Version: http://3g.chinatungsten.com
Molybdenum News & Molybdenum Price: http://news.molybdenum.com.cn

After the madness 2010-2011 expansion, the sapphire material industry then experienced a serious oversupply of capacity brought low tide, sapphire material prices also continue to continue to decline, two-inch flat substrates from 2012 when more than 30-year highs high dollar has fallen nearly 7 dollars historic lows. 2013, both the international giants, or engaged in domestic Sapphire Dan Changjing and substrate processing enterprises, to hand over the transcripts can be said to be gloomy, most enterprises at a loss, only a small part of the business to achieve profit.

With the strong growth of LED general lighting market, LED upstream manufacturing capacity utilization also continue to climb, with the first half of 2014, global LED manufacturers basically at full production capacity of the state, the domestic LED epitaxial chip companies such as three-tier security Optoelectronics, are also in full production status. According to SEMI China forthcoming & ldquo; upstream Chinese LED manufacturing report 2014 & rdquo; show that in 2014 China LED manufacturing capacity upstream rate is expected to reach nearly 90% (excluding discontinued manufacturers), for sapphire substrate demand will continue to rise . Although the growing demand for sapphire substrates, but LED chip prices continue downward, LED epitaxial silicon class of customers is more difficult to accept price increases demand.

Sapphire ingot prices despite the rise in recent months, but long grain between domestic companies due to differences in product yield, technical route, regional energy costs, the profitability of the application structure has also been caused by differentiation, whole grain companies currently long profitability is still limited. On the other hand, due to the crystal rod prices, making sapphire flat sheet processing in business costs go up so the current level of sapphire substrates almost still no money or even losses. The sapphire substrate manufacturing sector in the PSS (patterned sapphire substrate, Patterned Sapphire Substrate) due to the current market, there is a certain supply gap and can maintain high profits. Overall, in the LED chip prices continue to trend lower, sapphire bottom nor to the state out of stock, so the limited space of the short-term price sapphire substrate, in the medium term, due to the LED industry boom to rise, with sapphire materials continue to expand in other application areas, the sapphire substrate demand will continue to rise, but whether it will remains to be seen price increases and space.

Compared with a glass material, a sapphire material having a high hardness, scratch resistance and other characteristics. Although the luxury mobile phone brand VERTU long sapphire material as its mobile phone display cover material, but never like Apple caused so much concern. Since Apple iPhone5 2012 on the first import of sapphire material as the camera lens cover has constantly raised market concerns, followed by sapphire material used in the iPhone5S is also extended to the Home key. While industry speculation sapphire material at Apple products where an application will, when in November 2013, a very special Advanced Technologies (GTAT) today announced that it has signed a multi-year period with apples, worth $ 578 million senior sapphire material supply agreement, including Apple plans in Arizona designed to build a content processing sapphire material production plant. This news was disclosed, causing great concern to the industry and lively discussion, although there is still the view that, due to the yield, productivity, technology and other reasons, may not all use the phone on iPhone6 ​​sapphire material as the display cover materials, but Apple the sapphire material applications continue to expand into the next generation devices such as the iPhone and iWatch will be inevitable. It is reported that, GTAT Arizona sapphire plant has installed more than 2,000 seats crystal growth furnace, and Apple's suppliers in China Bern Optics, blue Synopsys has also begun processing 4.7-inch, 5.5-inch iPhone sapphire display cover.

Apple's mobile phone industry as a benchmark for companies, their every move has affected the business industry trend and its supply chain. According to SEMI China survey, whether it is Samsung, LG or Huawei, millet, vivo, Cool, and many other domestic and foreign mobile phone manufacturers have started showing interest in sapphire material, some manufacturers have begun to test small quantities, in the future there will be more more mobile phone manufacturers to use sapphire material added to the camp in the past. 2013, the global smart phone shipments reached 1 billion, and is still rapidly growing, global smart phone shipments in 2014 amounted to 280 million in the first quarter, the top five smartphone vendors shipped a total of approximately 167 million Ministry of sapphire material if the future can continue to import other smart phone manufacturers except Apple, the market will be very huge room for growth.
In addition to smartphones, the future wearable device (WD, Wearable Device) will also become an important application of sapphire material market. Apple only an example, if iWatch can achieve 50 million sales in 2015, for example, only iWatch one can consume about 23 million two-inch sapphire substrate rather (TIE) usage. Therefore, we expect total global consumption Sapphire Sapphire Material years from 2013 to about 60 million to 450 million TIE TIE increase the amount of 2016, including smart phones, wearable devices will be the most important part of the increase, future 5 years sapphire material market is expected to grow over 10 times.

SEMI China has committed to build China's industrial platform to sapphire material, for example, currently SEMICON China LED area brings together many of the world's leading manufacturers of sapphire material and its various process equipment and materials manufacturers need, including Monocrystal, Yunnan Blue crystal, Guizhou Haotian Optoelectronics, Nanjing, Beijing Jing, East Crystal Electronic, Yuan Liang technology, crystal-liter energy, Juropol, Crystal Sense, Kemet, Speedfam, the first well-known companies such as Proton optoelectronic products, including ingot, substrate, PSS , crystal growth furnace, cutting and grinding and polishing equipment and diamond wire, polishing fluid, DPM, providing one-stop solutions. In addition, the area is not only involved in the field of LED sapphire substrate material also used in mobile electronic devices to show sapphire window material, due to the adjacent SEMI China's FPD China touch screen area, LED manufacturing industry in attracting attention but also attract a large number of mobile electronic device displays a high degree of attention to those areas. In addition, SEMI China in May 2014 to explore the establishment of international standards for materials, sapphire Professional Committee, which brings together leading manufacturers and experts at home and abroad to jointly promote the development of international standards sapphire material.


Tungsten Manufacturer & Supplier: Chinatungsten Online - http://www.chinatungsten.com
Tel.: 86 592 5129696; Fax: 86 592 5129797
Email:  sales@chinatungsten.com
Tungsten & Molybdenum Information Bank: http://i.chinatungsten.com
Tungsten News & Tungsten Prices, 3G Version: http://3g.chinatungsten.com
Molybdenum News & Molybdenum Price: http://news.molybdenum.com.cn