New LED lanterns popular fire performance does not lead to security risks

Spring Festival approached, and started selling from the the stocking wholesale market to the streets of shops, couplets, lanterns and other traditional stocking supplies. Unlike traditional paper lanterns with candles or incandescent bulbs as the light source, this year, the many lanterns configure new LED bulbs, the price up to more than two hundred yuan. But the lantern of the market more than three non-product fire performance is not high, but there is a lot of potential safety problems seemingly booming.
Reporters see a stocking supplies shop on the road in Hebei, paper, velvet, silk surface, round, long strip, cartoon characters, single, clusters ... a variety of lanterns extraordinarily prosperous. According to the different styles, the price from a few dollars to several hundred dollars. "This year's lantern more emphasis on furniture style, new wooden hollow frame and imitation sheepskin lanterns. The modern rotating revolving door, the dragon step lights energized able to show different auspicious patterns." Mr. Ma said operated a jewelry business the past two years, members of the public on the importance of the Chinese New Year ornaments increasingly enter the twelfth lunar month, or two hundred dollars a lantern and began to catch on. Lanterns this year in the design is also very focused on shiny style, the use of LED energy-saving light bulbs, light laser 3D effect, but the prices are generally in the more than two hundred yuan.
According to reports by the three parts of the skeleton, light body, light source, lanterns. For this reason, there is a lot of traditional paper lanterns are not only easy to damage, there are still causing a fire hazard. "With traditional lanterns, LED lanterns of the new material is not paper, all of metal and a small light bulb and electricity directly into light, saving 70% of electricity," Mr. Ma revealed that, with its built-in chip and procedures can be transform a variety of patterns and figures, and longer life.
Reporter access, the lanterns are toys category, the 2004 national toy safety technical specifications in accordance with the different ages of the toys were made strict security performance requirements, and strict distinction between children of different ages for play and toy standards, requiring manufacturers to be posted in conspicuous places warning signs of age. However, whether it is cheap the ordinary lantern or high-end LED lanterns, most lanterns on the market does not mark the company, address, phone, place of origin and other information, there is no identification "away from the source of fire", "not suitable for children under three years of age "When the warning text.
"Even if do not use candles as a light source, built-lantern if the low quality of the light bulb, also lit a long time, the temperature is too high and cause a fire." Fire Department reminded to ensure safe use, the public should be formal channels to buy lanterns and pay attention to whether the vendor information and warning marks. Parents try not to let their kids be used alone or open flame lanterns and candles like items, so as not to increase the potential of fire.
Insiders suggested, the public pick lanterns to look at the the lantern "bone", "bones" of the difference in the quality, quantity and material distinguish. Lantern "bone" the more the number, the stronger the support force open, relatively better quality. Lantern "bone" material difference to the stability of the plastic material, iron is relatively good stability.

Panasonic "go on TV: the defeat across the board or a strong transformation?

Panasonic has announced that it will close the Shanghai plasma display, and cut 10,000 jobs by March 2012, Panasonic losses could reach $ 9.6 billion. Panasonic plasma TV industry in contraction, because the company's full line of defeat still indicates a strong transformation?
Appliance expert Liu Buchen, Panasonic short period of time can not completely exit the plasma field, after all its pre-investment in this area too. Television strategy, Panasonic will gradually abandon plasma civilian market, the transition to the commercial market; And then there are the active layout tablet era, this is Panasonic shows in this year's CES show 4K the OLED.
Japanese electronics companies, Panasonic, Sony, Sharp, represented by nearly two years into a sustained huge loss. This has forced Japanese companies to sell assets. , Close to Shanghai factory of Panasonic Matsushita go part of the TV strategy. The Panasonic global president of Tianjin He Yihong At CES, Panasonic will consider continuing layoffs and the sale of non-core business units. He said operating profit margin of 5% of the business will be closed or sold, can not be achieved within the next two years. Consecutive losses due to intense competition, falling prices, Panasonic TV business. "TV concept of change is too fast, the plasma does not ultimately win the market, Panasonic also have to adjust."
Acquisition of Sanyo Electric to "go on TV this year, the Panasonic next strategy or shift to environment-friendly enterprises, battery and LED lighting into force direction. Tianjin He Yihong said in the keynote this year's CES show, and will strive to expand the business income of the automobile, battery, flight entertainment systems, hydrogen fuel cells, solar panels and LED lighting.
Panasonic acquisition of Sanyo Electric, Matsushita relevant person said: "(environmental energy business) despite bearish, but compared to the more intense competition in the home appliance, income by more worth the wait." Makes the acquisition of Sanyo Electric Company will The environmental energy industry as a pillar industry's strategy to become a reality. "Japanese media reported that Panasonic is about to be launched on April 1 this year the new" Ene-Farm "home fuel cell, carbon dioxide emissions can be reduced by 49%.
Liu Buchen, Matsushita Electric has long been aware of the new energy is about to replace the traditional oil and gas energy, battery Panasonic will also become a focus for the future direction of the development effort. Many electric vehicles in Japan have been using Panasonic batteries.
Industry analysts pointed out that the Panasonic proposed the so-called "go on TV, is not to cancel the TV business, but a business restructuring to cut costs and concentrate more closer to the mainstream mass market products, and thus profitability . At the same time, the new energy and high-tech fields such as depth expansion.

Molex and Bridgelux jointly launched the new LED array lampholder base

Molex, the world's leading supplier of complete interconnect products announced with complete electrical, mechanical and optical connectivity, the new LED array lampholder base technology, technology which is the industry's first integrated interconnect systems and plastic substrates. This Bridgelux company to jointly develop a new technology has been integrated into the Vero * array of products Bridgelux recently released.
Molex's new technical connectivity and ease of use from the base of the LED array into a separate plastic base, so as to enhance the thermal, optical and mechanical interconnection function. This plastic substrate can be used a variety of ways, and the LED array package combination, the top surface of the LED array to provide a variety of connectivity options.
These improvements include insulation lug Molex Pico-EZmate ™ connectors, as well as improved mechanical adhesion and optical reference characteristics, while maintaining very low side. Compared with the need for welding in aluminum or ceramic material existing on the LED array package lug design of the new products can simplify the direct welding procedures and improve robustness. The the Pico-EZmate connection connector options solderless electrical interface, and help on-site maintenance and replacement.
LED array products can be expected, a new interconnect technology makes it easier to integrate and more cost-effective lighting allows OEM manufacturers to reduce the cost of LED lighting design system, speed up the time to market, and improve reliability.
The Bridgelux Sales and marketing director Jim Miller said the new interconnect technology is a significant improvement of the LED light source package to simplify a variety of real-time system integration issues, will help to open the era of intelligent lighting system. In the field of solid-state lighting technology integration will soon appear, as the situation in the field of consumer electronics products. Fusion need to integrate more functionality, sensors, communications, and other features to the LED lighting engine, this high-end platform technology through the use of a new product architecture is well suited to achieve fusion.

Samsung or reached a settlement with LGD the OLED infringement constitutes

According to reports, Samsung Electronics (Samsung Electronics Co.)'s Panel subsidiary Samsung Display Co. CEO Kim Ki-nam, 23, said the company will be looking for the infringement dispute with LG Display Co. (LGD) between constructivesolutions. This would seem to imply that Samsung is willing to infringement of OLED (organic light-emitting diode) reached a settlement with LG.
Kim Ki-nam, admits that he has been under the requirements of the industrial policy of South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy Secretary Kim Jae-hong's, the department on January 22 and a senior officials meeting. Kim Jae-hong has met with the the LGD CEO Han Sang-beom. Han Sang-beom, followed by the company to sit down and talk well with Samsung, but Samsung must be admitted that the company launched a party to the dispute, the two sides might reach a settlement.
Kim Jae-hong scheduled for this week and next week and LGD CEO Han Sang-beom, Kim Ki-nam, Samsung's panel subsidiary of Samsung Display CEO meeting, when the CEO to stop the patent dispute between the two parties will require two , so as not to interfere with the state's interests. Samsung, LG Although confirmed this news, but do not want to talk about.
Ministry of Knowledge Economy Panel & Semiconductor Industry Bureau officials said Park Yong-min, Japan, Taiwan posed a growing threat, especially in the OLED market, Samsung, LG should not waste money on top of the infringement lawsuit.

The business downturn Panasonic how to save themselves?

Sony sold $ 1.1 billion of the U.S. headquarters building, Sharp has not yet decided Hon Hai or Qualcomm as its single largest shareholder. The same as the Japanese electronics bigwigs, Matsushita how to save themselves?
The new president to take office in the middle of last year, Tianjin He Yihong already given the answer. He up to half an hour in English keynote at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the shift from TV manufacturers Panasonic definition of environmentally intelligent manufacturing enterprise "(Eco & Smart). He even invited Panasonic partner General Motors, Panasonic joint show several new products and solutions.
Panasonic from this truly "smart"? Or, Panasonic's new strategy could help it turn around? Its latest financial results, Panasonic fiscal year 2012 is expected to be a loss of 765 billion yen, or about $ 8.5 billion. This means that the home is about to usher in the five years after the centennial of Japanese electronics companies accumulated losses in the past five years, up to $ 24 billion. "Panasonic is necessary to launch new products, but the full flowering not focus on the change is difficult to sustain." Said Roland Berger partner Yan-nig Gourmelon. Another so that people can not be blindly optimistic reasons, Tianjin He Yihong no mention throughout the new product may bring to Panasonic's revenue.
Change
"Japanese companies may rely too much on the technical superiority before, but they have not in the correct cycle (not in the the right cy-cle) first Korean companies, existing Chinese enterprises have large quantities replace them in the market position. "Yannig Gourmelon said.
The rise of Samsung and Apple is considered one of the biggest direct cause of the decline of the Japanese electronics companies. Follow the example of these two leading companies, the introduction of transformative overall product has also been considered as Panasonic, Sharp, and Sony's way out. Panasonic apparently chose another transformation of the way. Whether this road will lead to the success of the the Panasonic "self", has not been determined.
"Panasonic B2C from the current transformation for both B2C and B2B." Said Panasonic insiders said. Worthy of illustration, in the promotion of the Panasonic tablet PCs Touchpad, Tianjin He Yihong mentioned, all of the world's top five smartphone vendors, including Apple and Samsung in the terminal with Panasonic technology. As another example, in the promotion of the Panasonic LED products at the same time, Tianjin He Yihong mentioned Rosen - Japanese second convenience store chain, has been in the field of energy saving and Panasonic plans to launch in June 2013, ten thousand home "green convenience store. As for the installation of Tesla Motors Panasonic battery, universal product, "My Link" system, not to mention entertainment. It sounds incredible, but saddled with huge losses Panasonic is still everywhere. It just "invisible".
Tianjin He Yihong at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show, Panasonic display is divided into six parts of the TV, home, car, business, travel and community involved the Panasonic smart interactive TV, home energy processing, automotive battery, mobile AV, tablet PCs, LED lighting, avionics and other products. For example, in Panasonic home energy solutions in cooperation with IBM [microblogging] together, appliances and cloud processor, intelligent energy conservation and energy efficiency management; the Panasonic automotive solutions, it is the most famous American Tesla (Tesla), one of the manufacturers of electric vehicle batteries, and gave General Motors fitted "My Link" entertainment system can always download the latest entertainment software; in the business field, Panasonic has developed a 20-inch screen Touchpad . Microsoft [microblogging] Surface similar, it can cloud server the first time of the drawings to modify information returned by the Company; Panasonic Community Solutions, the energy efficiency of its outdoor LED products that can save energy 50%. In addition, Panasonic also developed the the aviation electronic entertainment products.
Looks dazzling, people can not determine whether this was because of mounting losses in the past five years have been referred to as the "twilight" Panasonic, Panasonic does not happen overnight "evolved into". Most of its new products, such as smart appliances, LED lighting, etc. are in the original product upgrading its battery products is also back in the nineties of the last century has been applied to the UPS power, emergency lights, power tools and electric bicycles . And in the past few years, the former Panasonic President Fumio Ohtsubo had in advancing Panasonic, Matsushita Electric and Sanyo Electric "three social unity and unified brand, and to promote the company's business to expand to the new energy system solutions.
Transformation
Objectively speaking, the Panasonic's innovative measures are not ineffective. The world's largest integrated brand consulting firm Interbrand has Panasonic selected into the 2012 Global Environment brands list. It is the first consumer electronics companies on the list. Panasonic did show some kind of commitment to reform, although this product is the full flowering of the "transformation" of the road successfully is unknown.
The 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show entire speech and presentation process, the 56-year-old Tianjin He Yihong been held kind, even shy smile. People can not imagine, moderate tone, he is still calling for a reduction of Panasonic middle management staff bonuses of more than one-third of that in the previous year, "president" shocking. He said, Panasonic has become the consumer electronics industry, the "losers".
In June 2012, the Japanese management guru, Hasegawa, author of the best-selling book "President's Manual and successive years of losses Panasonic, Sony, Sharp, who had attributed to" improve the competitiveness of their products in China and South Korea, Japan Electronics companies are incorrectly selected this strategy to extend the lifeline of similar products ", but also in these areas continue to over-investment. Tianjin He Yihong obviously aware of this problem. Panasonic in the exhibition to showcase a number of home appliances, During his speech, the new president of Panasonic's traditional business evaded, though he did not expressly revenues and profits of the new products may produce .
Tianjin the Heyi Hong has a master's degree in computer science from the University of California. Engineer by training, he also has more than 100 patents for inventions. In 1979, Tianjin He Yihong joined Matsushita, Panasonic Automotive Systems division has led to up to three years, and he is outspoken in his speech "favorite" for automotive-related businesses. All this "technology" directly related to the curriculum vitae makes people believe he led the Panasonic technological innovation capability, while ignoring his As the "Panasonic promotion fastest executives, leadership Panasonic transformation may have a change courage. In fact, as early as the end of 2012, Japan had commentators said, "Currently, Tianjin He Yihong indeed is the most radical reform of (three electronics companies) that one." Panasonic turned to production of automotive batteries, new The field is justified. operating difficulties it in recent years because of the strategic choice mistakes before it. "Yannig Gourmelon said.
In addition, Panasonic also vigorously the reduction of the downturn in the business sector. Tianjin He Yihong said, after the reorganization of Panasonic, the margin of less than 5% of the business will not exist in the space. Unable to determine what specific business to be laid off, but the message proves Panasonic layoff of a million people worldwide, of Tianjin He Yihong restructuring plan is not "meant to be funny.
The data also show that from Roland Berger, Matsushita sold 7,600,000 units of plasma TV in 2012, accounting for about 40% of its total TV sales; 2013 Panasonic plasma TV sales number will only 2012 one-third of the year. About 85% of the TV will be a LCD TV.
To explain why the Shanghai plasma TV plant closures, the Panasonic China mentioned Panasonic plasma business will expand from the home to the commercial display.

2012 Xiamen lamps exports exceeded $ 1 billion for the first time

Reporters learned from Xiamen Inspection and Quarantine Bureau statistics show that in Xiamen in 2012 exported a total of 19,443 batches of lamps (including electric light), the value of $ 1.02 billion, a year-on-year growth of 15.8% and 25.4%, respectively. Lamps exports exceeded one billion U.S. dollars for the first time in Xiamen export history in Xiamen year, exports accounted for 16.5% of the total value of the mechanical and electrical goods.
In 2012, Xiamen export lighting business increased to the way efforts to adjust the structure withstood the test of the European debt crisis and other adverse external factors, constantly optimize the product structure and market structure, accelerate the upgrading of products. From the structure of exports, energy-saving lamps steadily, exports $ 690 million, an increase of 3.9%, still dominates; LED products strong eruption, exports $ 270 million, an increase of up to 213.3%, to become the most important force driving lamps export . From market distribution and structure, the number of countries / regions lamps exports increased to 145 from 130 in 2011 to further strengthen the marketing ability; markets of North America and the European Union remains the largest export market, but the decline in the proportion of exports 52.9% of the proportion of total exports, down 6 percent; market share in emerging countries continued to expand, from 25.9% to 30.3%, which, Russia, Brazil, the Philippines, Mexico, among the top 10 export markets as well.
Xiamen LED lamps exports, has been formed Xiamen Torch Hi-Tech Park, Epistar, AU Optronics, the Goldpoly photoelectric, AOC, informed photoelectric TPK, built pine electrical and high Zhuoli, pattern of gathering led by 16 leading enterprises in the upstream and downstream industry chain, to become an important production base of domestic LED industry downstream applications.

Samsung Electronics plans to cast the $ 1.7 billion expansion of the Kunshan plant

According to the message of the City of Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, Samsung will work with the city for wafer carrier board project cooperation, the five years since 2013 an additional $ 1.7 billion investment in Kunshan.

The Kunshan with Samsung expand wafer carrier board projects, the foundation will help Samsung to cope with the fast-growing smart terminal equipment market, but also allows Samsung Epistar carrier board global production capacity increased by more than 3 times.

Samsung Kunshan plant was established in 2008, is mainly engaged in the development and production of electronic components, Kunshan, Samsung Total investment amounted to $ 80.99 million as of the end of 2012, total sales of approximately $ 100 million. The amount of investment will be used for the construction of plant, purchase of equipment and the establishment of the research center operated by Samsung Motor (Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co.), To support the development Epistar carrier board projects.