Domestic companies and characteristics in the field of LED plant lighting
March 09, 2023
The LED plant lighting source market has been valued by many domestic enterprises, and some have cooperated with relevant research institutions to conduct application research and development, demonstration pilot and promotion. China's domestic entry into the field of LED plant lighting is dominated by growth-oriented companies with certain R&D capabilities, such as Nanjing Handerson, Zhejiang Jingri Lighting, Hangzhou Hanhui, and Jiangsu Wenrun. Among them, Hangzhou Hanhui is currently cooperating with Zhejiang Forestry College to promote LED light source applications in the field of pharmaceutical medicinal planting. Jiangsu Wenrun is in the field of LED plant lighting source, mainly engaged in cooperation with Nanjing Agricultural University. At present, the project is still in the research and development stage, and it is still necessary to further improve the operation mode for entering the practical application. Zhejiang Jingri Lighting is working with relevant institutions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to prepare for LED plant lighting.
Judging from the current situation of LED plant lighting companies, the development of domestic LED plant lighting applications mainly has the following characteristics:
In terms of the number of enterprises and institutions, although there are a large number of LED application companies in China, LED plant lighting is an emerging field. After 2005, relevant institutions in China began to conduct research in this field, so they entered the enterprises and institutions in the field of LED plant lighting. Not many, and no company has a clear advantage in this field.
From the perspective of regional distribution, China's plant lighting products companies are mainly concentrated in Jiangsu and Zhejiang and northern, especially Beijing. It is precisely because it is an emerging market, the competition between enterprises is not fierce, and they are still in the stage of R&D cooperation or demonstration and promotion. Any company in the future may stand out.
In addition, most enterprises are still in the stage of observation and negotiation in the development of this field. They have not invested heavily in plant growth core technology and downstream sales channel construction. Therefore, there is no clear development plan for product development.
Finally, LED plant lighting is not a pillar product business in most related companies, but only some institutions and enterprises combined with demonstration factories, most companies are using LED other applications, such as decoration, display, backlight, etc. On the basis of the main business, small-scale trial production of LED plant lighting products, the actual LED plant lighting as the company's main business or system-level service providers basically do not.
In general, due to the stage of market development, the competition among enterprises is not very fierce. Enterprises with technological advantages (including plant cultivation technology and LED core technology) will be in a very favorable position in the competition. However, with the reduction of LED cost and the maturity of LED lighting cultivation technology in the future, competition in the industry will become increasingly fierce.
As far as entering the field of LED plant lighting, there are two main obstacles. Chips are the key components of LED plant lighting sources. LED plant lighting manufacturers have higher requirements for upstream suppliers' R&D standards, especially for plant growth. The production capacity of products with specific wavelengths, brand enterprises have great advantages in cutting into this field; another obstacle factor is the cultivation technology of plants, and the recognition of cultivation techniques by plant cultivation professional manufacturers can only be based on long-term cooperation, existing agricultural technology Authorities have a greater impact on users. For pure lighting manufacturers, due to the large difference between LED fill light and traditional light source fill light technology, the threshold for entering the field of plant lighting is still high, and it is necessary to actively cooperate with agricultural institutions with plant cultivation techniques. Develop a brand. From the perspective of the development of the traditional plant lighting source industry, as the market matures, it will gradually concentrate on the dominant brands. As far as the overall market size is concerned, especially with the promotion of green lighting, the demand for lighting products in the plant cultivation market will increase year by year. If new entrants do not have the advantages of two technical fields, it will be difficult to form a large-scale enterprise. Big impact.
At present, the enterprises that may enter the LED plant lighting field mainly include several categories: agricultural technology institutions and personnel relying on agricultural technology advantages and local capital cooperation and entrepreneurship enterprises, relying on the advantages of LED technology to cut into the capital strength of the relevant enterprises, the capital for the market segmentation Smaller private enterprises, as well as high imitation companies.
