Taiwan photonics industry overview: PIDA

TAIPEI, TAIWAN: Accounted for 17 percent in the global market, the Taiwan photonics industry's total production value in 2007 reached $63.3 billion and it is very likely to break $90 billion in 2011, according to the statistics from Photonics Industry and Technology Development Association (PIDA).

Taiwan ranked world’s no. 1 in TFT-LCD production, no. 2 in LED packaging production value and no. 4 in solar cell production value in 2007.

The total value of its FPD industry will surpass $60 billion mark in 2009. Both, in terms of production value and capacity, Taiwan has become the world’s largest TFT LCD supplier. The production value has taken 42 percent of the global TFT-LCD and module packaging market.

Furthermore, the total production value of Taiwan solar cell manufacturers is $1.39 billion dollars. It is estimated that the total production capacity of solar cell will reach 1,148MW, with a production value of $3.13 billion dollars in 2008.

Source: PIDA, Taiwan