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Dow Corning has established a new silicone production unit
exclusively for Light –
Emitting Diodes (LEDs) in Jincheon, Korea to support the booming global LED
market and meet the needs of customers in Asia.
The Jincheon site will manufacture silicone
intermediate materials and encapsulants
which are essential elements in the LED packaging applications
(PDF size = 1 MB). Dow Corning silicone solutions help protect LEDs from
environmental elements such as humidity and moisture and provide excellent
stress relief and UV resistance providing long-term reliability. Silicone
encapsulants are used for protecting and sealing LED semiconductor chips
thereby increasing light output and minimizing heat build-up.
According to a research by iSuppli Corp., the global LED market is expected
to show 2.9% revenue growth this year even in the economic downturn. The
research projected that LCD-TV market alone is expected to consume $163 million
worth of LEDs in 2009, up 221.9% from $51 million in 2008. By 2012, LCD-TV LED
revenue will grow to $1.4 billion, a nearly 9x expansion from 2009.
Dow Corning’s range of gels, resins and elastomers are used in automotive, backlighting in Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) in mobile phones, television, computer monitor
screens, traffic and signal lighting, and general lighting applications. Silicone encapsulants have a
longer life than organic encapsulants, reducing replacement and maintenance
costs and solid waste.
“Silicones are used in a wide variety of electronic devices because of
durable dielectric insulation and their ability to provide useful properties
such as clarity, stability stress relief and heat dissipation. Dow Corning has
successfully designed silicone solutions to meet the challenging needs of the
local and global LED market," said Jeroen Blomhard, global executive
director, Dow Corning Electronics Business. “ This investment in the new
production line will help us to support the robust growth of the LED market,
and to work with our customers to lower the cost of ownership by encourage
widespread adoption of LEDs as “green” products
due to their low energy consumption.”
Dow Corning provides performance-enhancing solutions to
serve the diverse needs of more than 25,000 customers worldwide. A global
leader in silicones,
silicon-based technology and innovation, Dow Corning offers more than 7,000
products and services via the company’s Dow Corning® and XIAMETER®
brands. Dow Corning is a joint venture equally owned by The Dow Chemical
Company and Corning, Incorporated. More than half of Dow Corning’s annual sales
are outside the United States.
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