LED industry standard anxiety enterprises lose the right to speak in international competition

[Source: Gaogong LED's "LED Lighting Channel", 2013, Issue 6 (Total Issue 42) Reporter / Zhou Jianhua]

Lose "discourse power"


Throughout the world, the enormous economic and social benefits of the LED lighting industry have led to the launch of national-level LED lighting development plans in the United States, Japan, the European Union, and China. At the same time, the development of LED lighting standards and the establishment of a standard system have entered a stage of rapid development.

However, in recent years, the results of spot checks by the State and local quality supervision bureaus have always been unsatisfactory, and the quality of LED lamp products has been frequently exposed.

Unqualified items involve accidental contact with live parts, insulation resistance and dielectric strength after wet treatment, mechanical strength, fault condition, chromaticity tolerance, general color rendering index, disturbance voltage, lamp power, heat resistance, mutual Transmutability, power factor, initial efficacy / luminous flux, fire and fire protection.

Taking Guangdong as an example, in May 2012, Guangdong Province and various local governments introduced support for LED public lighting promotion projects. Many enterprises reported: “There is a prospect, but if there are no technical thresholds and authoritative standards, it is easier to cause low End products can easily get the project through low prices, 'bad money and good money'."

In the overseas market, domestic LED companies have also struggled to survive, and they have been plagued by technical barriers in Europe, America and Japan. In 2013, countries such as Europe and the United States raised the standards for imported products, and also made domestic LED companies struggle on the road to export.

Just as Quan Jinsong, general manager of Zhaochi Energy-saving Lighting, said: “There is no standard, and enterprises lack the right to speak in international competition. The government should promote the development of industry standards as soon as possible, accelerate the integration of LED standards with international standards, and win the right to speak for enterprises to participate in international competition.”

It is understood that the major LED producing countries have already announced or will announce the certification standards for LED lighting products:

1. China's 3C certification (unpublished), the name is "China Compulsory Certification" (CCC), all products that are compulsory in the Chinese market, must be forced to pass this A certification.

2. UL certification in North America, the product passed and obtained UL certification is a ticket to enter the North American market. UL certification is now one of the most rigorous certifications in the world.

3. The CE certification of the European Union, which is a safety certification mark and is regarded as a passport that the manufacturer opens and enters the European market.

Some business owners suggest: If you can block the "foul" LED lighting accessories at the source, manufacturers can not buy can not buy, then this standard blind spot will not break. This kind of thinking is very effective, but it is also a bit "naive" in front of the facts.

The reporter found in the Ruifeng and Guyi accessories markets in Dengdu Ancient Town that the LED driver power supply and wires were sold. Many of the wire drivers that marked the 3C certification were just "selling the dog's head", only to confuse the buyer's eyes. Printing, you can't get a corresponding certificate at all, it's just a name.

As a corporate purchaser, the reporter claimed that the customer must have 3C certification, and jointly stated the mandatory standards for LED lamps. Some stores refused, and even said that they did not have the ability to meet such supply requirements, and some whispered to be true. 3C certified products are not available now, but can be customized.

"As for the types of standards, we can't say clearly, but if you really want, we have a way to help you customize, but the price has to be discussed." A special LED spotlight fittings at the exit of the accessories market. The shop owner told the reporter calmly.

Standard "fighting"

"There is no standard that will inevitably lead to the identification of LED products on the market. The corporate brand is also difficult to distinguish. But only local standards are still not enough." Yu Binhai, vice chairman of Guoxing Optoelectronics, said that the current LED lighting industry is in a fast technology. In the development stage, investment has increased, but the market has not yet opened, and the industry standard and product technology level evaluation and certification methods have lagged behind industrial development.

Dr. Xu Chen of the Guangdong Provincial Institute of Standardization also said that although LED applications have experienced market penetration in China for several years, local standards have also “rised”, but so far there is still a lack of nationally recognized national authority standards.

He pointed out that the three problems in the LED industry for product evaluation need to be solved: 1. Determination of market entry threshold; 2. Selection, evaluation and optimization of product technology routes; 3. Conformity assessment and process monitoring.

It is understood that in the absence of national standards implementation, local governments have successively launched a series of local standards.

However, among the many enterprises involved in competition and trading, enterprises involved in different fields and different industries are mixed; at the same time, enterprises with different scales, different technical backgrounds and different market demands have increased the difficulty of equal trading and fair competition, product specifications and standards. The problem is getting more and more prominent.

Even the same technical indicators may mean different meanings due to the inconsistency of terminology.

Therefore, it is of vital importance to establish industrial rules, regulate market order, and guide fair competition and orderly and healthy development of products and markets.

After all, the uneven standard has caused companies to encounter obstacles in the application of LED products in different regions. A representative of the LED company attending the conference revealed to reporters that the street lamp company he was in had encountered a situation where the product could not be used in some areas outside the province.

Li Xiaoping, general manager of Auman Technology Lighting, said that inferior LED products disrupted market prices and made consumers' trust in LED products greatly compromised, leading to a vicious circle. On the other hand, enterprises spend a lot of time and manpower to study various policies and standards, and they are interspersed among various departments. Invisibly, it not only reduces efficiency, but also greatly increases the operating costs of enterprises, thereby indirectly weakening enterprises for R&D. Investment in branding and other aspects.

Regulatory misplacement

"We are all doing business in the country, but every time we have to develop products for different local standards, it is also a lot of cost. However, there are local standards that are not stronger than any standard." A person in charge of LED companies in Foshan said .

“The establishment of standards for the organization of relevant authorities in the province also bought an 'insurance' for getting local engineering orders. But the implementation and supervision of standards is also our most concerned,” the official said.

Yu Binhai, vice chairman of Foshan Guoxing Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., said that the formulation of standards should be based on application and should be done in terms of supervision.

"National or local standards are based on relatively mature products or technologies. Otherwise, the development of technology will be limited to a certain extent. For example, the structure of high-power is not completely determined. If a standard is imposed, the impact will be limited. Later development and development. After the introduction of standards, especially after the introduction of mandatory standards, the market supervision department should quickly establish a system of supervision, access, certification, testing, etc." Yu Binhai said.

During the interview, some LED brand dealers also expressed their feelings as a terminal. The initial standard system needs to include national standards, local standards, and corporate standards. All three are necessary and complementary.

Enterprise standards and local standards are important components of the national standards system. Enterprise standards are the specific refinement and embodiment of national and local standards.

"No matter whether it is a national or local standard, the key is still to implement and supervise. We now hope that the relevant departments will follow the rules and clean up the inferior products that ignore the standards, and guarantee the quality and reputation of this store LED." The surname dealer said.


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