TAIPEI, Taiwan － Taiwan’s lighting market research institute, Photonics Industry & Technology Development Association (PIDA), stated that the LED lighting industry is still under the control of the traditional lighting giant.

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The top global lighting manufacturer, Philips, is leading the way in slashing LED light bulb prices, and related supply chain manufacturers must actively lower their production costs to deal with the future era in which LED bulb prices will fall below US$1.