of Photonics Technologies: the European Perspective The Leverage Effect
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Leverage</strong> <strong>Effect</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Photonics</strong> <strong>Technologies</strong>: <strong>the</strong> <strong>European</strong> <strong>Perspective</strong><br />
automotive lighting are fast growing markets, in which <strong>European</strong> organisations<br />
are major players. However, also here Asian and American<br />
companies are picking up quickly.<br />
Advanced lighting<br />
<strong>The</strong> following important conclusions can be drawn from this<br />
assessment:<br />
● <strong>The</strong> EU is strong in lighting related research, from different<br />
disciplines including technology and social sciences (e.g. design<br />
and human perception).<br />
● Manufacturing <strong>of</strong> LED and OLED is limited in Europe.<br />
● Consumer lighting and highly specialized lighting fixtures are<br />
well established in Europe, where <strong>the</strong> major manufacturers are<br />
located.<br />
● <strong>The</strong> actual use <strong>of</strong> advanced lighting in final markets is still<br />
limited, but shows a strong potential growth.<br />
3.5.3 Present versus future<br />
Many <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> current developments in <strong>the</strong> lighting, especially around<br />
LEDs, are focused on cost reduction. By 2012 <strong>the</strong> incandescent light<br />
bulbs will be banned in Europe and this transition will drive demand<br />
and price reductions in LED lighting. Fur<strong>the</strong>r developments alongside<br />
organic and inorganic LEDs are also possible e.g. light emitting nanowires<br />
and quantum dots and possibly large areas light emitting plastics.<br />
Large area light emitting OLED panels may also <strong>of</strong>fer new functionalities<br />
as well as fur<strong>the</strong>r reduction <strong>of</strong> energy consumption. <strong>The</strong>re will<br />
also be continued development <strong>of</strong> advanced light sources for scientific<br />
and specific industrial applications. Many <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se will be lasers, which<br />
are addressed separately in this report, but <strong>the</strong> markets, applications<br />
and impact for many specialist non-lasing light sources will follow similar<br />
dynamics to laser developments and thus <strong>the</strong> laser section can be<br />
referred to for <strong>the</strong> value chain analysis for such specialist sources.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> survey results show that advanced lighting will not have a strong<br />
impact on <strong>the</strong> manufacturing processes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> enabled manufacturing<br />
industries. Dependency on advanced lighting is today limited and will<br />
not change significantly looking at 2020.
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