This week is a very special week. Two things that people around the world are paying attention to have happened. An unexpected US election, Trump successfully moved into the White House; the other was Double 11, because Jack Ma had forgotten that it was Singles Day. These two things changed LED, one changed the channel sales model, and the other changed LED plant lighting. Such a special week (news summary), the most worthy of you in the LED.

　　【Entreprise's news】

　　Numerical reading 2016 Tmall Double 11: 8.5 hours sales of Op Lighting surpassed all day last year

　　The annual double eleven shopping spree has begun. For the LED lighting industry, this is also the biggest meal of the year. Op's double eleven record is invincible. As of 8:30, the transaction volume has exceeded 120 million yuan! The total amount of victory compared to last year!

　　According to the news released by Op's official Weibo, it didn't wait for a crazy night, 5:08! ! ! OP's double 11 record has exceeded 100 million! As of 8:30, the sales volume of Op Lighting Double Eleven in 2016 has exceeded 120 million! ! Undoubtedly broke last year's double eleven total record! Steadily occupy the first place in the sales of building materials industry.

　　Does Samsung plan to sell its LED business?

　　Under the pressure of price cut competition from land plants, it was rumored that Samsung Electronics would withdraw from the LED market and sell related businesses. However, recently, Samsung LED has successfully turned a profit and recruited new employees, which shows that Samsung has changed its mind and does not intend to sell its LED business.

　　BusinessKorea reported on the 7th that the Samsung LED team, which is affiliated to the Device Solutions Division (DS), recruits experienced R&D personnel. This is the first recruitment since the LED team was downgraded in 2015. It shows that Samsung has changed its mind and needs to replace rumors. To put it to an end, the LED business will not be sold.

　　"High price" sponsorship ends "five years of love", Lehman waives contract renewal with the Super League

　　Driven by the 5 years of sky-high copyright prices of 8 billion yuan, the "cheap sale era" of the Super League may be completely over.

　　On November 9th, Lehman issued an announcement stating that the company has decided to abandon becoming the official supplier of LED displays for the 2017-2020 Chinese Super League because the Chinese Super League’s cooperation method has been "changed to pure commercial sponsorship with a larger amount." This also means that the 5-year "Lehman model" of the Chinese Super League will be gone.

　　Feilo Acoustics: Transfer equity, set up subsidiary by holding subsidiary...

　　Feilo Audio held the eighteenth meeting of the tenth board of directors on November 7, 2016. The meeting deliberated and unanimously passed the following resolutions, deliberating and passing the "Regarding the company's assets to subscribe for shares issued by Shanghai Huaxin Co., Ltd. and related transactions The Proposal, the Proposal on the Transfer of 90% Equity of Guizhou Shen’an Pannan Investment Co., Ltd. and the Proposal on the Establishment of a wholly-owned subsidiary in Hungary by the company’s holding subsidiary.

　　Jufei Optoelectronics received 40.36 million yuan in government subsidies

　　On November 10, Jufei Optoelectronics issued an announcement. Recently, the company received a notice from its wholly-owned subsidiary Wuhu Jufei Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. that the subsidiary received an investment subsidy in RMB from the Economic and Trade Development Bureau of Wuhu Economic and Technological Development Zone 40,358,032 yuan.

　　【Investment and acquisition】

　　Leyard intends to subordinate NP's revenue to 844 million

　　Leyard announced on November 4 that it plans to acquire 100% equity of NATURALPOINT, INC. (NP company) in the United States through its subsidiary Pingda Company for US$125 million (approximately RMB 844 million). The price of this transaction is 125 million U.S. dollars. The transaction will be paid in cash in U.S. dollars for the entire acquisition. After the completion of the consideration, NaturalPoint will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Planar.

　　The transaction is currently awaiting declaration and review by foreign regulatory agencies such as the U.S. Foreign Investment Commission and the Antitrust Department.

　　A wholly-owned subsidiary of Sanan Optoelectronics and GCS set up a joint venture

　　On the evening of November 10th, San’an Optoelectronics issued an announcement that Xiamen San’an Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, and GCS Holdings, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "GCS") will complement each other and combine their respective production capacities and advantages to expand For the purpose of operating scale, increasing profits and strengthening corporate competitiveness, it was decided to establish a joint venture company and sign the "Joint Venture Contract".

　　The name of the joint venture company is tentatively designated as Xiamen Sanan Huanyu Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd., with a registered capital of 4 million U.S. dollars, of which San’an Integration Company invested 2.04 million U.S. dollars with its own currency funds, accounting for 51% of the registered capital of the joint venture; GCS uses currency funds It invested US$1.96 million, accounting for 49% of the registered capital of the joint venture.

　　Initial valuation of 870 million! Kingsun Optoelectronics wants to acquire an educational asset

　　Kingsun Optoelectronics announced on the evening of November 8 that in order to improve the strategic layout of Dongguan Kingsun Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the "company") in the education industry, and further promote the company's transformation and upgrading to the education industry, the company announced in November 2016 On the 8th, they signed the "Framework Agreement for Asset Transfer" with He Zhijian and Liu Dongming.

　　According to the framework agreement, the company intends to acquire the equity of Little Red Riding Hood Education held by He Zhijian and Liu Dongming, as well as their actual control or all the equity of the kindergarten (including but not limited to the investment, management and operation rights of about 75 directly operated kindergartens, and the trusteeship and The management and operation rights and interests of the kindergarten, the kindergarten’s own or leased assets, etc., will ultimately be determined based on the transaction.) Not less than 80% The initial valuation of the aforementioned assets is approximately RMB 870 million.

　　【Plant lighting】

　　California legalizes recreational marijuana, and demand for LED plant lighting in North America increases

　　With the end of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Trump was elected as the new U.S. President. The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives also won the Republican election. In the referendum of the states, California, which has a large population, was in the referendum in this election. A proposal to legalize recreational marijuana was passed.

　　California can be said to be the sixth largest economy in the world and an important technology center in the United States. Cannabis has many technology companies participating in related new projects or undertakings in California. Now through legalized use, it is expected that LED plant lighting for cultivating cannabis and plants can be expected Boxes and other products will have considerable sales.

　　LEDinside estimates that the global LED plant lighting market will be about US$575 million in 2016, and it will rapidly grow to US$1.424 billion in 2020. Under the global climate change, market demands such as exquisite crop cultivation, aquaculture, food storage and preservation, all drive the bright prospect of the plant lighting market. The U.S. market has benefited from the legalization of medical cannabis cultivation and the opening of recreational cannabis in some states. The demand has gradually increased since 2016 and is expected to take off in 2017.

　　With the help of LED lights and hydroponics technology, "Arctic Circle" can also grow vegetables!

　　According to the Associated Press, there are almost no trees in sight of Kotzebue, a coastal hub town in the Arctic Circle of Alaska. In this town with mostly Inupiyat residents, even the summer temperatures are so low that the plants cannot take root.

　　"Arctic Vegetables", a subsidiary of the local aboriginal company NKI, uses LED lights and hydroponics to grow various vegetables that don’t require soil, such as cabbage, lettuce, and basil, in an insulated 40-foot container. It has a population of about 3,300 Sold in the community.

　　【Performance Revenue】

　　Lunda's Q3 gross profit margin increased, transformation strategy worked

　　LED Taiwanese manufacturer Lextar announced its financial statements for the third quarter of 2016. The consolidated revenue for the third quarter of 2016 was NT$3.47 billion, a slight decrease of 1.5% from the same period in 2015 and a quarterly decrease of 3.7%. Operating gross profit margin was 12%, an increase of 4.4% from the previous quarter.

　　Backlight diminishes/lighting is supported, Everlight Q4 is stable

　　In the third quarter of this year, Everlight, a major LED packaging manufacturer, benefited from backlighting, lighting demand heating, and LED street lamp bidding, which drove revenue to be better than the previous quarter, but the slight increase in the proportion of lighting products caused a slight decrease in gross profit margin, and Exchange losses are recognized, and profit in a single quarter increased by only 2% quarterly.

　　Everlight's third quarter 2016 revenue was 7.58 billion yuan (NTD, the same below), a quarterly increase of 6%, an annual increase of 7%, a gross profit margin of 24.8%, a quarterly decrease of 0.3%, an annual increase of 1.5%, and an operating profit of 696 million yuan , Net profit after tax was 464 million yuan, a quarterly increase of 2% and an annual increase of 8%. Cumulative revenue for the first three quarters was 21.674 billion yuan, an annual increase of 1.5%, gross profit margin was nearly 25%, an annual increase of 1.5%, operating profit was 1.75 billion yuan, an annual increase of 16%, and after-tax net profit was 1.37 billion yuan, an annual increase of 6%.

　　Jingdian Q3 financial report released: the business turned profitable, gross profit margin corrected

　　In the third quarter of this year, the LED chip manufacturer Jingdian increased the utilization rate and the price of some products, which drove the gross profit margin to 13.69%, and made a profit of 190 million yuan (NTD, the same below) in a single quarter.

　　However, due to non-industry losses, the net profit attributable to the owners of the parent company was only about 3 million yuan. The cumulative loss per share for the first three quarters is still 3.18 yuan. The backlight momentum weakened in the fourth quarter, but orders for blue and red LEDs were still supported. It is expected that the fourth quarter revenue may cool down, but the decline is limited temporarily.