Lithium-ion Battery Industry: China, Japan And South Korea Take One Third Of The World

The world's lithium-ion battery industry over the past few years development

, the basic shape of the pattern of Japan and South Korea third of the world. China, South Korea, Japan, in lithium-ion battery market competition can be said to be distinctive, one-third of the world pattern will be maintained for quite some time.

Competitive Analysis

South Korea South Korea in the second battery is far lower than the basis of the field of China and Japan, but South Korea's advantage lies in its recent years in the consumer and mobile IT devices such as strong growth in product areas. 2002 Samsung mobile phones were sold 42.3 million units worldwide in 2003 reached 55 million units. In mobile phones, flat panel display in areas such as Samsung, LG and other Korean brands of thunder has clearly overshadowed the Japanese enterprises. The lithium-ion rechargeable battery has now become a mobile phone, laptop, PDA and other mobile consumer electronics standard power supply, thanks to the advantages of self-production and marketing, South Korea's lithium-ion battery industry is enough to let the Chinese and Japanese counterparts green with envy. South Korea has said that the persons concerned, thanks to the leading edge in the IT field, South Korea sooner or later will replace Japan as the world's largest manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries.

However, in the lithium-ion battery manufacturing equipment, raw materials and other components, there are currently more than 80% of South Korea's dependence on imports, which would weaken the South Korea's long-term competitiveness of this industry. At present South Korean government is vigorously promoting its own lithium-ion batteries to form a complete industrial chain and competitiveness.

Chinese compared to South Korea and Japan, and China's advantages can be summarized in three aspects: First, the manufacturing cost is low. China has cheap and abundant labor resources, you can use human-based semi-automatic production lines, in order to adopt a low-cost competitive strategy. In addition to the expansion of the scale can be said, the world's lithium-ion battery market in recent years, the rapid decline in prices of basic from the pull of China's enterprises. Secondly, China has the world's largest consumer market. Third, China's lithium-ion battery has been formed a relatively complete industrial chain, in the lithium-ion battery materials, support facilities occupy a certain advantage.

Disadvantage, the Chinese companies is significantly less than in core technology development, in order not to be controlled by others, and subjected to allegations of violations, and technological innovation of Chinese enterprises still requires constant effort. In addition, Chinese enterprises generally small and the lack of international development experience.

Japan Japan high cost of lithium-ion battery business is a leading Japanese corporate competitiveness and market share decline. However, the core technology in Japan than in China and South Korea still has a distinct advantage. In addition, Japan's lithium-ion battery similar to the industry with South Korea are basically under the Japanese electronics giant companies in the market channels, to capture consumer and mobile electronics applications such as market trends and strain the capacity of market risk is significantly higher than Chinese enterprises.

In any case, the pattern of competition in Japan and South Korea is conducive to continue to promote the world's lithium-ion battery industry, technological progress and healthy development.

The rapid rise of China and South Korea

Lithium-ion batteries from Sony in 1992 by starting the commercialization of the world's lithium-ion battery industry basically dominated by the Japanese world, in 2000, before the battery production in Japan accounted for more than 95% of the world. In recent years, with the rapid rise of China and South Korea, Japan stood out the pattern has been gradually broken, and the Japanese lithium-ion battery market share has fallen to the present less than 70% of the world's lithium-ion battery industry in Japan and South Korea third of the world's pattern has been formed.

South Korea: Global market share of 18.3%

South Korean lithium-ion battery manufacturing business started in late 1999, despite a late start, but the help of South Korea in the consumer and mobile electronics industry advantage, to Samsung SDI, LG Chemical and other companies on behalf of the South Korean lithium-ion rechargeable battery industry developed rapidly. 2000 South Korean lithium-ion battery output is only 14 million, accounting for only 2.5% of the global market. 2002 South Korean lithium-ion battery production exceeded 100 million, reaching 102 million, market share quickly raised to 12.8% in 2003, South Korean lithium-ion battery output of more than 200 million global market share of 18.3%.

The South Korean government attaches great importance to the development of lithium-ion battery industry, from 1997 to 2002, the Korean government for a total of rechargeable batteries for R & D expenditures of up to 465 million.

Samsung SDI is a South Korean lithium-ion battery industry leader in South Korean lithium-ion battery industry is rapidly expanding in miniature. 2002 Q4 SDI's monthly production capacity of only 7 million, in April 2003 after investing 108 billion won as the new plant can produce four more production lines put into operation in succession, Samsung SDI current capacity has more than 14 million Only, Samsung SDI announced that by 2005 will reach 23 million per month -2500 10000 target among the world's top three columns.

LG Chemical is Japan's second-largest manufacturer of lithium-ion battery, the current monthly production capacity of 7 million. Currently being prepared for expansion of its market size to more than 15 million per month. The 15 million per month is considered acceptable profit margins available to the smallest capacity.

SKC South Korea's third largest lithium-ion battery manufacturers, the company's main products are polymer lithium-ion battery, the current monthly production capacity of 1.25 million. With the new plant in September 2003 the continuous production line put into operation, SKC company's monthly production in 2005 is expected to increase 3 million -500 million.

In addition to Samsung SDI, LG Chemical and SKC, South Korea's small and medium-scale enterprises, including lithium-ion battery production Saehan Enetech, Kocam Engineer-ing and e-Squretec and so on, in Korea, domestic consumption and mobile electronics industry, driven by rapid growth are also being gradually grow up .

China: is rapidly growing up

Difference with South Korea, China has been the world's battery manufacturing power, the current battery production and exports are highest in the world. However, lithium-ion battery industry in China is growing up rapidly in recent years. China's lithium-ion battery industrialization began in late 1997, have gone through an independent research and development to learn from the introduction of the industrialization of the road. In 2000 years ago, lithium-ion battery industry is basically the edge of the stage to explore the introduction of edge. Entered since 2001, with the Shenzhen BYD, Banke and science and technology lithium-ion battery company's rapid rise, China's lithium-ion battery industry has begun to enter the fast-growing stage, the output of an average annual growth of more than 140%. In 2002, China Li-ion battery production will be further raised to 270 million global market share of over 20%. The next 2 years -3 years, with BYD, BAK, B & K, force God, Universal, Guangyu the expansion of production scale, China's lithium-ion battery industry will continue to maintain an average annual growth rate of over 30%.

BYD is China's biggest rechargeable battery and lithium-ion battery manufacturers. Founded in 1995, started in 1998, involved in the commercial manufacture of lithium-ion batteries. In November 2000, Motorola became the first Chinese BYD Li-ion battery supplier, since the rapid expansion of production capacity. In 2002, BYD Li-ion battery production reached 090 million, second only to Japan's Sanyo and Sony, among the world's top three in front of the column as well as Sanyo and Sony to form a direct threat and competition. BYD Li-ion battery at present monthly capacity is 16 million, with the new plant put into operation its Shanghai and Shenzhen plant capacity expansion, Nissan expects lithium-ion batteries will be from the current 50 million, increased to 1 million , close to Japan's Sanyo.

BYD Li-ion rechargeable battery market is a very important success factor is the light of China's national conditions, independent research and development to human-based automation and human operators a combination of production line. Japanese companies compared to automated production lines and high labor costs, BYD's lithium-ion battery manufacturing costs greatly reduced, becoming an important magic weapon for challenging corporate Japan.

B & K Technology was established in October 1999 and at the same time large-scale production lithium-ion battery, is the one of the few to focus on lithium-ion battery research and production enterprises. 2002 B & K Technology lithium-ion battery production reached 21 million, becoming the second largest after BYD Li-ion battery manufacturers. At present B & K Technology can reach 6 million per month into the ranks of the world's top ten manufacturers.

Tianjin power of God was founded in December 1997, is relying on China's own technology, first to enter the lithium-ion battery industrialization of domestic companies. After the third phase before and after the construction of 2002 to reach 12 million annual sales of 160 million yuan. Tianjin power of God's products include cylindrical, square, and three series of polymers, in addition to supply the domestic mobile phone enterprises, but also to the Motorola, Samsung and other international manufacturers supply. The current power of God can reach 4 million per month, and is actively developing lithium-ion battery.

Shenzhen BAK Battery Co., Ltd. is also a rapidly growing up star of lithium-ion battery manufacturers. Cubic's products are for the lithium-ion battery batteries. Lithium-ion batteries is usually shell, batteries, and charge-discharge circuit protection devices, and several other components, including batteries, lithium-ion batteries the core components, the domestic number of lithium-ion battery business is through the purchase of imported batteries to lithium-ion battery assembly.

Despite the June 2002 Bic began mass production, but due to low-cost competitive strategy, the current monthly production capacity of batteries has reached 9 million in one fell swoop to become the nation's largest manufacturers of lithium-ion battery. In October 2003, invest 2.5 billion yuan BAK "Nissan 1 million lithium-ion battery cell project" Tsai Chung Town in Shenzhen, held a groundbreaking ceremony, including Nissan 200,000 lithium-ion polymer batteries project, Japan steel produced 300,000 items lithium-ion batteries, Nissan 300,000 aluminum lithium-ion batteries, Nissan items and 200,000 items cylindrical batteries. Expected that the project is completed, Nissan will reach 1 million lithium-ion battery cell production capacity, annual turnover of 3 billion yuan.

In addition to these enterprises, China has a production capacity of lithium-ion battery-scale enterprises such as Guangyu International, Hepburn race (Universal Group), Wuhan Li Xing, Aucma new energy sources, also is fast to grow up.

In the lithium-ion polymer battery and power the industrialization, China has also taken the forefront in the world. Xiamen Baolong industry, the country with independent intellectual property rights of lithium-ion polymer leading enterprises, at present more than 500,000 per month, and is building capacity of 3 million / month of new production lines. Another polymer battery manufacturer TCL of the monthly payment can scale up to 30 million. Power batteries, CITIC Guoan Mengguli with an annual output of 5 million when the battery power capacity, an annual output of 30000 150Ah lithium-ion power batteries Beijing broad battery company, is investing in building an annual output of 300,000 150Ah battery power The new plant, while the world's advanced level and independent intellectual property rights in Shenzhen Lei days of green power source the company's lithium-chromium fluoride solid power battery products, including 10Ah-500Ah six kinds of specifications of products, has successfully entered the international market, in a variety of electric bicycles, motorcycles and buses has been applied in 2002, the company's motive power output of 12 million Ah, 2003 annual production increased to 20 million Ah.

Japan: feel the pressure of competition

Although still in the lithium-ion battery market holds the top spot, but the Japanese companies have significant competitors from China and South Korea feel the impact of stress and headaches. Japanese lithium-ion batteries since 2000 the global market share continues to decline. 2000, Japan also accounted for 93.9% of the global market share in 2002 has fallen to 69.4% in 2003, further reduced to 58.2%.

With China and South Korea Li-ion battery industry's rapid growth is expected in 2005 Japan's global market share would drop to 50%.

The face of challenges from China and South Korea, Japan, lithium-ion battery companies are forced to take measures to meet the challenge and change strategies. To sum up, mainly in three aspects: First, Sanyo and Sony, as represented by the patent weapons to put pressure on Chinese enterprises. Second, in the face of low-cost competitive strategy of Chinese enterprises, Japanese enterprises have set up production bases in China, using Chinese labor and other low-cost advantages in order to improve competitiveness, the current Sanyo, Sony, Matsushita and other Japanese companies in Beijing, Wuxi, to have established a lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant. Third, adjust the scale of production. Strategy of Japanese companies in this regard is not the same.

by: gaga

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