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China - A Lighting Giant

TABLES:
A Comparison of Chinese & International Standards for Some Lamps

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Wattage(W)

Lumens/W

Life(hours)

General
Incandescent

 CHN.

15-1 000

7-18

100-
1 000
. INT.

10-1 500

5-25

100-
2 000
Halogen CHN.

50-2 000

?-28

50-
1 500
. INT.

10-1 000

15-30

50-
2 000
Linear
Fluorescent		 CHN.

6-125

25-40

3 000-
5 000
. INT.

4-200

40-100

10 000-
20 000
CFL CHN.

4-28

40-65

1 000-
3 000
. INT.

5-55

50-70

5 000-
20 000
Metal Halide CHN.

150-1 500

70-80

3 000-
8 000
. INT.

30-2 000

50-125

2 000-
10 000
High Pressure CHN.

35-1 000

60-100

4 000-
12 000
Sodium INT.

30-1 000

50-150

10 000-
25 000

Examples of Foreign Investment in the Chinese Lighting Market

Product Foreign
Company		 Chinese
Company		 Location
CFL unknown
(Taiwan)		 unknown Guangdong
T8 lamps Philips Feidong Nanjing
HID, CFLs Philips Yaming Shanghai
Electronic
ballast		 EBT* none Shanghai
Incandescent General Electric Jiabao Group Shanghai
CFL Panasonic Beijing
Picture Tubes		 Beijing
CFL Pacific
Resources		 ** Tianjing
Halogen PAR Litetronic Lighting
Corporation		 Shenzhiguang
Lighting Corporation		 Shenzhen
Fixtures Panasonic Stone Beijing

* 80% owned by Philips North America

** Sale of CFL production line made in South Korea

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