歐司朗拓展節能照明系統和燈具市場
通過併購 Siteco Lighting GmbH 進一步深根 LED 應用領域的增長潛力
歐司朗接管了 Barclays Private Equity 旗下總部設在特勞恩羅伊特（巴伐利亞州的）的 Siteco Lighting GmbH。Siteco 是一家在照明技術領域處於領先地位的歐洲公司。它在全球範圍內擁有員工 1,250 名，2010 年的訂單總額將近 2.2 億歐元。該公司為城市基礎設施提供燈具和照明系統的服務，包含公共和商業建築、街道、隧道、機場和體育場館等等。在燈具和照明系統領域，它已經佔據全球超過三分之二的照明市場。“通過此次併購，歐司朗更近一步擴展到這一重要市場。身為領先的元件製造商，我們也因此更進一步拓展了我們提供解決方案的能力，不僅於傳統節能照明技術，更擴展到LED 的照明設備和系統。我們期待在此領域實現最強勁的增長。”歐司朗的行政總裁 Martin Goetzeler 如是說。該交易還需通過反壟斷當局的批准。雙方已就收購價格達成協議，但具體金額並未公佈。
Siteco 在德國和中國生產照明設備，在歐洲有超過 15 家銷售公司，其銷售網路遍佈全球。歐司朗在併購之後，將同時取得更廣泛的照明解決方案市場及室內外照明領域的一條現代化產品線。此外，歐司朗還能利用Sitecos 在與終端客戶、建築師、燈具設計師和安裝工合作過程中積累的豐富經驗來研發新產品。舉例來說，Siteco 負責為慕尼克安聯球場、馬德里巴拉哈斯機場以及位於臺灣的世界第一高樓臺北 101 大樓提供照明。2008 年，歐司朗成立了一家專業LED 光雕燈具的 合資公司Traxon。Siteco 系列的產品線和應用領域則很好地填補了該公司的產品空白。
對創新節能型照明解決方案的需求急速增長。據估計，元件、燈具和照明系統整個市場規模如今將近 450 億歐元，其中燈具和照明系統超過三分之二。在半導體的技術如 LED 和 OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes) 的驅動下，整個市場規模到 2016 年估計增加到約 650 億歐元。
ABOUT OSRAM
Osram (Munich, Germany) is part of the Industry Sector of Siemens and one of the two leading lighting manufacturers in the world. Sales for OSRAM worldwide totalled to €4.7 billion in fiscal year 2010. OSRAM is a high-tech company in the lighting industry. Over 70 percent of sales come from energy-efficient products. This global player employs around 40,000 people worldwide, supplies customers in some 150 countries and has 46 production facilities in 17 countries (September 30 2010). www.osram.com
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