- Headquarters
- Veldhoven, Netherlands · Europe
- Value chain
- Equipment & machinery(Tools)
- What that means
- Builds the machines that make things: production, test and measurement equipment, machine tools, printers and lab instruments.
- Founded
- 1984
- Staff
- 44,027 (2024)
- Ownership
- Listed
- Listing
- Nasdaq:ASML on Google Finance
- Website
- asml.com
- Relevance
- Very high at its strongest, in Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
Veldhoven, NetherlandsIn 3 capabilities
Each capability the company is listed in, most relevant first: how experts in the field see its global relevance there, why it is listed and the source.
- Semiconductor Equipment & MaterialsVery high
Semiconductors & Advanced Computing · Equipment & materials · listed #1 of 50
Sole supplier of EUV lithography scanners and the leading supplier of DUV immersion scanners, the critical chokepoint tool for leading-edge chipmaking.
Relevance: Sole EUV supplier; dominant lithography vendor
- Advanced Semiconductor FabricationVery high
Semiconductors & Advanced Computing · Equipment & materials · listed #3 of 50
Sole supplier of EUV and High-NA EUV lithography scanners, without which no sub-7nm node can be made.
Relevance: Sole EUV lithography supplier; indispensable to leading-edge fabs
- Directed Energy TechnologiesModerate
Energy Technologies · Equipment & materials · listed #18 of 50
Through its subsidiary Cymer it builds DUV excimer lasers and laser-produced-plasma EUV sources, a leading civil use of high-power pulsed lasers, and it is a top patent applicant here.
Relevance: EUV laser-plasma source leader; adjacent to weapons.