- Business
- ASML Holding NV, headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands and founded in 1984 as a joint venture between Philips and ASM International, develops, manufactures, markets, sells, upgrades and services advanced photolithography systems essential for semiconductor production; its core offerings encompass extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography systems including 0.55 NA EUV and 0.33 NA EUV for high-resolution high-volume manufacturing, deep ultraviolet (DUV) immersion lithography, computational lithography software, metrology and inspection tools such as YieldStar optical metrology and HMI e-beam technologies, as well as holistic lithography solutions integrating hardware, software and services to enable chipmakers to produce smaller, faster and more energy-efficient integrated circuits. The company operates globally with major facilities and over 60 service points across 16 countries including the Netherlands, United States, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Japan, Germany and Belgium, serving leading chipmakers such as TSMC, Samsung and Intel from its primary research, development and manufacturing hub in Veldhoven and key sites like Wilton in Connecticut for mechatronics and optics. In recent developments, ASML entered a strategic long-term partnership with Mistral AI in 2025, investing €1.3 billion as lead in its Series C funding round to acquire an approximately 11% stake and integrate AI models across its product portfolio, research and operations for faster time-to-market and enhanced performance; it also signed a five-year strategic alliance with imec in March 2025 to advance high-end node R&D using its full product range including EUV and e-beam systems, while focusing on sustainable innovation in areas like silicon photonics, memory and advanced packaging.