ASML Holding N.V. (ASML): Price and Financial Metrics

ASML Holding N.V. (ASML) Company Bio

ASML Holding N.V. (commonly shortened to ASML and originally standing for "Advanced Semiconductor Materials Lithography") is a Dutch multinational corporation founded in 1984. The company is founded as a joint venture between the Dutch companies Advanced Semiconductor Materials International (ASMI) and Philips. ASML specializes in the development and manufacturing of photolithography systems which are used to produce computer chips. These computer chips are a set of electronic circuits on one small flat piece (or "chip") of semiconductor material, usually silicon. ASML's main business is in the researching, engineering and manufacturing of photolithography machines to be used in the fabrication of nearly all integrated circuits. Currently it is the largest supplier of photolithography systems primarily for the semiconductor industry and the sole supplier of extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) photolithography machines in the world. ASML competitors include MKS Instruments, Ultratech, Lam Research and Cadence Design Systems. ASML ranks 1st in Product Quality Score on Comparably vs its competitors. ASML employs more than 31,000 people from 120 nationalities, relies on a vast network of more than 4,600 tier 1 suppliers and has offices in the Netherlands, the United States, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, the United Kingdom, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, and South Korea. (Source:Wikipedia)