ASML Maintains Momentum in China with Sale to ASMC; ASMC Selects ASML System as ''Tool of Choice'' for New Facility.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers VELDHOVEN, the Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2003 ASML Holding ASML is a Dutch company and the world’s primary supplier of lithography systems for the semiconductor industry. Of all the major chip producers worldwide, more than 80% are ASML customers. NV (ASML ASML Abstract State Machine Language ASML Anisotropic Shielded Microstrip Line ) today announced booking a multiple product order from Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (ASMC ASMC American Suzuki Motor Corporation ASMC American Society of Military Comptrollers ASMC Association of Sales & Marketing Companies ASMC Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference ASMC Area Support Medical Company ASMC American Small Manufacturers Coalition ), a leading wafer foundry in Shanghai, China. The sale represents a move forward in ASML's bid to expand its position in the growing Chinese chip market. The US Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA Sia (sī`ə) or Siaha (sī`əhə), in the Bible, family returned from the Exile. SIA - Serial Interface Adaptor ) reports that semiconductor capital spending capital spending Spending for long-term assets such as factories, equipment, machinery, and buildings that permits the production of more goods and services in future years. in China increased from US$20 million in 1990 to US$3 billion in 2001. SIA also projects that semiconductor capital spending in China would continue to grow this year. ASMC chose three imaging systems - two PAS 5500/250s and one PAS 5500/300 - as the exclusive lithography tools for the initial ramp-up of its new 200 mm wafer fab. The ASML systems will be used in volume production to image circuit features at 250 nanometers on silicon wafers. "We have high expectations for our new 200 mm wafer fab, so getting it off to the best start possible is extremely important to us. That's why we chose to entrust our initial lithography to ASML, the absolute leader in the field. ASML's lithography tools will help us to achieve our productivity goals for the new fab," said Gao Zhou Miao, vice president operations, ASMC. "ASML is proud to be the lithography 'tool of choice' for ASMC in this first stage of its multiple-system foundry expansion. Our goal is to become the lithography supplier of choice to all of China," said Doug Dunn, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , ASML. "We look forward to continuing our strong relationship with ASMC." ASML entered China more than 15 years ago and, today, maintains a leading share of the country's market for lithography systems. Recent ASML activity in China includes a sale to Huajing Microelectronics Corporation, a top chip manufacturer based in Wuxi, China, as announced in December 2002. About ASML ASML is the world's leading provider of lithography systems for the semiconductor industry, manufacturing complex machines that are critical to the production of integrated circuits or chips. Headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, ASML is traded on Euronext Amsterdam and NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on under the symbol ASML. For more information, visit the Web site at www.asml.com. |
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