ASML US, LP. (US20)
ASML designs and manufactures lithography systems, including EUV machines, that let chipmakers mass-produce patterns on silicon for smaller, faster and more energy efficient chips.
ASML US, LP. (US20) is the American arm of ASML, a Dutch company founded in 1984 that designs and manufactures lithography systems for the semiconductor industry. Its machines allow chipmakers to mass-produce patterns on silicon, making chips smaller, faster and more energy efficient. The company's EUV (extreme ultraviolet) lithography machines are among the most sophisticated machines ever built and are used by the world's top chip companies for advanced chip production. Beyond the systems themselves, ASML supplies the hardware, software and services chipmakers need to manufacture microchips.
The technical domains in which the company operates include lithography, EUV lithography, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, precision engineering and hardware and software integration. Its products serve the semiconductor manufacturing sector and, through the chips produced on them, the consumer electronics, medical device and broader electronics industries.
ASML employs over 40,000 people across 60 locations in 16 countries. The company was founded in the Netherlands and has been in operation since 1984. Its stated culture emphasises pushing technology to its limits, embracing extreme technical complexity and collaboration across a global team; it also makes note of its origins in a "leaky shed" in the Netherlands.