traded as euronext asml nasdaq asml industry semiconductor industry founded 1984 ; 32 years ago 1984 headquarters veldhoven netherlands key people peter wennink ceo arthur van der poel chairman of the supervisory board products photolithography systems for the semiconductor industry revenue 5.856 billion 2014 operating income 1.526 billion 2014 profit 1.418 billion 2014 total assets 13.067 billion 2014 total equity 8.365 billion 2014 number of employees 11 533 april 2015 website http asml.com asml is a dutch company and currently the largest supplier in the world of photolithography systems for the semiconductor industry . the company manufactures machines for the production of integrated circuits ics such as cpus dram memory flash memory . the company is a component of the euro stoxx 50 stock market index . 1 contents 1 products 1.1 immersion lithography 1.2 euv lithography 1.3 other 2 company 3 references 4 external links products edit asml s corporate headquarters in veldhoven the photolithography machines manufactured by asml are used in the production of computer chips . in these machines patterns are optically imaged onto a silicon wafer that is covered with a film of light sensitive material photoresist . this procedure is repeated dozens of times on a single wafer . the photoresist is then further processed to create the actual electronic circuits on the silicon . the optical imaging that asml s machines deal with is used in the fabrication of nearly all integrated circuits and as of 2010 asml has 67 percent of the worldwide sales of lithography machines 2 with the competition consisting of ultratech canon and nikon . immersion lithography edit as of 2011 their high end twinscan nxt 1950i system is used for producing features down to 32 nanometres and outlook for 22 nm at up to 200 wafers per hour 3 using a water immersion lens and an argon fluoride laser that produces light at a wavelength of 193 nm . as of 2011 an average lithography machine costs 27 million euros . 4 euv lithography edit asml also manufactures extreme ultraviolet lithography machines that use 13.5 nm wavelength light . euv light is generated by using a high energy laser to convert microscopic droplets of molten tin into a plasma which emits euv light . on 22 april 2009 the belgian research center imec presented the world s first functional 22 nm cmos sram memory cells made using asml s prototype euv lithography machine . 5 as of 2011 the first series produced non prototype euv machines are being shipped to customers . 4 other edit in addition to immersion based lithography and euv lithography asml has a substantial intellectual property portfolio covering imprint lithography . 6 company edit asml s corporate headquarters is in veldhoven netherlands . it is also the location for research development manufacturing and assembly . asml has a worldwide customer base and over sixty service points in sixteen countries . the company is listed on both the aex and nasdaq stock exchanges as asml . the company originally named asm lithography 7 was founded in 1984 as a joint venture between the dutch companies advanced semiconductor materials international asmi and philips . nowadays it is a public company with only a minority of the shares owned by philips . 8 when the company became independent in 1988 it was decided that changing the name was not desirable and the abbreviation asml became the official company name . 9 in 2000 asml acquired the silicon valley group svg a us lithography equipment manufacturer in a bid to supply 193 nm scanners to intel corp. 10 11 asml is subject to cyclical industrial dynamics . for example at the end of 2008 asml experienced a large drop in sales which led management to cut the workforce by about 1000 worldwide mostly contract workers 12 and to apply for support from the dutch national unemployment fund to prevent even larger layoffs . 13 two and a half years later asml expected a record high revenue . 14 in july 2012 intel announced a deal to invest 4.1 billion into asml in exchange for 15 % ownership in order to speed up the transition from 300 mm to 450 mm wafers and further development of euv lithography . 15 16 this deal is without exclusive rights to future asml products and as of july 2012 asml is offering another 10 % of the shares to other companies . 17 in november 2013 asml paused development of 450 mm lithography equipment citing uncertain timing of chipmaker demand . 18 as part of their euv strategy asml announced the acquisition of duv and euv sources manufacturer cymer in october 2012 . 19 in june 2016 asml announced their plans to acquire taiwan based hermes microvision inc. for about 3.1 billion to add technology for creating smaller and more advanced semiconductors . 20 references edit frankfurt stock exchange asml sustainability performance and targets . asml.com 2011 asml enhances nxt 1950i to meet challenging imaging and overlay requirements and provide a cost effective platform for 22nm . press release 12 july 2011 . a b third quarter 2011 results . asml press release . imec presents functional 22 nm sram cells fabricated using euv technology . imec press release 22 april 2009 . for example u. s. patents 7618250 7692771 and u. s. patent applications 20070018360 20100193994 . about asml questions and answers . asml holding . archived from the original on 28 july 2010 . retrieved 3 august 2010 . asml corporate history asml about asml . 2014 02 20 . retrieved 2014 11 30 . http www.eetimes.com document.asp doc id 1182430 http www.eetimes.com document.asp doc id 1181104 asml takes action to adjust its organization due to severe order slowdown press release . chip equipment firm asml cuts outlook sets layoffs . wsj.com 19 december 2008 . asml sees record year . wall street journal april 2011 . asml wins funds for chip technology from intel . reuters 10 july 2012 . asml announces customer co investment program aimed at accelerating innovation . asml press release 9 july 2012 . intel funds next gen chipmaking buys into asml for 4.1 billion . reuters . 9 july 2012 . asml 2013 annual report form 20 f xbrl . united states securities and exchange commission . 11 february 2014 . in november 2013 following our customers decision asml decided to pause the development of 450mm lithography systems until customer demand and the timing related to such demand is clear . 1 asml press release 17 october 2012 ian king bloomberg . asml to acquire taiwan s hermes microvision for 3.1 billion . june 15 2016 . june 16 2016 . external links edit companies portal official website v t e philips divisions and subsidiaries current philips consumer lifestyle gaggia saeco philips healthcare philips avent respironics shenzhen goldway industrial philips lighting philips lumileds lighting company corporate technologies former and defunct liquavista magnavox nxp semiconductors philips analytical philips natuurkundig laboratorium polygram fontana records mercury records philips classics records philips records polygram filmed entertainment vertigo records joint ventures and shareholdings current nxp semiconductors 19.9 % philips neusoft medical systems 51 % tcl corporation 6.3 % tp vision 30 % former and defunct asml holding broadcast television systems inc. grundig lg philips display marantz navteq nec philips unified systems philips consumer communications tsmc brands products and standards current ambilight norelco philips cinema 21 9 tv philips entertaible philips gogear philips intimate massagers senseo shoqbox sonicare streamium trimension video content protection system defunct philips cd i philips nino philips velo philips videopac philips videowriter philips yes philishave speechmagic video 2000 people cor boonstra president and chief executive officer frans van houten co founders anton philips and gerard philips frits philips places evoluon high tech campus eindhoven philips arena philips stadion other carousel hdmi licensing philips sports manager 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