SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has said it sold part of its stake in the Dutch chip equipment maker ASML Holdings N.V. to secure cash flows amid the chip slowdown. The South Korean tech giant’s semi-annual report released on Monday showed that Samsung’s shares in Veldhoven-based ASML fell to 2.75 million, [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — ASML Holding N.V., a Dutch chip equipment maker, has opened a new global training center for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines near Seoul, the company said Thursday. The 1,445-square-meter center in Yongin, 42 kilometers south of Seoul, is aimed at training technicians on the maintenance and repairs of the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — ASML, a Dutch chip equipment maker, on Wednesday held a groundbreaking ceremony of its new semiconductor cluster in South Korea, home to the world’s two biggest memory chip makers. The Dutch firm is building a US$181 million chip cluster in Hwaseong, some 40 kilometers south of Seoul, which will [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The CEO of the Dutch chip equipment maker ASML Holding NV said Tuesday building a new chip cluster in South Korea reflects the company’s preparation for sustained growth in what he said is an industry that will only continue to expand. Building a Korean supply base “is a significant [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung’s de facto leader Lee Jae-yong discussed ways to boost cooperation in the semiconductor business with ASML CEO Peter Wennink, the company said Wednesday. Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee, who is currently on a business trip in Europe, met with Wennink and CTO Martin van den Brink at the [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong will leave for the Netherlands next week, in a business trip widely expected to secure highly advanced chipmaking machines by the Dutch chip equipment maker ASML. On Thursday, Lee asked for permission to be absent from his ongoing trial at the Seoul Central [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The top executive of Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASML is in South Korea to discuss semiconductor cooperation in the country where its key clients are based, the company said Tuesday. ASML CEO Peter Wennink is visiting the country for a chip cluster project and meetings with local employees as [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — ASML Holding N.V., the world’s leading photolithography equipment maker, is building a new plant in South Korea. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced Thursday during its briefing on K-semiconductor blueprint that ASML will invest in the country. The company will invest 240 billion won (US$212 million) to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, the de facto leader of South Korea’s top conglomerate, returned home Wednesday after meeting with top executives from ASML Holding N.V., the world’s leading photolithography equipment maker, in the Netherlands. Lee met with ASML CEO Peter Wennink and ASML Chief Technology Officer Martin [...]