The facility expands the company’s research and development efforts and operations in the country and is part of its efforts to build greater cooperation with Samsung Electronics and SK hynix in advanced chipmaking.

ASML is the world's sole producer of the extreme ultraviolet lithography machines that are essential for producing chips at the most advanced nodes, including the 2-nanometer process and below.

"Our decision to locate in Hwaseong is highly strategic. Our new campus is a symbol of our commitment to our customers in Korea, innovation, sustainability and growth," said ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet. "Hwaseong is close to major semiconductor manufacturers. Being here enables closer collaboration, faster support and more effective technology transfer - especially as chipmaking becomes more complex.”

The new facility, costing around $164 million, and built between 2021 and 2025, extends over a 16,000-square-metre site and is made up of two buildings that are equipped with maintenance facilities and training centres for deep ultraviolet and extreme ultraviolet lithography technologies.

According to ASML Korea it is currently relocating personnel and equipment to the site, and the transition should be completed by the end of 2025, when around 1,500 employees will work together at the Hwaseong campus.

The ASML Hwaseong Campus will serve as the company’s key hub in Asia, integrating a remanufacturing centre for DUV and EUV lithography components with a training facility for technology transfer. The manufacturing centre will enable ASML to procure parts locally, ensuring faster equipment repairs without relying on overseas shipments.

In addition, the training centres will help to develop South Korea’s domestic talent specialising in DUV and EUV lithography technologies.

The development of the campus will also help to deepen collaboration and technology exchange with major Korean semiconductor firms such as Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, according to ASML, while also helping to build a stronger ecosystem with local materials, components, and equipment suppliers.

Only a few semiconductor manufacturers worldwide – including both Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix - are equipped to adopt ASML’s High-NA EUV technology, so South Korea is seen as a vital market for the company.

ASML’s expanded footprint is expected to accelerate its joint research and development project with Samsung in developing under-2-nanometer process technologies using higher numerical aperture EUV machines. The two companies agreed to establish a joint EUV research lab back in December 2023.

The facility expands the company’s research and development efforts and operations in the country and is part of its efforts to build greater cooperation with Samsung Electronics and SK hynix in advanced chipmaking.

ASML is the world's sole producer of the extreme ultraviolet lithography machines that are essential for producing chips at the most advanced nodes, including the 2-nanometer process and below.

"Our decision to locate in Hwaseong is highly strategic. Our new campus is a symbol of our commitment to our customers in Korea, innovation, sustainability and growth," said ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet. "Hwaseong is close to major semiconductor manufacturers. Being here enables closer collaboration, faster support and more effective technology transfer - especially as chipmaking becomes more complex.”

The new facility, costing around $164 million, and built between 2021 and 2025, extends over a 16,000-square-metre site and is made up of two buildings that are equipped with maintenance facilities and training centres for deep ultraviolet and extreme ultraviolet lithography technologies.

According to ASML Korea it is currently relocating personnel and equipment to the site, and the transition should be completed by the end of 2025, when around 1,500 employees will work together at the Hwaseong campus.

The ASML Hwaseong Campus will serve as the company’s key hub in Asia, integrating a remanufacturing centre for DUV and EUV lithography components with a training facility for technology transfer. The manufacturing centre will enable ASML to procure parts locally, ensuring faster equipment repairs without relying on overseas shipments.

In addition, the training centres will help to develop South Korea’s domestic talent specialising in DUV and EUV lithography technologies.

The development of the campus will also help to deepen collaboration and technology exchange with major Korean semiconductor firms such as Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, according to ASML, while also helping to build a stronger ecosystem with local materials, components, and equipment suppliers.

Only a few semiconductor manufacturers worldwide – including both Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix - are equipped to adopt ASML’s High-NA EUV technology, so South Korea is seen as a vital market for the company.

ASML’s expanded footprint is expected to accelerate its joint research and development project with Samsung in developing under-2-nanometer process technologies using higher numerical aperture EUV machines. The two companies agreed to establish a joint EUV research lab back in December 2023.

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