ASML, the leading supplier of advanced chipmaking equipment by market value, is headquartered in Veldhoven, Netherlands. The company has operated from its main campus in Veldhoven, near Eindhoven, for decades.
ASML develops lithography machines that semiconductor manufacturers use to print extremely small patterns onto silicon wafers. Its extreme ultraviolet, or EUV, systems are used for some of the most advanced chips and rely on exceptionally precise optics, vacuum systems, and light sources.
ASML was founded in 1984 as a joint venture between Philips and ASM International. The name originally represented Advanced Semiconductor Materials Lithography. The business later became an independent public company and grew into a critical supplier to the global semiconductor industry.
Veldhoven is sometimes incorrectly given as Eindhoven because the two places are in the same region and Eindhoven is the better-known city. ASML's official headquarters are in Veldhoven, while the surrounding Brainport region contains many of its technology partners.