ASML completes construction of chip equipment plant in Korea

ASML, a Netherlands-based semiconductor equipment manufacturer, completed construction of a manufacturing plant in Korea, which is expected to serve as a cooperation hub for the Dutch company and Korean chipmakers, the industry ministry said Wednesday. The completion ceremony of the 16,000-square-meter cluster, named the New Campus, was held in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, a major semiconductor hub, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources. The ministry said ASML's Hwaseong campus will serve as one of the company's key manufacturing hubs in Asia, while helping Korea strengthen its supply chains for the semiconductor industry. The company also plans to expand its technology exchanges and cooperation with Korean chipmakers, such as Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, it added. ASML is the world's largest manufacturer of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography system, a highly advanced machine used in semiconductor manufacturing to print small circuit patterns onto silicon wafers. The company's plant here will house the so-called repair center, which remanufactures key equipmenWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times