ASM International

This article is about a Netherlands-based company. For the professional organization formerly known as the American Society for Metals, see ASM International (society).
ASM
Company typePublic
Euronext Amsterdam: ASM
AEX component
ISINNL0000334118
IndustrySemiconductor industry
Founded1968 Edit this on Wikidata
FounderArthur del Prado
Headquarters
Almere
,
Netherlands
Key people
Benjamin Loh (CEO), Paul Verhagen ( CFO), Pauline van der Meer Mohr (chairwoman of the supervisory board)
ProductsEquipment for semiconductor fabrication
Revenue€1.7 billion (2021)[1]
€597.2 million (2021)[1]
€494.7 million (2021)[1]
Total assets€2.7 billion (end 2021)[1]
Total equity€2.2 billion (end 2021)[1]
Number of employees
4200 (end 2023)
SubsidiariesASM Pacific Holding B.V. (minority shareholder of ASM Pacific Technology)[1]: 14 
Websitewww.asm.com

ASM (previously known as ASM International N.V., originally standing for Advanced Semiconductor Materials) is a Dutch headquartered multinational corporation that specializes in the design, manufacturing, sales and service of semiconductor wafer processing equipment for the fabrication of semiconductor devices. ASM's products are used by semiconductor manufacturers in front-end wafer processing in their semiconductor fabrication plants. ASM's technologies include atomic layer deposition, epitaxy, chemical vapor deposition and diffusion.[1]

The company was founded by Arthur del Prado (1931-2016) as 'Advanced Semiconductor Materials' in 1964.[2] From 2008 until 2020, son of Arthur del Prado, Chuck del Prado was CEO. ASM pioneered important aspects of many established wafer-processing technologies used in industry, including lithography, deposition, ion implantation, single-wafer epitaxy, and in recent years atomic layer deposition. Semiconductor equipment companies ASML, ASM Pacific Technology (ASMPT) and Besi are former divisions of ASM.[2][3]

ASM headquarters is located in Almere, the Netherlands. The company has R&D sites in Almere (the Netherlands), Helsinki (Finland), Leuven (Belgium, near IMEC), Phoenix (Arizona), Tama (Japan), and Dongtan (South Korea). Manufacturing primarily occurs in Singapore and Dongtan (South-Korea). ASM also has sales & service offices across the globe, including United States, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore and Israel. As of 2021, it has 3,312 staff, located in 14 countries.[1]

The shares of the company are listed on the Euronext Amsterdam. In March 2020, ASM was promoted to the AEX index.[4] ASM has a minority stake in ASM Pacific Technology, a Hong Kong–based company active in semiconductor assembly, packaging and surface-mount technology.

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  2. ^ a b "A Tribute to Arthur del Prado - Father of Europe's Equipment industry". vlsiresearch.com. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Chapter 24 – The only way is up, 1994-1996" (PDF). techwatchbooks.nl. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Just Eat Takeaway back in the AEX index". mbs.news. Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.