ASML to build reuse-and-repair centre in Beijing despite US-China tech tensions

ASML Holding, the world’s top supplier of advanced chipmaking equipment caught in the US-China tech rivalry, will build a “reuse and repair” centre in Beijing this year, showing its commitment to the world’s second-largest economy despite pressure from Washington.

The Dutch firm, which has been unable to sell its extreme ultraviolet lithography systems to its China-based clients to comply with US export control rules, disclosed the plan for the facility in the Chinese capital in its annual report published on Wednesday.

It is the only major project in the report’s “circular economy” section about parts and tools.

It has been previously reported that the Dutch government could limit ASML’s ability to repair and maintain its semiconductor equipment on the mainland. China is ASML’s largest market, accounting for 36.1 per cent of its total sales in 2024, replacing Taiwan for the first time, according to the annual report.

The company’s sales on the mainland stood at €10.2 billion (US$10.9 billion) last year, while Taiwan accounted for €4.3 billion or 15.4 per cent of the total.

  

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