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Breaking into Japan litho market

ASML announced details of a fourth customer in the tough Japanese market. Matsushita Electric Industrial (MEI) has ordered ASMLÕs TWINSCAN lithography system for 300mm production. MEI manufactures consumer products under the Panasonic brand. The sale marks a milestone in ASML's expansion within the Japanese market, which traditionally has been dominated by local lithography companies, namely Nikon and Canon.
ASML announced details of a fourth customer in the tough Japanese market. Matsushita Electric Industrial (MEI) has ordered ASMLÕs TWINSCAN lithography system for 300mm production. MEI manufactures consumer products under the Panasonic brand. The sale marks a milestone in ASML's expansion within the Japanese market, which traditionally has been dominated by local lithography companies, namely Nikon and Canon.

Matsushita will use ASML's equipment for volume production of system-on-a-chip (SoC) devices at a fab located in Uozu, Japan. In fact, the sale marks the eighth location in Japan at which ASML systems have been installed. Other successes in the Japanese market include strategic alliances with lithography processing track manufacturer Tokyo Electron (TEL) and photomask producer Dainippon Screen Manufacturing.

Hitachi High-Technologies serves as the exclusive sales agent for ASML in Japan and was instrumental in securing the MEI order.

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