Lithography giant ASML will have 4500 employees in Taiwan this year.

CTOnews.com, September 15, according to Taiwan's Economic Daily, ASML, the world leader in lithography equipment, will employ 4500 people in Taiwan this year. Currently, 35% of ASML's employees in Taiwan are non-science and engineering majors.

He Siying, Chief Financial Officer of ASML Taiwan and Southeast Asia, said, "the semiconductor industry is a highly international industry. Talents need an international perspective to show their competitiveness in the workplace, and continuously develop cross-cultural communication and coordination skills, English skills and an open mind, from jumping out of the comfort zone to increasing your comfort zone. The core organizational values of ASML are Challenge, Collaboration and Care. In Chinese, they are dialectical thinking, courage to express, teamwork, win-win cooperation, care, listening, respect and tolerance, respectively. They are the most important indicators of internal training and future talent selection for ASML employees. " TSMC in Taiwan is one of the biggest customers of ASML lithography equipment.

CTOnews.com learned that the latest ASML data show that ASML had more than 1500 employees in Chinese mainland as of the end of August. In addition, according to data disclosed by ASML in January this year, ASML employs more than 30,000 people worldwide.

ASML is one of the largest semiconductor equipment manufacturers in the world, providing integrated critical equipment to global complex integrated circuit manufacturers. According to the financial report, in the second quarter of 2022, ASML achieved net sales of 5.4 billion euros (about 37.206 billion yuan), a gross profit of 49.1 percent and a net profit of 1.4 billion euros (about 9.646 billion yuan).