ASML Faces Tighter Dutch Restrictions on Servicing Chip Equipment in China
- ASML will be limited in repairing restricted machines in China
- China’s production capabilities and capacity to be affected
The ASML Holding NV headquarters in Veldhoven, Netherlands.
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ASML Holding NV, the leading provider of chipmaking equipment, is facing tighter restrictions on its ability to work with Chinese customers, a further escalation in the technology clash between Washington and Beijing.
Dutch export control rules will forbid ASML from maintaining, repairing and providing spare parts for controlled equipment without government approval, people familiar with the matter said. Those restrictions are related to new regulations the government published in June that prohibit ASML from shipping some so-called immersion deep ultraviolet lithography machines, its second-most capable machinery, to China without a license beginning in September.