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AMSTERDAM/SEOUL (Reuters) - ASML Holding NV denied on Wednesday any involvement by its top client Samsung Electronics Co Ltd in an intellectual property theft case between the Dutch chip equipment maker and a competitor. ASML last week disclosed that former employees took company secrets to U.S. software maker Xtal Inc, which is funded by entities in South Korea and China and set up to sell a competing product to an existing ASML customer in South Korea. Speculation of Samsung's involvement was raised in media reports partly due to the South Korean firm's partnership with Xtal, which filed for bankruptcy in December after losing a $223 million judgement to ASML over the matter.
Semiconductor-equipment manufacturer ASML Holding beat Wall Street's target for earnings in the first quarter, but matched on sales. It guided estimates lower for the second quarter.
The pan-European STOXX 600 index was down 0.2 percent by 0930 GMT after five straight days of gains. China's economy unexpectedly steadied in the first quarter, defying expectations for a further slowdown, as industrial production jumped sharply and consumer demand showed signs of improvement. "The reaction in equity markets was muted after the data release, probably because much of the positivity has already been priced in," said Hussein Sayed, chief market strategist at FXTM.
A year earlier, ASML reported sales of 2.74 billion euros. Key InsightsASML forecasts a gross margin of about 41 to 42 percent in the second quarter of the year, trailing the average estimate for 42.4 percent.“The outlook for the remainder of the year remains unchanged, as we see accelerating growth through 2019 on the back of significant technology transitions,” Chief Executive Officer Peter Wennink said in a statement. ASML is an important supplier to chipmakers, with clients including Samsung Electronics Co. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Its newest machines, called extreme ultraviolet lithography systems or EUV, etch smaller circuits while increasing capacity and speed.
Investing.com - ASML Holding (AS:ASML) reported first quarter earnings that Beat analysts' expectations on Wednesday and revenue that fell short of forecasts.
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Dutch ASML said on Thursday it had been the victim of corporate espionage in 2015 involving employees from countries including China but said it had not been the target of any "national conspiracy". ASML said the perpetrators took "large files" on memory sticks from its Silicon Valley software subsidiary that develops software for machine optimisation. Following publication of a story in Dutch daily newspaper Financieele Dagblad (FD) that said ASML had been struck by Chinese espionage, the company took issue with that label.
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The Dutch newspaper said that ASML research and development employees in San Jose, California, passed internal documents over the course of several years to XTAL, a competitor whose parent receives state support. ASML doesn’t enjoy the name recognition of an Apple Inc., Intel Corp. or Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., but it is Europe’s second-biggest technology company by market capitalization. ASML’s biggest customers are Intel and Samsung, as well as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., which makes iPhone chips for Apple.
The Netherlands-based company is growing its Silicon Valley footprint, focusing on research and development and combining its teams from recent acquisitions.
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