The most important tech company you’ve never heard of

It is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market cap has gone from $25 billion to $225 billion in a decade. And eight months ago, it hit a lifetime high of over $350 billion. This Dutch company made almost $20 billion in net sales and over $6 billion in profits last year.

Yet, the chances are you may not have heard about it.

The company, ASML Holdings, describes itself as the “most important tech company you’ve never heard of” and rightly so.

ASML is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of chip-making equipment. It designs and manufactures lithography machines– an essential component in manufacturing microchips which go into smartphones, data centres, personal computers, laptops, cars and much more.