ASML
Holding, a critical supplier to the global chip-making industry, said Wednesday that it expects to report more than 25% sales growth this year despite uncertainty in the semiconductor industry, after it beat analysts’ expectations for its fourth-quarter profit.
Dutch company
ASML
(ticker: ASML) supplies the ‘lithography’ machines that are essential for manufacturing semiconductors, with customers including
Taiwan Semiconductor
(TSM),
Samsung
(KRX) and
Intel
(INTC).