--- description: ASML: 2025 TIME100 Most Influential Companies title: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2025: ASML image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt030cfcc2b9af71a0/6998c741e1ba00b71798d9f9/250707_T100Companies_ASML.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jun 26, 2025 # ASML Chipmaking linchpin by [Joe Mullich](/author/joe-mullich/) ## Joe Mullich Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  ASML Cleanroom Assembly ASML Cleanroom AssemblyCourtesy Bart van Overbeeke—ASML It’s fair to say that most people haven’t heard of ASML, yet the Netherlands-based company—one of the five most valuable firms in Europe—holds a linchpin position in one of the world’s most strategically fraught industries: global semiconductor manufacturing. ASML is the world's only producer of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines, which allow companies like Intel and TSMC to produce the advanced chips that power AI, self-driving cars, and 5G networks. The company’s machines are as massive in size as they are in impact. As big as a school bus and weighing over 150 tons, ASML’s latest EUV machines cost around $400 million apiece. While ASML’s stock rides the waves of U.S.-China trade tensions and semiconductor market cycles, the company’s exclusive technology ensures it will maintain a central place in the world’s digital future. As one industry analyst told CNBC in May, “This company has \[the advanced chipmaking\] market completely cornered.” ASML: 2025 TIME100 Most Influential Companies ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2025/7289642/asml/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2025/7289642/asml/"},"headline":"ASML","datePublished":"2025-06-26T11:27:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:49:46.348Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2025/7289642/asml/","keywords":["Companies2025","list","franchise","Magazine","Special Project","sponsorshipblock","Accolades"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt030cfcc2b9af71a0/6998c741e1ba00b71798d9f9/250707_T100Companies_ASML.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joe Mullich","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joe-mullich/"}],"creator":"Joe Mullich","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt030cfcc2b9af71a0/6998c741e1ba00b71798d9f9/250707_T100Companies_ASML.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/companies2025/","name":"Companies2025"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2025/7289642/asml/","name":"ASML"}}]}] ```