So why is this high-tech mask aligner company in the world not in the United States, but in the Netherlands? First of all, the most important technology is not that the United States can't get it.
First of all, the Dutch ASML Company is a company invested by big companies all over the world, among which the main shareholders are Intel (USA), Samsung of South Korea and TSMC of China. The advantage of doing so is that it is easy to raise funds, and the risks are borne by yourself. Importantly, it is controlled by major American shareholders.
Secondly, it is a lithography equipment produced in ASML, the Netherlands. Some important components come from many countries in the world. For example, the most important light source technology comes from an American company and the lens comes from Germany. Here, American companies participate in control.
Third, I think putting this high-tech company in the Netherlands can better monopolize this industry and prevent technology from flowing out. First, the Dutch younger brother is not worried; Second, the United States has anti-monopoly laws. If such a company is located in the United States, it may be divided into at least two companies, so that talents and technology will not be concentrated, research and development will be slow, and money may be wasted, resulting in overcapacity, while the Netherlands has no such laws and is easier to control.
Fourth, the United States holds the world's top chip design technology, and mask aligner serves chips. If the United States stops designing high-end chips, the Dutch high-end mask aligner will be useless, and the output will be controlled by the United States, but this advantage is increasingly beyond the control of the United States.
Generally speaking, mask aligner, the highest place in the world, is controlled by the United States, although it is in the Netherlands.