ASML Opens India Chapter as 2027 Output Sells Out and High-NA Demand Firms Up
Published on 09/28/2026 at 06:41 | Editorial boerse-global.de
ASML has quietly opened for business in India, planting a flag in a market that is pouring billions into building a semiconductor industry from scratch. The Dutch lithography supplier began operations there on 22 September, according to media reports, staffing its first office with a modest cohort of 20 to 30 engineering graduates.
The venture's scale-up is anything but automatic. Further expansion is tied squarely to whether Indian conglomerate Tata Electronics delivers its planned fab in Dholera on schedule — a project that has become something of a test case for New Delhi's long-running effort to lure global chipmakers onto Indian soil. For ASML, the early-stage presence offers a chance to familiarise local talent with its lithography systems well before any large-scale manufacturing takes hold.
Order Book Fills Through 2027, Eyes Turn to 2028
Capacity planning at the company's core business tells a story of demand running well ahead of supply. Reuters reports that ASML's production is already nearly sold out for 2027, a year in which it can build at least 80 systems. Fresh customer orders are therefore landing predominantly for 2028 delivery. The company is examining ways to lift EUV output beyond 110 machines in 2028, with the artificial-intelligence boom underpinning the push.
That backlog gives ASML dependable visibility through the end of the decade. Leading chipmakers racing to expand lines for AI servers and high-performance computing are locking in allocations years in advance — a dynamic that cements the company's gatekeeper role in global semiconductor equipment.
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High-NA Commitments Take Shape
Attention is shifting to the next technology generation. Major chipmakers are committing to ASML's High-NA EUV machines, which carry a price tag of roughly $400 million apiece. TSMC intends to move to regular production use from 2030. South Korea's Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix plan to deploy High-NA in DRAM mass production starting in 2028. Micron Technology has also placed orders for the equipment but has yet to disclose a production timeline.
The willingness to sign off on triple-digit-million-dollar systems years before they run underscores just how narrow the field of suppliers has become at the cutting edge.
A Mask Pilot Line and a 2031 Target
Work on the supporting ecosystem is advancing in parallel. ASML and contract manufacturer TSMC unveiled an industry initiative on 7 September, going public with it the following day, to migrate High-NA EUV photomasks to a larger 12-inch format. The partners are targeting a pilot line by 2031, with full system readiness for mass production of advanced nodes pencilled in for 2033.
Buybacks Continue as Eindhoven Campus Rises
On the capital side, ASML is pressing ahead with returning cash to shareholders. Between 14 and 18 September, the company repurchased 304,500 of its own shares on the open market under its ongoing buyback programme, with individual tranches valued at more than EUR 60 million each.
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At home, ground was broken roughly three weeks ago on a second major industrial campus in the Brainport region near Eindhoven. The site is designed to grow in stages to around 350,000 square metres and could eventually house up to 20,000 employees — infrastructure intended to support the higher production volumes the order book now demands.
Results Due 13 October
Investors will get hard numbers shortly. ASML is scheduled to report third-quarter 2026 results on 13 October, according to media reports. The stock closed Friday's session at EUR 1,527.20, bringing its year-to-date gain to 66 percent.
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