荷蘭VELDHOVEN4月4日新聞――ASML今天宣布與臺灣經濟部投資業務處（MOEA）簽署了一項協議在臺北附近建立ASML Center of Excellence （ACE），該協議是繼去年年底雙方簽訂的草約后簽訂的。ASML預計在2008年工程按照計劃完成后ACE 將在第二季度全面投入運行。ASML目前正在招募ACE新成員，并計劃購買臨時設備。 通過關注技術和應用研發，設備支持，教育培訓，物流和設備更新，ACE將進一步加強ASML在亞太地區的客戶服務，ACE還將提供本地設備模塊，元件和服務。 ASML總裁兼CEO Eric Meurice 表示：“整個亞太地區對于ASML來說是一個關鍵的市場，2006年該地區的總銷售額占到總銷售額的近三分之二。”“通過建立ACE,我們將確保ASML繼續滿足該地區客戶不斷增長的需求”美國半導體工業協會預計2007年整個亞太地區將以每年12％的速度增長，超出了世界其他地方工業增長。 ASML正在積極招募資質員工到ACE，進行客戶支持，教育培訓，應用研發，研發和工程，物流，采購和設備更新和維修。有意入選者請登錄ASML公司網站虛擬無塵室：www.careers.asml.com for more information. ASML 簡介 ASML是世界半導體行業微影系統的領先供應商，生產集成電路或芯片非常關鍵的精密設備。其總部位于荷蘭Veldhoven,股票以ASML的代碼在阿姆斯特丹泛歐證券交易所與美國納斯達克交易所公開上市交易。 original text [COLOR=#708090]ASML to Establish Center of Excellence in Taiwan VELDHOVEN, the Netherlands, April 4, 2007 ASML announced today that it has signed a contract with the Taiwanese Ministry of Economic Affairs （MOEA） to establish the ASML Center of Excellence （ACE） near Taipei. This follows the Letter of Intent ASML and MOEA signed late last year; ASML expects that ACE will be fully operational in Q2 2008 after construction is scheduled to be completed. ASML is currently recruiting personnel for ACE and has secured a temporary facility. ACE will reinforce ASML‘s commitment to customers in the Asia-Pacific region by focusing on technology and applications development, equipment support, training, logistics, and refurbishment. ACE will also enable local sourcing of equipment modules, components and services. “The entire Asia-Pacific region is a key market for ASML; collectively it accounted for nearly two-thirds of our sales in 2006,” said Eric Meurice, president and CEO. By establishing ACE, we will ensure that ASML continues to meet the growing demands of customers throughout this important region.” The Semiconductor Industry Association predicts that the entire Asia-Pacific region will see 12 percent growth year over year in 2007, outpacing industry growth in the rest of the world. ASML is actively recruiting qualified candidates to work at ACE for customer support, training, application development, development and engineering, logistics, sourcing, and refurbishment and repair. Interested candidates should visit ASML‘s virtual cleanroom at www.careers.asml.com for more information. About ASML ASML is the world‘s leading provider of lithography systems for the semiconductor industry, manufacturing complex machines that are critical to the production of integrated circuits or chips. Headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, ASML is traded on Euronext Amsterdam and NASDAQ under the symbol ASML[/COLOR]