Feb. 25, 2003 – Veldhoven, Netherlands – Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASML Holding NV said it has “a couple of qualified buyers” for its thermal division and still planned to sell the unit in 2003.
“The priority is to get the right buyer. The sale is possible by the middle of the year,” ASML spokesman Tom McGuire told Reuters. ASML said in January it hoped to sell the unit in 1H03.