Leading Chip equipment maker ASML's suppliers eye South-East Asia plants in Vietnam and Malaysia


HANOI/AMSTERDAM, March 12 (Reuters): Suppliers to Dutch chip-making machines giant ASML Holding NV are considering building plants in South-East Asia instead of China amid political tensions between Beijing and the West, according to two sources and documents seen by Reuters.

Officials from a dozen tech companies are set to visit Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore next week, according to a note from the Brabant Development Agency, a Dutch public body involved in organising the trip.

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