Semiconductor equipment maker ASML to report first-quarter earnings amid chip shortage

FILE PHOTO: Employees are seen working on the final assembly of ASML's TWINSCAN NXE:3400B semiconductor lithography tool with its panels removed, in Veldhoven, Netherlands, in this picture taken April 4, 2019. Bart van Overbeeke Fotografie/ASML/Handout via REUTERS

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - ASML Holding NV, one of the biggest suppliers to semiconductor companies, is likely to show its order books are full to bursting because of a global chip shortage when it reports first quarter earnings on Wednesday.

ASML will benefit from major investment plans unveiled by key customers TSMC, Samsung and Intel in recent weeks, and the focus will be on how much equipment it can deliver this year, as well as any plans to expand capacity.