Eindhoven city council greenlights ASML expansion: 2nd location with 20,000 employees

On Tuesday, the Eindhoven city council gave the green light to amend the zoning plan so that ASML can construct a large new campus in the city, Omroep Brabant reported. The Veldhoven-based chip machine maker’s second location at the Brainport Industries Campus near Eindhoven Airport will eventually accommodate 20,000 new employees.

The province of Noord-Brabant also approved the plan with which ASML intends to compensate for the environmental impacts of the construction of its new campus and granted the applicable permit, ANP reported. Provincial Executive Member Saskia Boelema said that the province applied the strictest possible assessment. “We have determined that there are no alternatives. There are compelling reasons of significant public interest, and the environmental compensation has been sufficiently developed.”