Hwaseong Mayor Jung Myung-geun Inspects ASML Hwaseong New Campus Construction Site

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Lee Su-won] Hwaseong Mayor Jung Myung-geun visited the ASML Hwaseong New Campus construction site in the Dongtan Songdong area on the 29th alongside ASML officials.

This site visit was arranged to inspect the progress of the ASML Hwaseong New Campus project, which began construction in 2023, and review newly planned investment sites. At the meeting, Mayor Jung received reports on key issues and action plans from relevant departments to provide administrative support.

Additionally, ASML proposed the creation of a "trail" around the ASML development site as part of its win-win cooperation initiative with local residents.

ASML is the world's leading semiconductor equipment manufacturer, being the only company globally producing extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment necessary for semiconductor production. The company is currently developing the ASML Hwaseong New Campus in Hwaseong City, which includes the ASML headquarters building, training center, and refurbishment center, with completion scheduled for August of next year.

Additionally, ASML has been actively engaged in corporate social responsibility initiatives with the local community, including donating funds for vulnerable residents, conducting volunteer activities to improve living environments in child welfare facilities, providing coding education programs using robot teaching tools for Banggyo Elementary School students, and participating in coastal cleanup activities along the West Coast.

Meanwhile, the city established a Large-Scale Investment Attraction Support Task Force in July and is working to revitalize investment attraction and provide One-Stop administrative services by offering prompt licensing and permitting procedures and resolving obstacles for large-scale investment enterprises.

Hwaseong Mayor Jung Myung-geun stated, "So that the world-class semiconductor equipment company ASML can settle stably in Hwaseong City and become an exemplary case of win-win cooperation between enterprise and community, we will not spare administrative support such as creating a trail where ASML and local residents can come together," and added, "We hope for the smooth progress of ASML's investment plans currently underway in Hwaseong City and for continued interest and investment in Hwaseong City when reviewing new investment projects."