Basically, all 99 steps have been completed, except for the last shiver.

The merger between the two parties has become irreversible. Cathay Pacific's relevant senior personnel have joined KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and taken over the relevant core departments.

As long as it is approved by the European Commission, everything will be fine.

Judging from the stance of relevant people from the European Commission;

We are happy to see Asian capital entering Europe and believe that this is a welcome aspect of the wave of world liberalized trade, which will promote the elimination of global trade barriers and strengthen communication and cooperation.

The stance of relevant parties is positive, and information gathered from various channels shows that relevant EU parties will not come forward to stop this cross-border merger.

Wang Yaocheng’s secret target is the Dutch ASML company;

This is a highly professional high-tech enterprise that produces photolithography machines. It originally belonged to the Dutch company Philips and became independent in 1984. It can be said that it comes from a famous family.

Nowadays, the world's lithography machine market is full of heroes, with more than 20 manufacturers. The market is saturated, competition is very fierce, and there are many strong players.

Fuso's Sony, Nikon, Canon, Olympus, American gca, svg, ultrach, aset, perkin-elmer, eaton, Germany's zeiss and other lithography machine manufacturers compete fiercely, and the market competition is very cruel.

In August 2000, the Dutch ASML company launched the twinscan dual-stage lithography machine, which immediately attracted the attention of Atlantic Jinko Group.

Nothing else

Although this advanced photolithography equipment is expensive, it can improve the yield of Atlantic Jinko Group's most advanced 0.13 micron process processor chips, which is a timely help.

This made Atlantic Jinko Group, which had been struggling to climb the yield rate of advanced processes, but was unable to break through the 50% production yield rate, immediately saw hope of solving the problem.

Once you obtain the most suitable high-tech lithography machine, you will gain the strongest market competitiveness.

Therefore, at the end of 2000, Atlantic Jinko Group sent a large order for six units at once, and the 12-inch wafer fab to be prepared later will inevitably use this advanced equipment.

At the same time, it also attracted the attention of Chairman Wang Yaocheng.

Through the operation of the working group, the capital injection into the Dutch ASML company was very smooth. Atlantic Jinko Group successfully obtained 37.5% of the equity, ranking as the largest shareholder of the Dutch ASML company.

According to the agreement, Atlantic Jinko Group has the right to continue to inject capital and obtain up to 45% of the equity.

On the shareholder list of the Dutch ASML company, there are also the famous Intel Corporation and TSMC, both of which account for no more than 10% of the board of directors.

The Dutch ASML company very much welcomes the chip industry giant Atlantic Jinko Group to take shares, which can bring abundant R&D funds and stable and generous end customers.

It helps enterprises to concentrate on the research and development of new technologies without being too distracted by marketing and sales, and stay one step ahead in the fierce market competition.

The current Dutch ASML company cannot be viewed from the perspective of future generations. In the cruel photolithography machine market, it is still unclear who can survive in the end.

When you look up, you can see a forest of strong players, but not a single one is good.

Now in the world lithography machine market

The Japanese company with the strongest technical strength is Nikon, as well as Sony, Canon, and Olympus, all of which have strong capabilities and look like they are not to be trifled with, and are ahead of their competitors in all aspects.

Japanese lithography machine manufacturers have always been stronger than the Dutch ASML company in terms of funding and technology research and development, occupying a dominant position in the market.

It belongs to the mainstream manufacturers in the market and is also the most preferred lithography equipment provider for mainstream Japanese chip factories.

At this time, Atlantic Jinko Group chose the Dutch ASML company as its partner, which was really a blessing. No wonder they accepted it happily without any hesitation.

Everyone is willing to hug someone's lap, and the Dutch ASML company has finally found an organization.

This secret transaction was uneventful.

Even the local media in the Netherlands did not pay attention to it. They just sent out a big news report and nothing more happened.

Everyone's attention is still drawn by the big news of Cathay Pacific's acquisition of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, and the attention between the two is completely different.

After all, whether it is work, life, travel, or business travel, traveling by air is a matter of vital interest to every Dutch citizen, and it is impossible not to pay attention to it.
Chapter completed!