Chip equipment maker ASML's suppliers eye SE Asia amid US-China tensions

Chip equipment maker ASML's suppliers eye SE Asia amid US-China tensions

FILE PHOTO: ASML Holding logo is seen at company's headquarters in Eindhoven, Netherlands, Januari 23, 2019. REUTERS/Eva Plevier

Suppliers to Dutch chip-making machines giant ASML Holding NV are considering building plants in Southeast Asia instead of China amid political tensions between Beijing and the West, according to two sources and documents seen by Reuters.