| Sales and income figures since Meurice took over as CEO at ASML in late 2004 (figure for 2013 is projected). The impact of the global financial crisis on the figures for 2008 and 2009 are evident and, at the time, Meurice had commented that the crisis had had an "overnight" impact on customers' CAPEX spending. Swift cost-cutting actions taken at the time reduced the impact of the crisis on the company's bottom line, but continued R&D investment has translated to strong profits since the 2010 recovery. Source: SEC. |
