There was an interview with the ASML CEO recently in Dutch newspapers and what he said was that the succes of ASML is that it created a very tight knit ecosyste

There was an interview with the ASML CEO recently in Dutch newspapers and what he said was that the succes of ASML is that it created a very tight knit ecosystem of companies that are all very important for ASML's success. Copying the success of ASML is so difficult, because it's not just one company you need to copy, but a whole ecosystem of highly specialised companies.