Brussels, 05/11/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has authorised the Dutch government's plan to give large grants to ASML, a Dutch lithographic company for two projects called EXTATIC and FLUOR. Lithography concerns the part of chip production in which ultrafine electronic elements are created through the exposure of phototresistant materials to light. The grants (which will last up until 31 December 2004) amount to EUR 54.5 million per project. The total cost of the two...