Company Profile
Besi is engaged in one line of business: the development, manufacturing, marketing, sales and service of semiconductor assembly equipment for the global semiconductor and electronics industries.
Customers
Besi's customers are primarily leading multinational chip manufacturers, assembly subcontractors and electronics and industrial companies. Customers are either independent device manufacturers (IDMs) which purchase Besi's equipment for internal use at their production facilities or subcontractors which purchase Besi's equipment to assemble packages for third parties on a contract basis. Besi's equipment performs critical functions in customers' assembly operations and in many cases represents a significant percentage of their installed base of assembly equipment.
Global presence
Besi is a global company with headquarters in Duiven, the Netherlands. It operates seven facilities in Asia and Europe for production and development activities, as well as ten sales and service offices across Europe, Asia and North America. End 2021 Besi employed a total staff of 2,141 fixed and temporary personnel of whom approximately 73% were based in Asia and 27% were based in Europe and North America.
Stock market listings
Besi was incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands in May 1995 and had an initial public offering in December 1995. Besi's Ordinary Shares are listed on Euronext Amsterdam (symbol: BESI) and are included in the AEX Index. Besi's level 1 ADRs trade on the OTC markets (symbol: BESIY). Besi also has three issues of Senior Unsecured Convertible Notes outstanding which are listed on the Deutsche Börse's Freiverkehr market.