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Advanced Semiconductor Materials, ASM for short, is a Dutch company that designs, manufactures, sells, and services equipment used in the fabrication of semiconductor devices. Sorry, son, that was NOT a Japanese company as I explained to you the other day. According to Wikipedia, the company has an R&D facility in 多摩市 (Tama-shi), Tokyo, Japan. The moral of the story remains the same. ASM makes money as long as the semiconductor industry flourishes.

I probably got mixed up with Kawasaki Robotics, a subsidiary of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, a company that sells industrial robots, including those used in manufacturing other robots. Kawasaki Robotics makes money as long as the robotic industry flourishes.