ASM INTERNATIONAL N V

CIK:0000351483|SEC Filings

Financial instruments and risk management (Schedule of Company's Price Sensitivity Impact on Net Earnings) (Details) (EUR €) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Financial Instruments And Risk Management [Line Items]
Percentage of increase in price	10.00%asmi_PercentageOfIncreaseInPrice
Percentage of decrease in price	10.00%asmi_PercentageOfDecreaseInPrice
10% Increase Of U.S. Dollar Versus Euro [Member]
Financial Instruments And Risk Management [Line Items]
Impact on net earnings due to changes in average exchange rates	€ 954	€ 601
10% Decrease Of U.S. Dollar Versus Euro [Member]
Financial Instruments And Risk Management [Line Items]
Impact on net earnings due to changes in average exchange rates	(954)	(601)
10% Increase Of Singapore Dollar Versus Euro [Member]
Financial Instruments And Risk Management [Line Items]
Impact on net earnings due to changes in average exchange rates	1,213	671
10% Decrease Of Singapore Dollar Versus Euro [Member]
Financial Instruments And Risk Management [Line Items]
Impact on net earnings due to changes in average exchange rates	(1,213)	(671)
10% Increase Of Hong Kong Dollar Versus Euro [Member]
Financial Instruments And Risk Management [Line Items]
Impact on net earnings due to changes in average exchange rates	3,891	100,072
10% Decrease Of Hong Kong Dollar Versus Euro [Member]
Financial Instruments And Risk Management [Line Items]
Impact on net earnings due to changes in average exchange rates	(3,891)	(100,072)
10% Increase of Korean Won Versus Euro [Member]
Financial Instruments And Risk Management [Line Items]
Impact on net earnings due to changes in average exchange rates	1,333	1,962
10% Decrease Of Korean Won Versus Euro [Member]
Financial Instruments And Risk Management [Line Items]
Impact on net earnings due to changes in average exchange rates	(1,333)	(1,962)
10% Increase Of Japanese Yen Versus Euro [Member]
Financial Instruments And Risk Management [Line Items]
Impact on net earnings due to changes in average exchange rates	861	485
10% Decrease Of Japanese Yen Versus Euro [Member]
Financial Instruments And Risk Management [Line Items]
Impact on net earnings due to changes in average exchange rates	€ (861)	€ (485)

Consolidated statements of cash flows (EUR €) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income	€ 137,308us-gaap_ProfitLoss	€ 1,049,300us-gaap_ProfitLoss	€ 40,431us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities
Depreciation, amortization and impairments	21,222	29,262	58,460
Share-based payments	7,476us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation	4,703us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation	23,065us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
Non-cash result financing costs	(23,225)asmi_NoncashComponentsConvertibleBonds	687asmi_NoncashComponentsConvertibleBonds	6,678asmi_NoncashComponentsConvertibleBonds
Result investments and associates	(38,632)us-gaap_GainLossOnInvestments	(1,030,132)us-gaap_GainLossOnInvestments	766us-gaap_GainLossOnInvestments
Deferred income taxes	3,042us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(296)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(147)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	6,756	(8,477)	17,905
Inventories	(19,743)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInventories	(20,220)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInventories	(39,920)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInventories
Other current assets	(7,531)	8,831	(6,713)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	20,979	9,963	(32,077)
Current income taxes	2,738	4,924	(25,968)
Net cash provided by operating activities	110,390	48,545	42,480
Cash flows from investing activities
Capital expenditures	(30,647)	(17,063)	(68,162)
Purchase of intangible assets	(1,496)	(470)	(4,630)
Disposal of 12% ASMPT share	0	298,254	0
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment	359	3,969	901
Net cash (used in)/provided by investing activities	(31,784)	284,690	(71,891)
Cash flows from financing activities
Debt redemption	0us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt	(40,889)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt	(24,726)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt
Debt proceeds	0	18,980	47,677
Debt issuance fees paid	(1,416)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts	0us-gaap_PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts	0us-gaap_PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts
Proceeds from issuance of shares and exercise of stock options	4,758	5,841	2,209
Dividends from associate ASMPT	19,974us-gaap_ProceedsFromDividendsReceived	10,171us-gaap_ProceedsFromDividendsReceived	0us-gaap_ProceedsFromDividendsReceived
Dividends to common shareholders of ASMI	(31,828)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock	(31,666)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock	(27,519)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock
Capital repayment	0us-gaap_PaymentsOfCapitalDistribution	(269,542)us-gaap_PaymentsOfCapitalDistribution	0us-gaap_PaymentsOfCapitalDistribution
Dividends to minority shareholders ASMPT	0	0	(27,024)
Net cash used in financing activities	(37,850)	(307,105)	(73,489)
Foreign currency translation effect on cash and cash equivalents	32,584	(4,168)	3,125
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents	73,340	21,962	(99,775)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	312,437	290,475	390,250
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	385,777	312,437	290,475
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
Interest	0us-gaap_InterestPaid	2,933us-gaap_InterestPaid	10,124us-gaap_InterestPaid
Income taxes	11,789us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid	6,493us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid	52,425us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid
Supplemental on cash investing and financing activities
Subordinated debt converted	0	0	150,000
Subordinated debt converted into number of shares	0	0	9,074,396
ASM International N.V. [Member]
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income	137,308	1,049,300	40,431
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities
Depreciation, amortization and impairments	21,222	28,466	58,460
Result investments and associates	(38,632)	(1,030,132)	766
Cash flows from financing activities
Purchase of treasury shares	(29,338)	0	(40,554)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	312,437	290,475
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	385,777	312,437	290,475
Asm Pacific Technology Ltd [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities
Purchase of treasury shares	€ 0	€ 0	€ (3,552)

Consolidated balance sheets (EUR €) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	€ 385,777	€ 312,437
Accounts receivable, net	81,971us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent	83,016us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent
Inventories, net	123,463us-gaap_InventoryNet	104,467us-gaap_InventoryNet
Income taxes receivable	2,868us-gaap_IncomeTaxesReceivable	1,226us-gaap_IncomeTaxesReceivable
Deferred tax assets	1,558	3,739
Other current assets	22,363us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent	13,155us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent
Total current assets	618,000us-gaap_AssetsCurrent	518,040us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Debt issuance costs	1,236	276
Deferred tax assets	1,809	1,320
Goodwill, net	12,104us-gaap_Goodwill	11,421us-gaap_Goodwill
Other intangible assets, net	3,960	5,637
Evaluation tools at customers	17,767us-gaap_OtherInventoryNoncurrent	13,332us-gaap_OtherInventoryNoncurrent
Investments and associates	1,092,097us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestments	943,954us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestments
Property, plant and equipment, net	79,236us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	56,531us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Assets held for sale	724	738
Total assets	1,826,933us-gaap_Assets	1,551,249us-gaap_Assets
Liabilities and shareholders’ equity
Accounts payable	61,053us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent	44,837us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent
Provision for warranty	9,910	7,966
Accrued expenses and other payables	47,993us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	38,561us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
Income taxes payable	15,952us-gaap_TaxesPayableCurrent	10,087us-gaap_TaxesPayableCurrent
Total current liabilities	134,908us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent	101,451us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
Pension liabilities	1,825	2,514
Deferred tax liabilities	0	35
Total liabilities	136,733us-gaap_Liabilities	104,000us-gaap_Liabilities
Commitments and contingencies
Common shares:
Authorized 110,000,000 shares, par value €0.04, issued and outstanding 63,468,390 and 62,968,184 shares	2,553us-gaap_CommonStockValueOutstanding	2,539us-gaap_CommonStockValueOutstanding
Preferred shares:
Preferred shares	0us-gaap_PreferredStockValue	0us-gaap_PreferredStockValue
Capital in excess of par value	261,586us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapital	250,971us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapital
Treasury shares	(27,733)us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue	0us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue
Retained earnings	1,400,849	1,281,861
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	52,945	(88,122)
Total shareholders’ equity	1,690,200us-gaap_StockholdersEquity	1,447,249us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	1,826,933	1,551,249
Financing Preferred Shares [Member]
Preferred shares:
Preferred shares	€ 0	€ 0