Amtech to Exhibit at 2011 Intersolar North America and SEMICON West Solar Trade Shows in San Francisco July 12-14

TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Amtech Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASYS), a global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of solar cells, semiconductors, and sapphire and silicon wafers, today announced that the Company and its subsidiaries will exhibit at the 2011 Intersolar North America and SEMICON West solar and semiconductor industry trade shows taking place July 12-14 in San Francisco, California at the Moscone Center.

Amtech and its solar subsidiaries, Tempress Systems, Inc. and R2D Automation, will exhibit at Intersolar North America 2011 at Moscone Center West Hall (Booth #9435).

Amtech and its Bruce Technologies, Inc., P.R Hoffman Machine Products Inc., and R2D Automation subsidiaries will exhibit at SEMICON West 2011 at Moscone Center South Hall (Booth #2143).

More information can be found at http://www.intersolar.us/ and http://www.semiconwest.org.

About Amtech

Amtech Systems, Inc. manufactures capital equipment, including silicon wafer handling automation, thermal processing equipment and related consumables used in fabricating solar cells, LED and semiconductor devices. Semiconductors, or semiconductor chips, are fabricated on silicon wafer substrates, sliced from ingots, and are part of the circuitry, or electronic components, of many products including solar cells, computers, telecommunications devices, automotive products, consumer goods, and industrial automation and control systems. The Company's wafer handling, thermal processing and consumable products currently address the diffusion, oxidation, and deposition steps used in the fabrication of solar cells, LEDs, semiconductors, MEMS and the polishing of newly sliced silicon wafers.

    Source: Amtech Systems, Inc.

Released July 7, 2011