Amtech Systems to Announce Fiscal 2010 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Financial Results on November 15, 2010

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 silicon wafers, today reported that it will announce its fiscal 2010 fourth quarter and year-end financial results prior to the open of regular market trading on Monday, November 15, 2010. The Company will report results in a news release issued prior to the open of the market on November 15, 2010, followed by a conference call to discuss the results starting at 5:00 a.m. Pacific Time (8:00 a.m. ET).

What:     Amtech fiscal 2010 fourth quarter and year-end financial results
          conference call

When:     Monday, November 15th at 5:00 a.m. Pacific Time (8:00 a.m. ET)

          A live and archived web cast of the conference call can be accessed
Webcast:  from the investors section of Amtech's website at
          www.amtechsystems.com.

Dial in:  To access the live conference call, dial (800) 762-8795 and request
          the "Amtech" call. From international locations, dial (480) 629-9773.

          An audio replay of the conference call can be accessed at (800)
          406-7325. From international locations, dial (303) 590-3030. The
Replay:   replay will be available starting approximately two hours after the
          call and remain in effect for one week. The required pass code is
          4384559#.

About Amtech Systems, Inc.

Amtech Systems, Inc. manufactures capital equipment, including silicon wafer handling automation, thermal processing equipment and related consumables used in fabricating solar cells 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, deposition, PECVD, and PSG removal steps used in the fabrication of solar cells, semiconductors, MEMS and the polishing of newly sliced silicon wafers.

    Source: Amtech Systems, Inc.

Released November 9, 2010