Amtech to Present at Thomas Weisel Partners 2008 Alternative Energy Conference

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 announced that J. S. Whang, President and CEO and Bradley C. Anderson, CFO, will present at the Thomas Weisel Partners 2008 Alternative Energy Conference in New York on Thursday, June 12th at 12:55 p.m. Eastern time.

The conference is being held at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York City and is an investment event for technology companies. Amtech will offer a live audio web cast of it's presentation as well as an archived replay, which may be accessed in the investor relations section of Amtech's website at www.amtechsystems.com. An archive of the presentation slides will also be made available on the Company's website one day following the presentation date and will be accessible for one week.

    Conference Details:

    --  Thomas Weisel Partners 2008 Alternative Energy Conference

    --  June 12, 2008

    --  Mandarin Oriental Hotel, New York City

    --  More information can be found at: http://www.tweisel.com/

    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 and deposition steps used in the fabrication of solar cells, semiconductors, MEMS and the polishing of newly sliced silicon wafers.

Source: Amtech Systems, Inc.

Released June 5, 2008