Amtech's Solar Subsidiary, Tempress(R) Systems, to Exhibit at SNEC 4th International Photovoltaic Power Generation Exhibition in Shanghai China May 5-7, 2010 (Hall W3, Booth T3004)

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 its solar subsidiary, Tempress Systems, Inc., will exhibit at the SNEC 4^th International Photovoltaic Power Generation Exhibition taking place May 5-7, 2010 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center in Pudong, Shanghai China (Hall W3, Booth T3004).

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.

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Released May 3, 2010