Amtech to Present at 2010 Needham Growth Stock 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, today announced that J.S. Whang, President and CEO, and Bradley C. Anderson, CFO, will present at the Needham & Company 12^th Annual Growth Stock Conference in New York City on Thursday, January 14^th at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The conference is being held at the New York Palace Hotel.

Conference Details:

    --  Needham & Company 12th Annual Growth Stock Conference
    --  January 12-14, 2010
    --  New York Palace Hotel
    --  More information can be found at: http://www.needhamco.com

About Amtech

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 January 6, 2010