Amtech's Solar Subsidiary, Tempress Systems, to Exhibit at SOLARCON China 2010 Solar Conference in Shanghai, China March 16-18

(Hall W4, Booth #4439)

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 (Hall W4, Booth #4439) at the SOLARCON China 2010 Solar Photovoltaic Conference and Exhibition taking place March 16-18, 2010 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre in Shanghai, China. More information can be found at: http://www.semi.org.cn/solarconchina/en/.

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, 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 March 16, 2010