FREMONT, Calif. - (Business Wire) Asyst Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASYT), a leading provider of integrated automation solutions that enhance semiconductor and flat panel display manufacturing productivity, today announced that it will be hosting its First Annual Analyst Day on Thursday, May 8, 2008, from 8:00 am to 12 noon. The morning will include presentations from management and live demonstrations of new products.
Steve Schwartz, chair and CEO of Asyst, said, “Over the past year, we have been investing aggressively in new products that address very real and economically important productivity challenges in modern fabs. These challenges are being driven by many factors, including increasing fab size, device complexity, higher tool throughput, and other trends that are pushing the limits of current factory automation products and architectures. Our newest products integrate and build upon our technology and experience at the tool front-end and in fab-wide automated material handling to provide unique, targeted solutions to these emerging customer productivity challenges. We already have received significant customer input and interest in these solutions, and now look forward to unveiling these new innovations with the financial community.”
The presentations will be webcast and available at www.asyst.com. RSVPs are required and should be addressed to Bettina Bremsteller, bbremsteller@asyst.com. More details will be made available before the event.
About Asyst
Asyst Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of integrated productivity solutions for the semiconductor and flat panel display industries. The company offers a full suite of hardware, software and services that enable the rapid and efficient transport and handling of materials throughout the manufacturing process. Asyst’s homepage is at http://www.asyst.com.
Forward Looking Statements
Except for statements of historical fact, the statements in this release are forward-looking. This includes statements regarding planned future products. The company assumes no obligation to update these statements. Such statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made. These factors include, but are not limited to: the continued acceptance of our products and services; the value, timing, release and market acceptance of new products; the ability to deliver targeted product performance; our ability to execute on our ongoing strategic and product development initiatives; as well as other factors more fully detailed in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2007, and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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