FREMONT, Calif.-July 31, 2002-Asyst Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASYT), a leading provider of integrated automation solutions that maximize semiconductor manufacturing productivity, today announced that the company will be presenting at the following investor conferences:

• August 6, 2002 -- U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Technology & Communications Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, 1:20 p.m. EDT. The webcast for this conference can be accessed via: http://theater.ibeam.com/starthere.asp?pres=20141&template=pjc. The archive will be available for thirty days following the conference.
• August 7, 2002 -- Adams, Harkness & Hill 2002 Summer Seminar, Boston, Massachusetts, 9:00 a.m. EDT. The webcast for this conference can be accessed via: http://custom.viavid.com/ahh. The archive will be available until September 5, 2002.

For more information on either conference, please contact your respective U. S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray or Adams, Harkness & Hill representative directly.

About Asyst: Asyst Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of integrated automation solutions that enable semiconductor manufacturers to increase manufacturing productivity and protect investments in silicon wafers during the manufacture of integrated circuits, or ICs. The company offers a broad range of 200mm and 300mm solutions that enable the safe transfer of wafers and information between process equipment and the fab line throughout the IC fabrication process, while reducing IC damage caused by human, environmental, mechanical and chemical factors. Encompassing isolation systems, work-in-process materials management, substrate-handling robotics, automated transport and loading systems, and connectivity automation software, Asyst's modular, interoperable solutions allow chipmakers and original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, to select and employ the value-assured, hands-off manufacturing capabilities that best suit their needs. Asyst's homepage is http://www.asyst.com

CONTACT:

Investor Contact
John Swenson
Asyst Technologies, Inc.
(510) 661-5000
(510) 661-5166 (fax)
jswenson@asyst.com