For this customer, the Velocity HTC will serve a vital role in high-volume transportation of wafers between adjacent facilities, allowing the customer to utilize unique tool sets and capacity at either facility, which greatly increases total effective throughput and tool utilization, as well as overall manufacturing flexibility. The next-generation system also is expected to be used in other high-volume applications within the customer’s newest fab.

“As the market share leader in semiconductor AMHS, Asyst has daily responsibility for the safe and efficient management of approximately half of all 300mm chip production worldwide,” said Hitoshi Kawano, senior vice president and co-leader of Asyst’s automation solutions group (ASG). “Asyst also has been a leader in conveyor development and commercialization for many years. Through this combined experience, we have a unique understanding of the ongoing production requirements in high-volume fabs, and have leveraged this experience in every aspect of Velocity’s development and commercial deployment.”

“One of the keys to the success of Velocity is our ability to seamlessly integrate its very high performance with our other production-proven vehicle-based AMHS, and thus provide to the customer a total automation system that is capable of both high volume and high reliability,” said Paula LuPriore, senior vice president and co-leader of ASG. “We believe that this production- and volume-ready capability is a critical component of the agile fab of the future.”

Asyst is demonstrating the Velocity HTC in its booth #1342 at Semicon West 2007, being held July 16-20 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

About Asyst

Asyst Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of integrated automation solutions that enable semiconductor and flat panel display (FPD) manufacturers to increase their manufacturing productivity and protect their investment in materials during the manufacturing process. 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 chip and FPD manufacturers, as well as original equipment manufacturers, to select and employ the value-assured, hands-off manufacturing capabilities that best suit their needs. Asyst's homepage is http://www.asyst.com.

Forward Looking Statements

Except for statements of historical fact, the statements in this release are forward-looking. The forward-looking statements include statements regarding anticipated customer installations of new products, anticipated product benefits, and 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. 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: uncertainties related to the customer acceptance of new products, the pace of customer installation activity, and expected product benefits; the potential impact of competitive products having the same or greater capabilities; and 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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