April 21, 2006 – Amtech Systems Inc., a supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies to the semiconductor, solar cell and silicon wafer industries, announced that a major U.S. manufacturer of solar energy products awarded the company an order for its Bruce Technologies horizontal BDF 200 diffusion furnace.

Amtech manufactures capital equipment, including silicon wafer handling automation, thermal semiconductor processing equipment and related consumables used in fabricating semiconductor devices. The company’s semiconductor handling, thermal processing and consumable products currently address the polishing of newly sliced silicon wafers and reclaimed test wafers and the oxidation and deposition steps used in the fabrication of semiconductors, solar cells and MEMS.