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Amtech Systems Receives $0.9 Million Solar Cell Order

November 17, 2005 by Jeff Shepard

Amtech Systems Inc. (Tempe, AZ), a manufacturer of supplies for the semiconductor, silicon wafer, solar cell, and microelectro-mechanical system industries, announced another system order from the solar cell industry. The new $0.9 million order is from a manufacturer of solar cells located in Asia. The order is for Amtech's solar diffusion furnace and S-300L automation. With this order, Amtech's backlog, including deferred revenue, currently exceeds $15 million, of which $3.3 million represents orders the company received from the solar cell industry during the last 60 days.

Amtech President and CEO J.S. Whang stated, "I am pleased with the recent increase in orders from the growing solar cell industry. We continue to aggressively pursue the solar cell industry and the expanding Asian market. We have received $4.5 million in total commitments from the solar cell industry during the last 60 days, including $3.3 million of orders and a $1.2 million letter of intent. We believe that these commitments from the solar cell industry, most of which came from Asia, demonstrate the success of our growth strategy and sales and marketing activities."