Fremont, CA — December 7, 2001 — Asyst Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: ASYT), the leading provider of Standard Mechanical Interface (SMIF)-based manufacturing automation systems, today announced that it will deliver a presentation at the Adams, Harkness & Hill Semiconductor Capital Equipment Conference. The day-long conference will be held in San Francisco, Calif. on Tuesday, December 11, 2001. Asyst's presentation will begin at 9:00 a.m. PST. Adams, Harkness & Hill has made arrangements to webcast the conference presentations. For more information about the webcast, please access the following URL: http://custom.viavid.com/ahh

About Asyst
Asyst Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of integrated automation systems for the semiconductor manufacturing industry, which enable semiconductor manufacturers to increase their manufacturing productivity and protect their investment in silicon wafers during the manufacture of integrated circuits, or ICs. Through its "Value-Assured Fab" strategy, Asyst offers a broad range of 200mm and 300mm solutions that enable the safe transfer of wafers and information between the 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.