FREMONT, Calif., January 24, 2003 – 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:

• February 5, 2003 – Thomas Weisel Partners Tech 2003 Conference, San Francisco, California, 8:00 a.m. PST. A webcast of the company’s presentation can be accessed via the following URL: http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/twp/tech-2003/88116101.cfm. An archive of the presentation will be available approximately one hour after the conclusion of the live presentation and will be accessible for thirty days.
  
• February 11, 2003 – Bank of America Securities 2003 Technology Conference, San Francisco, California, 7:30 a.m. PST. Bank of America Securities will be hosting a webcast of the company’s presentation, details of which will be provided at a later date.

For more information on either conference, please directly contact your respective representative at Thomas Weisel Partners or Bank of America Securities.

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