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Asyst's Connectivity Software Expands Presence in Asia-Pacific Marketplace

March 21, 2006

Company Joins Forces With Technology Resources Group to Deliver Factory Automation Solutions
SHANGHAI, China, March 21 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Asyst Technologies, Inc., (Nasdaq: ASYT), a leading provider of integrated automation solutions that enhance semiconductor and flat panel display manufacturing productivity, announced today that it has developed a strategic alliance with Technology Resources Group (TR Group), of Singapore. Under the agreement, TR Group will promote and implement Asyst's Fast Factory Automation (Fast FA) suite of software products to semiconductor front-end, back-end, and flat panel manufacturers throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Fast FA facilitates connectivity between manufacturing equipment and the factory's Manufacturing Execution System (MES), managing the data and providing the monitoring and control necessary to support fab-wide operations for 200mm and 300mm semiconductor manufacturing. TR Group is a premier systems integrator focused on supplying advanced technology products and services to the semiconductor and related high-tech industries. The partnership between Asyst and TR Group provides fabs throughout the Asia-Pacific region with a proven systems integration partner to address factory integration requirements when implementing Asyst software. "TR Group has implemented projects utilizing the majority of the leading third-party EAP software products on the market today," said Kong Eng Teck, managing director of TR Group. "It is based upon this experience that TR Group recognized the value that the Asyst Fast FA products represent to both our end customers and to us as systems integrators. Their products truly represent the best software automation capabilities we have ever experienced." "Combining the strengths of Asyst's software products with TR Group's team of system integration specialists allows us to offer fabs in the region high value, low risk automation implementations," stated Jim Holliday, vice president of marketing at Asyst. "The Fast FA suite allows fabs to implement automation that is not reliant on highly customized internal solutions or third-party products designed and based upon older technologies. The suite significantly reduces implementation time and system maintenance over traditional approaches, lowering total cost of ownership." 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 . About Technology Resources Group Technology Resources Group is a premier systems integrator strategically focused on supplying advanced technology products and services to the semiconductor and related high-tech industries. Founded in 2003 by ex-TRW management team, TR Group has its headquarters in Singapore with technical resources located in Malaysia, Taiwan and China. With more than 80 professional consultants in Asia, the team is able to create automation and IT solutions drawing upon its extensive industry domain experiences to ensure that its clients' operating facilities come online as quickly and efficiently as possible and maintain that efficiency throughout their operating lifetime. For more information about TR Group, call +65 6319 9800 or visit http://www.techresgroup.com. "Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 Except for statements of historical fact, the statements in this press release are forward-looking. 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, our ability to achieve expected customer benefits and to increase our market penetration through software alliances, and other factors more fully detailed in the company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2005, and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Asyst is a registered trademark of Asyst Technologies, Inc. For more information, please contact: Amy Smith elev8 Public Relations Tel: +1-415-613-6308 Email: amysmith@elev8pr.com John Swenson Asyst Technologies, Inc. Tel: +1-510-661-5000 SOURCE Asyst Technologies, Inc.
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