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

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 [phone]
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:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

     John Swenson 
     Asyst Technologies, Inc.
     Tel:   [phone]

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