Amtech announces $20 million in new solar orders

TEMPE, USA: Amtech Systems Inc., a global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of solar cells, semiconductors, and silicon wafers, announced that its solar subsidiary, Tempress Systems Inc., has received approximately $20 million in new solar orders for its diffusion processing systems from two new customers and several existing customers in Asia.

Including these most recent orders, Amtech’s solar orders in its fiscal 2010 third quarter total $35 million, and total solar orders to-date in fiscal 2010 have reached approximately $118 million. Amtech’s fiscal 2010 began October 1, 2009.

J.S. Whang, CEO of Amtech, commented: “Achieving a record $118 million in solar orders in only nine months is truly a significant milestone in Amtech’s history. These latest orders further demonstrate our expanding solar market share. We believe the intense effort by our customers and the solar industry to increase cell efficiency will continue to drive demand for our superior diffusion technology and related products. We continue to see excellent quotation activity and remain focused on continued successful execution of our solar growth strategy.”