Axcelis Announces Timing and Availability of Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2010 Results and Conference Call

January 6, 2011 at 12:06 PM EST

BEVERLY, Mass., Jan 6, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) --

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ACLS) today announced it will hold its quarterly earnings call to discuss its results for the fourth quarter and full year 2010 on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at 5:00 pm ET. The call will be available to interested listeners via an audio webcast that can be accessed through Axcelis' home page at www.axcelis.com, or by dialing 1-888-713-4214 (1-617-213-4866 outside North America). Participants calling into the conference call will be requested to provide the company name, Axcelis Technologies and pass code: 17581414. Webcast and telephone replays will be available from 8 pm ET on February 1, 2011 until 11:59 pm on May 1, 2011. Dial 1- 888-286-8010 (1-617-801-6888 outside North America), and enter conference ID code# 89703406.

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ACLS) headquartered in Beverly, Massachusetts, provides innovative, high-productivity solutions for the semiconductor industry. Axcelis is dedicated to developing enabling process applications through the design, manufacture and complete life cycle support of ion implantation and cleaning systems. The company's Internet address is: www.axcelis.com.

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