Axcelis Announces Timing of Second Quarter Conference Call and Live Webcast

July 18, 2006 at 11:43 AM EDT

BEVERLY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 2006--Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACLS) today announced that the company will be hosting a conference call on Wednesday, August 2, 2006, beginning at 5:00 pm ET. The purpose of the call is to discuss second quarter results and to provide guidance for the third quarter of 2006.

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 1-800-479-1628 (1-719-457-2729 outside North America). Participants calling into the conference call will be requested to provide the company name: Axcelis Technologies, the conference leader: Maureen Hart, and pass code: #5745391. A webcast replay will be available from 8:00 pm ET on August 2, 2006 until 5:00 pm ET September 1, 2006.

About Axcelis Technologies, Inc.

Axcelis Technologies, Inc., 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, rapid thermal processing, and cleaning and curing systems. Axcelis Technologies has key product development centers in Beverly, Massachusetts, as well as in Saijo, Japan through its joint venture, SEN Corporation, an SHI and Axcelis Company. The company's Internet address is: www.axcelis.com.


    CONTACT: Company Contact:
             Axcelis Technologies, Inc.
             Maureen Hart, 978-787-4266
             Fax: 978-787-4275
             maureen.hart@axcelis.com
             or
             Investor Contact:
             Axcelis Technologies, Inc.
             Heather Carberry, 978-787-4116
             Fax: 978-787-9133
             investor.relations@axcelis.com
             or
             Agency Contact:
             The Loomis Group
             Heather Smith, 617-638-0022
             Fax: 617-638-0033
             smithh@loomisgroup.com

    SOURCE: Axcelis Technologies, Inc.