Luke Marusiak to Re-Join Intevac as Executive Vice President of Emerging Equipment

Intevac, Inc. (NASDAQ:IVAC) today announced that Luke Marusiak will re-join the company in January as Executive Vice President of Emerging Equipment, where he will be responsible for Intevac’s solar and semiconductor businesses.

Mr. Marusiak is re-joining Intevac from MDC Vacuum Products, LLC where he served as the chief executive officer for the past 15 months. Prior to MDC, Mr. Marusiak was Intevac’s chief operating officer from 2004 through 2008.

“We are very pleased to have Luke rejoin the company in a key senior management position,” commented Kevin Fairbairn, president and chief executive officer of Intevac. “Luke has a track record of delivering both strategic and operational results. He returned MDC to profitability in 2009, and at Intevac he was instrumental in leading our operational team to meet the equipment demands of the Hard Drive industry during the last upturn. Intevac has developed multiple exciting new products that are transitioning from the development phase to market delivery phase in 2010. Luke will be responsible for managing these products and growing new and significant businesses in the solar and semiconductor markets.”

About Intevac

Intevac was founded in 1991 and has two businesses: Equipment and Intevac Photonics.

Equipment Business: We are a leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of high-productivity lean manufacturing systems and have been producing Lean Thinking platforms since 1994. We are the leading supplier of magnetic media processing systems to the hard drive industry and offer highly efficient technology solutions to the photovoltaic industry and advanced etch systems to the semiconductor industry.

Intevac Photonics: We are a leader in the development and manufacture of leading edge, high-sensitivity imaging products and vision systems, as well as table-top and handheld Raman instruments. Markets addressed include military, industrial, physical science and life science.

For more information call 408-986-9888, or visit the company's website at www.intevac.com.

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