Intevac Announces Upcoming Investor Events

Intevac, Inc. (NASDAQ:IVAC) announced today that Kevin Fairbairn, CEO, and Jeff Andreson, CFO, are scheduled to participate in the following investor events:

Needham Fourth Annual HDD & Memory Conference

Langham Hotel, Boston

Thursday, November 4, 2010

The 40th Annual AeA Classic Financial Conference

Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego

Monday, November 8, 2010

During these events, management will make presentations and conduct one-on-one and small group meetings, which will include discussion of the company’s business and growth strategy. The presentation slides utilized for both events, as well as a webcast of the Needham HDD presentation, will be available through the investor page of the company’s web site, http://investor.intevac.com.

About Intevac

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

Equipment Business: We are a leader in the design, development 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 high productivity solutions to the photovoltaic and semiconductor industries.

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, medical and scientific.

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