Intevac to Present at the Needham 6th Annual HDD/Memory Conference

Intevac, Inc. (Nasdaq: IVAC) announced today that company management is scheduled to present at the following investor conference:

Needham 6th Annual HDD/Memory Conference
Langham Hotel, Boston, MA
Date: Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
Presentation time: 9:00am EST

Company representatives include Kevin Fairbairn, CEO and Jeff Andreson, CFO. The presentation webcast and slides will be available through the presentations link on the investor page of the company’s website for a limited time.

About Intevac

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

In our Equipment business, we are a leader in the design, development and manufacturing of high-productivity, vacuum process equipment solutions. Our systems are production-proven for high-volume manufacturing of small substrates with precise thin film properties, such as those required in the hard drive and solar cell markets we currently serve.

In the hard drive industry, our 200 Lean® systems process approximately 60% of all magnetic disk media produced worldwide. In the solar cell manufacturing industry, our recently-introduced LEAN SOLAR™ platform, with applications including deposition, texture etch and ion implant, increases the conversion efficiency of silicon solar cells.

In our Photonics business, we are a leader in the development and manufacture of leading-edge, high-sensitivity imaging products and vision systems as well as materials identification instruments utilizing Raman technology. Our products primarily address the defense markets in addition to the industrial, medical and scientific industries.

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