Intevac Receives PVD Deposition System Order for Mobility Market Application

Intevac, Inc. (NASDAQ: IVAC) announced today that it has received an order for a thin-film physical vapor deposition (PVD) development system, configured to deposit diamond-like carbon (DLC). This system will be deployed into the touch screen cover glass manufacturing industry and is expected to ship mid-year and achieve qualification by year-end 2014.

“We look forward to working with our new Tier One customer on this application for the mobility marketplace,” commented Wendell Blonigan, president and chief executive officer. “For more than twenty years, Intevac has provided our hard disk drive media customers with high-productivity manufacturing technology. Our transparent DLC film, which is based on our industry-leading coating used in the hard disk media market, has been re-engineered for use in the protection of cover glass. This order demonstrates the extendibility of our production-proven platforms and technology into new thin film applications, such as anti-scratch coatings.”

About Intevac

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

In our Equipment business, we are a leader in the design and development of high-productivity, thin film processing systems. Our production-proven platforms are designed for high-volume manufacturing of substrates with precise thin film properties.

Intevac is the market and technology leader in the hard drive industry, with our systems processing approximately 60% of all magnetic disk media produced worldwide. Our high-performance, high-throughput technology solutions continue to expand into additional markets – including solar and adjacent thin film deposition applications.

In our Photonics business, we are a recognized leading developer of advanced high-sensitivity digital sensors, cameras and systems that primarily serve the defense industry. We are the sole-source provider of integrated digital imaging systems for most U.S. military night vision programs.

For more information, call 408.986.9899, or visit www.intevac.com

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