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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001206774-07-000483
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070219
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070223
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070223

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMTECH SYSTEMS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000720500
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SPECIAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY, NEC [3559]
		IRS NUMBER:				860411215
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			AZ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-11412
		FILM NUMBER:		07646750

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		131 S CLARK DR
		CITY:			TEMPE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85281
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6029675146

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		131 SOUTH CLARK DRIVE
		CITY:			TEMPE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85281

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	QUARTZ ENGINEERING & MATERIALS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19870715
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<font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><b>FORM 8-K</b></font></p>
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<font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>CURRENT REPORT<br> Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the <br> Securities Exchange Act of 1934</b></font></p>
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<font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><b>February 19, 2007<br> Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)</b></font></p>
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<p><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (<i>see </i>General Instruction A.2. below): </font></p>
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<font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><b>Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;   Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain   Officers.</b></font></p>  </td>
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<font size="2" face="Times New Roman">On February   19, 2007, the Board of Directors of Amtech Systems, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;)   elected Michael Garnreiter and Brian Hoekstra as Directors of the Company.</font></p>  </td>
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<font size="2" face="Times New Roman">There are no   arrangements or understandings between either of Mr. Garnreiter and Mr.   Hoekstra and any other persons pursuant to which either of such individuals   was selected as a Director.</font></p>  </td>
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<font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Mr.   Garnreiter has been appointed to serve on the Company&#146;s Audit Committee,   Compensation and Option Committee and as Chairman of the Nominating and Governance   Committee.&#160; Mr. Hoekstra has been   appointed to serve on the Company&#146;s Nominating and Governance Committee, and   replaces Lawrence D. Firestone as a member of such committee.</font></p>  </td>
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<font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Neither Mr.   Garnreiter nor Mr. Hoekstra has had any transactions with the Company or its   subsidiaries that are required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of   Regulation S-K, nor have any such transactions been proposed.</font></p>  </td>
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<font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Each of Mr.   Garnreiter and Mr. Hoekstra will receive an annual retainer of $8,000 and   fees of $1,250 per Board meeting attended in person, $750 per Board meeting   attended telephonically, $750 per committee meeting attended in person and   $500 per committee meeting attended telephonically.&#160;Mr. Garnreiter will also receive an annual retainer of $2,500 for serving as Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee. In addition, under the Company&#146;s Non-Employee Directors Stock   Option Plan, each of Mr. Garnreiter and Mr. Hoekstra received a grant of   options to purchase 6,000 shares of Common Stock upon election to the Board, and   will receive an annual grant of 5,000 shares of Common Stock, or such other   number of shares as maybe determined by the Board, upon each re-election to   the Board at the Company&#146;s Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The exercise price   of the options is $7.30, the closing price of the Company&#146; Common Stock on   Fri
day, February 16, 2007.&#160; Each   option has a term of ten years and is exercisable in three equal installments
commencing on the first anniversary of the date of grant and continuing for   the two successive anniversaries thereafter. In the event of disability (as   defined in the plan) or death of the Director, all options will remain   exercisable for a period of 30 days following the date such person ceased to   be a Director, or such other date as may be determined by the Board, but only   to the extent such options were exercisable on the date the Director ceased   to be a Director.</font></p>  </td>
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<font size="2" face="Times New Roman">On February   19, 2007, the Compensation and Option Committee approved the following   compensation arrangement for Bradley C. Anderson, Vice President and Chief   Financial Officer, in recognition of his efforts in connection with the   Company&#146;s recent public offering of Common Stock:&#160; (i) a cash bonus of $25,000; and (ii) options to purchase   20,000 shares of Common Stock.&#160; Each   of the options granted to Mr. Anderson has an exercise price of $7.30 (the   closing price of the Company&#146;s Common Stock on February 16, 2007).&#160; The options expire ten years from the date   of grant, and vest 25% per year on the first through fourth anniversaries of   the grant date.</font></p>  </td>
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<font size="2" face="Times New Roman">On February 23, 2007, the Company issued a press release regarding the election of Michael Garnreiter and Brian Hoekstra as Directors.&#160; A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. </font></p>
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<p><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Exhibits.</i></font></p>
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<font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>

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<font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;February   23, 2007</font></p>  </td>
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<p  align=right><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><b>Exhibit 99.1</b></font></p>
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<font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><b>AMTECH SYSTEMS ELECTS TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS</b></font></p>
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<font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><b>TEMPE, Arizona &#150; February 23, 2007</b> &#150; Amtech Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASYS), a global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of semiconductors, solar cells and wafers, announced today that Michael Garnreiter and Brian Hoekstra were elected to the Company&#146;s board of directors.&#160; Their elections took effect on February 19<sup>th</sup> and bring to five the number of members on Amtech&#146;s board.</font></p>
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<font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Michael Garnreiter is a CPA and was a senior audit partner of Arthur Andersen LLP where he served for nearly 28 years before retiring.&#160; Mr. Garnreiter brings extensive business experience in various industries, with practical and technical expertise in mergers and acquisitions, financial reporting, internal controls, corporate governance, and Sarbanes-Oxley implementation and evaluation.&#160; He is currently a managing member of Rising Sun Restaurant Group LLC and was previously CFO of Main Street Restaurant Group, a publicly traded restaurant operating company.</font></p>
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<font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Brian L. Hoekstra is Founder, President &amp; CEO of Applied Photonics, Inc., a leading laser solutions provider for the flat panel display industry.&#160; He has more than 25 years of professional experience including corporate management, strategic planning and business development, as well as extensive technical expertise that includes lasers, optics and electronic materials.&#160; He was previously V.P. of Technology at Accudyne Corporation and Project Scientist on the U.S. Display Consortium (USDC) sponsored laser glass separation project.&#160; He was also Founder and deputy Director of a NASA Commercial Center focused on Electronic and Optical Materials Processing in Space.&#160; Mr. Hoekstra a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and was a pilot with the 64<sup>th</sup> Flying Training Wing.&#160; He qualified for the manned space flight program in 1988.</font></p>
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<font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&#147;We are delighted to have Michael and Brian join our board,&#148; said J.S. Whang, President and Chief Executive Officer of Amtech.&#160; &#147;They each bring significant experience and distinguished expertise that will add tremendous value to our strategic efforts to grow our business and capitalize on the significant opportunities ahead of us.&#148;</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Mr. Garnreiter currently serves on the boards of directors of two publicly traded companies, Knight Transportation Company (Mkt. Cap: $1.72 billion) and Taser International (Mkt. Cap: $522 million).&#160; He graduated from California State University at Long Beach with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and business administration.</font></p>
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<font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Mr. Hoekstra received a Bachelors of Science in Physics from the Illinois Institute of Technology &#150; Chicago, Illinois.&#160; He is also a Ph.D. candidate in Electro-Optics at the University of Dayton &#150; Dayton, Ohio.&#160; He is an affiliated member of numerous organizations including the Materials Research Society and the American Physical Society.</font></p>

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<font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Amtech Systems, Inc. manufactures capital equipment, including silicon wafer handling automation, thermal semiconductor processing equipment and related consumables used in fabricating semiconductor devices and solar cells. Semiconductors, or semiconductor chips, are fabricated on silicon wafer substrates, sliced from ingots, and are part of the circuitry, or electronic components, of many products including computers, telecommunications devices, automotive products, consumer goods, and industrial automation and control systems. The Company&#146;s semiconductor handling, thermal processing and consumable products currently address the polishing of newly sliced silicon wafers and reclaimed test wafers and the oxidation and deposition steps used in the fabrication of semiconductors, MEMS and solar cells.</font></p>
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