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To: robert b furman who wrote (1767)	3/14/2006 1:43:57 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 1929

Varian Semiconductor Exhibiting at SEMICON China 2006 Tuesday March 14, 12:00 pm ET GLOUCESTER, MA--(MARKET WIRE)--Mar 14, 2006 -- Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (NasdaqNM:VSEA - News) announced today that the company is exhibiting at SEMICON China 2006 in booth number 4429 at Shanghai New International Expo Center. SEMICON China is scheduled from March 21 through March 23, 2006. Varian Semiconductor is the leading supplier of single wafer ion implantation systems and has offices located in China, Asia Pacific, Europe and the United States. Its VIISta single wafer products have been globally recognized as the most productive tools with the cleanest beamline in the industry. In China, Varian Semiconductor has been rapidly expanding its sales with its VIISta products and providing field support, application and software engineers and other technical specialists to support its growing businesses. Varian Semiconductor's products are used by chip manufacturers worldwide to produce high performance semiconductor devices. The VIISta platform is the only full suite of single wafer solutions for all medium current, high current and high energy applications. All of the VIISta products feature the Varian Control System(VCS™), the Varian Positioning System(VPS™), a common IHC source architecture and a common single wafer endstation. This high degree of commonality across the VIISta platform provides flexibility in managing capacity, product mix changes, spare parts and training. Today, over 400 systems of the VIISta products have been shipped to the most advanced IC manufacturing fabs worldwide. About Varian Semiconductor Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. is the leading producer of ion implantation equipment used in the manufacture of semiconductors. The Company is headquartered in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and operates worldwide. Varian Semiconductor maintains a web site at www.vsea.com. The information contained in the Company's web site is not incorporated by reference into this release, and the web site address is included in this release as an inactive textual reference only. Note: This release contains forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For this purpose, the statements concerning the Company's performance, market share and technology leadership, technological capabilities and benefits are forward-looking statements and any statements using the terms "believes," "anticipates," "expects," "plans," or similar expressions are forward-looking statements. There are a number of important risks and factors that could cause actual events to differ materially from those suggested or indicated by such forward-looking statements. These include, among others, volatility in the semiconductor equipment industry; economic conditions in general and as they affect the Company's customers; significant fluctuations in the Company's quarterly operating results; the impact of rapid technological change; the Company's dependence on the development and introduction of new products; the Company's concentration on ion implantation systems and related products; concentration in the Company's customer base and lengthy sales cycles; the highly competitive market in which the Company competes; risks of international sales; foreign currency risks; and general economic conditions; and other factors identified in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, and the most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company cannot guarantee any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievement. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this press release. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Varian Semiconductor