IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Newport Corporation (NASDAQ: NEWP) today announced that senior management is scheduled to present at the Fourth Annual Needham Advanced Industrial Technologies Conference at 8:30 am ET on Thursday, August 6, 2015 at the Needham Headquarters in New York City.

Newport Corporation's Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Charles Cargile, will make a presentation at the conference which can be heard through a live audio webcast on the Newport investor relations website at www.newport.com/investors. A replay of the presentation will be available shortly after the live presentation and will be archived for 90 days. A copy of the materials presented at the conference will be available on the Newport investor relations website at www.newport.com/investors under "Investor Presentations."

Attendees at the conference will have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with Newport management. Investors interested in attending the conference and meeting with management should contact the conference organizers at Needham & Company or Newport Corporation Investor Relations at 949-331-0337.

ABOUT NEWPORT CORPORATION

Newport Corporation is a leading global supplier of advanced-technology products and systems to customers in the scientific research, microelectronics, life and health sciences, industrial manufacturing and defense/security markets. Newport's innovative solutions leverage its expertise in advanced technologies, including lasers, photonics and precision motion equipment, and optical components and sub-systems, to enhance the capabilities and productivity of its customers' manufacturing, engineering and research applications. Newport is part of the Standard & Poor's SmallCap 600 Index and the Russell 2000 Index.

Learn more about Newport at www.newport.com and follow the company on Twitter, YouTube and Facebook. To download Newport's investor relations app, which offers access to its SEC filings, press releases, videos, audiocasts and more, please visit Apple's App Store for the iPhone and iPad or Google Play for Android mobile devices.

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