SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., Aug. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Strasbaugh (OTC Bulletin Board: STRB) announced today that a U.S. customer has placed an order for an nTellect (Model 7AF) wafer grinding system. The nTellect will expand the production capacity of a U.S. fab where two other nTellect grinders are already installed and in production.

"The nTellect is a production-proven wafer grinding system that offers customers improved surface finish, reduced sub-surface damage, repeatable thickness control and high reliability," said Mike Kirkpatrick, Strasbaugh's VP of Sales and Marketing.

The nTellect features advanced wafer grinding technologies, including force adaptive, in-feed grinding mechanics, linear-traversing grind spindles, real-time thickness measurement, and automated process control, which produce superior process results. The nTellect is well-suited for a broad range of applications including hard and exotic materials grinding. The system accommodates notched, flatted and round wafers and substrates ranging in size from 50mm to 200mm.

About Strasbaugh

Strasbaugh has 60 years of leadership in design and manufacturing of advanced surfacing technology for the global semiconductor, silicon, data storage, MEMS, LED, telecommunications and optics industries. Through close alliances with premier manufacturers in these markets, Strasbaugh has developed pioneering technology that has become the standard in polishing and grinding today. Strasbaugh's state-of-the-art chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) systems, high quality prime wafer polishing and grinding tools, and leading edge process technologies, enable customers to realize their performance goals and has established the company as a world class provider of innovative, reliable, high-yield surfacing solutions.

Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

With the exception of historical information, the matters discussed in this press release, including without limitation, statements regarding the ability of the nTellect to provide the benefits described are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual future results could differ from those statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the ability of Strasbaugh to manufacture and deliver products pursuant to the terms of the purchase order, the projected future demand for Strasbaugh's products, changes in technology and governmental regulations and policies, competitive products and services, unforeseen technical issues and those factors contained in the "Risk Factors" Section of Strasbaugh's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and other Strasbaugh filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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    Sarah Okada
    Strasbaugh
    805.782.5416
    sokada@strasbaugh.com

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