Brooks Automation's 2004 Worldwide Automation Symposium: Accelerating Your Profit

CHELMSFORD, Mass., Oct. 7, 2004 -- Brooks Automation announces 2004 Worldwide Automation Symposium.

  WHO:   Brooks Automation, Inc.
, which develops and produces
         hardware, software and systems to enable manufacturing efficiencies
         for discrete manufacturing industries

  WHAT:  2004 Worldwide Automation Symposium

  WHEN:  October 18 - 22, 2004

  WHERE: The Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort
         11111 North 7th Street
         Phoenix, AZ 85020

         To register, please call the Symposium Coordinator at 1-978-262-

2400 or complete the online registration form at: http://www.brooks.com/pages/702_presenter_co-presenter_registration_form.cfm.

  WHY:   Brooks' Symposium 2004 provides a forum in which attendees can
         learn from peers across multiple discrete manufacturing industries
         -- aerospace and defense, automotive, high tech, life sciences and
         semiconductor -- as they discuss challenges and successes in
         applying manufacturing automation technologies to create the Real-
         Time Enterprise. Attendees will explore how real-time manufacturing
         technologies can be instrumental to improving productivity,
         lowering operational costs and increasing market share.

         With more than 100 technical sessions and case studies to choose
         from, the Symposium offers a unique opportunity for attendees to
         interact with others who share their automation challenges. The
         Symposium will devote full tracks to lean manufacturing, supply
         chain execution, closed loop automation, enterprise business
         performance, automated material handling systems (AMHS) and
         material control systems (MCS), and lithography automation.

         A variety of automation issues will be discussed through case
         studies and tutorials from some of the world's leading
         manufacturing companies, such as Ford, Honda, Honeywell, Northrop
         Grumman, Seagate Technologies, National Semiconductor, ST
         Microelectronics, Freescale Semiconductor, MEMC, Microchip and
         Samsung. The Symposium will also provide a comprehensive selection
         of training sessions and workshops where attendees can gain expert
         insight into real-time manufacturing technologies. Demonstrations
         of Brooks' integrated solutions will take place throughout the
         conference in an on-site technology lab.

  About Brooks Automation

Brooks Automation delivers automation solutions to the global semiconductor and related industries. The company provides hardware, factory and tool management software, and professional services to help manage every wafer, reticle and data movement in the fab, improving throughput and yield while reducing cost and time to market. Brooks products and capabilities are used in virtually every semiconductor fab in the world. For information, visit the company's web site at http://www.brooks.com/.

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