BILTHOVEN, the Netherlands, December 21, 2006 - ASM International N.V. (NASDAQ: ASMI and Euronext Amsterdam: ASM) announces the availability of the web cast of the Company's presentation at The Ninth Annual Needham Growth Conference in New York City on January 9, 2007.

            ASM International will present at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time (21:30 CET) on Tuesday, January 9, 2007.  The presentation may be accessed through the ASM International Investor Relations home page at www.asm.com.

ASM International N.V. and its subsidiaries design and manufacture equipment and materials used to produce semiconductor devices. The company provides production solutions for wafer processing (Front-end segment) as well as assembly and packaging (Back-end segment) through facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan and Asia. ASM International's common stock trades on NASDAQ (symbol ASMI) and the Euronext Amsterdam Stock Exchange (symbol ASM). For more information, visit ASMI's web site at www.asm.com.

 

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