Intevac Receives Order for Two 200 Lean Systems; Follow-On Order from

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    SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 2005--Intevac, Inc. (Company) (Nasdaq:IVAC) received a follow-on order for two Intevac(R) 200 Lean systems.
    Intevac Chief Executive Kevin Fairbairn remarked: "We are pleased with the ongoing acceptance and deployment of the 200 Lean. These systems are scheduled for delivery in the third quarter of 2005 and will be used by an existing 200 Lean customer for volume production."
    The 200 Lean is Intevac's latest-generation disk manufacturing system that provides significantly enhanced capabilities relative to the installed base of Intevac(R) MDP-250 systems. The 200 Lean provides higher throughput from a smaller footprint, which enables more magnetic disks to be manufactured per square-foot of factory floor space and is designed to reduce overall cost of ownership. The 200 Lean's flexible and modular design accommodates production of multiple disk sizes, both aluminum and glass disks, and the growing number of process steps required by evolving roadmaps for advanced technologies such as perpendicular recording.

    About Intevac

    Intevac is the world's leading supplier of magnetic media manufacturing equipment for the hard disk drive industry and a developer and provider of leading-edge extreme low-light imaging sensors, cameras, and systems. For more information call 408-986-9888, or visit the Company's website at www.intevac.com.

    Intevac(R) 200 Lean and Intevac(R) MDP-250 are registered trademarks of Intevac, Inc.

    Safe Harbor Statement

    This press release includes statements that constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Reform Act"). Intevac claims the protection of the safe-harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Reform Act. These forward-looking statements are often characterized by the terms "may," "believes," "projects," "expects," or "anticipates," and do not reflect historical facts. Specific forward-looking statements contained in this press release include, but are not limited to, timing of shipments of 200 Lean systems, expected use of those systems by our customer, and performance, capabilities, and features of the 200 Lean. The forward-looking statements contained herein involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations. These risks include, but are not limited to: failure to deliver systems as scheduled or failure of the systems to perform as expected, each of which could have a material impact on our business, our financial results and our stock price. These risks and other factors are detailed in the Company's regular filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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CONTACT: Intevac, Inc. Charles Eddy, 408-986-9888 or Silverman Heller Associates Dan Matsui/Gene Heller, 310-208-2550

KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: HARDWARE AEROSPACE/DEFENSE GOVERNMENT MANUFACTURING PRODUCT MARKETING AGREEMENTS SOURCE: Intevac, Inc.

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