Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Astec Industries, Inc. to Present at Fourth Annual Piper Jaffray Clean Technology and Renewables Conference

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Astec Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASTE) announces today that it will participate in the Fourth Annual Piper Jaffray Clean Technology and Renewables Conference in New York City, New York on Thursday, February 19, 2009. The meeting will include a presentation by Stephen C. Anderson, Corporate Secretary and Director of Investor Relations, Norman Smith, Vice President, Asphalt Group and James Pfeiffer, President of American Augers.

An audio webcast of the presentation can be accessed at:

http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/conflobby.zhtml?ticker=ASTE&item_id=2082408

The webcast will be archived for 90 days following the live presentation.

Astec Industries, Inc. is a manufacturer of specialized equipment for building and restoring the world's infrastructure. Astec's manufacturing operations are divided into four primary business segments: aggregate processing and mining equipment, asphalt production equipment, mobile asphalt paving equipment, and underground boring, directional drilling and trenching equipment. Additionally, the Other Group contains one subsidiary that manufactures equipment used for wood processing, recycling and landscaping and one that is a company-owned dealership located in Australia.