Astec Industries, Inc. to Present at Sidoti & Company, LLC Thirteenth Annual New York Emerging Growth Institutional Investor Forum

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Astec Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASTE) announces today that it will participate in the Sidoti & Company, LLC Thirteenth Annual New York Emerging Growth Institutional Investor Forum in New York City, New York on Tuesday, March 24, 2009. The meeting will include a presentation by Dr. J. Don Brock, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Stephen C. Anderson, Corporate Secretary and Director of Investor Relations.

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.

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