ASTE Astec Industries Inc

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Astec Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTE) announces today that it will participate in the BB&T Manufacturing and Materials Conference at the Grand Hyatt, located on 109 E 42nd Street at Grand Central Station, New York, NY, on Thursday, March 22, 2007. The meeting will include a presentation by Dr. J. Don Brock, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and McKamy Hall, Chief Financial Officer. A live webcast of this presentation can be accessed on Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 2:10 PM (EDT) at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/bbt10/aste/ This link can also be found on the Astec Industries, Inc. website, http://www.astecindustries.com/, under the Investor Relations section. 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 business segments: aggregate processing and mining equipment, asphalt production equipment, mobile asphalt paving equipment, and underground boring, directional drilling and trenching equipment. DATASOURCE: Astec Industries, Inc. CONTACT: Stephen C. Anderson, Corporate Secretary and Director of Investor Relations of Astec Industries, Inc., +1-423-553-5934, or fax, +1-423-899-4456, or Web site: http://www.astecindustries.com/ http://www.wsw.com/webcast/bbt10/aste

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