Astec Industries, Inc. to Attend Sterne Agee Fourth Annual Best Ideas Conference September 16, 2009

• Press Release
• Source: Astec Industries, Inc.
• On 7:00 am EDT, Monday September 14, 2009

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Astec Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASTE - News) announces today that it will participate in the Sterne Agee Fourth Annual Best Ideas Conference on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Stephen C. Anderson, Corporate Secretary and Director of Investor Relations, Richard A. Patek, Vice President, Aggregate and Mining Group and Benjamin G. Brock, President, Astec, Inc., will attend the conference.

Astec Industries, Inc., (www.astecindustries.com), 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: asphalt production equipment, mobile asphalt paving equipment, aggregate processing and mining equipment, and underground boring, directional drilling and trenching equipment. Additionally, the Other Group contains one subsidiary that manufactures equipment used for wood processing and recycling and one that is a company-owned dealership located in Australia.