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Advanced Energy to Report Third Quarter 2010 Financial Results on November 1st before Market Open

FORT COLLINS, Colo., October 15, 2010 —Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: AEIS) will release third quarter 2010 financial results on Monday, November 1, 2010. Management's quarterly company update will also be held on November 1, 2010, beginning at 6:30 a.m. Mountain Time / 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.

To participate in the live conference call, please dial (888) 771-4371 approximately five minutes prior to the start of the meeting, and an operator will connect you. International participants can dial (847) 585-4405. Participants will need to provide the operator with the conference pass code, 28184917, which has been reserved for this call.

A live and archived webcast of the call will also be available on the company's website. To access the webcast, please visit the Investor Relations section of Advanced Energy's corporate website at http://ir.advanced-energy.com, and link to the Q3 2010 Webcast on the Investor Relations Home Page. The archived webcast will be available at the same location approximately two hours following the end of the live event.

A telephone replay will also be available for 14 days following the webcast. To access the replay, dial (888) 843-7419 or (630) 652-3042 and enter conference pass code 28184917.

About Advanced Energy

Advanced Energy is a global leader in innovative power and control technologies for high-growth, thin-film manufacturing and solar-power generation. Advanced Energy is headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado, with dedicated support and service locations around the world. For more information, go to http://www.advanced-energy.com.