ATS to Host Second Quarter Conference Call Tuesday, November 14th, 2006 at 10 am Eastern

CAMBRIDGE, ON, Nov. 3 /CNW/ - ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. today announced it plans to report its second quarter results on Tuesday November 14, 2006 prior to market opening.

At 10 am Eastern Tuesday November 14th, 2006, the Company will host a conference call and webcast of management's quarterly remarks and follow up question and answer period with analysts.

The listen-only webcast can be accessed live at www.atsautomation.com. The conference call can be accessed live by dialing 416 915 5783 five minutes prior.

In addition, a replay of the webcast will be available on the ATS website following the call. Alternatively, a telephone recording of the call will be available for one week (until midnight November 22nd, 2006) by dialing 416 640 1917 and entering passcode 21208099 followed by the number sign.

Corporate Description
ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. provides innovative, custom designed, built and installed manufacturing solutions to many of the world's most successful companies. Founded in 1978, ATS uses its industry-leading knowledge and global capabilities to serve the sophisticated automation systems' needs of multinational customers in healthcare, computer/electronics, automotive and consumer products. Through its solar business, ATS participates in the rapidly-growing solar energy industry. It also leverages its many years of repetitive manufacturing experience and skills to produce, in high volume, precision components and subassemblies and to answer the specialized repetitive equipment manufacturing requirements of customers. ATS employs approximately 3,800 people at 26 manufacturing facilities in Canada, the United States, Europe, southeast Asia and China. The Company's shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol ATA. Visit the Company's website at www.atsautomation.com.

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