AML Communications Appoints New Board Member.

CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 23, 1999--AML Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:AMLJ) Tuesday announced the appointment of Gerald M. Starek, 57, to its board of directors, expanding the board to six members.

Kirk Waldron, president and chief executive officer of AML Communications, stated: "We are delighted that Mr. Starek has agreed to serve as a director on AML's board. He brings extensive experience and expertise as a board member of several publicly traded and privately held companies, with over 34 years of executive experience in the high-technology industry.

"We look forward to working with him as AML aggressively pursues and leverages its core competencies and technologies within the marketplace."

Starek presently serves as a director of Advanced Energy Industries Inc. (Nasdaq:AEIS). Previously, Starek served on the board of directors of Systems Chemistry Inc., a privately held company that was purchased in 1995 by SubMicron Systems Inc.

Earlier, Starek served as president, chief executive officer and chairman of Silicon Valley Group (Nasdaq:SVGI), a supplier of automated wafer-processing equipment for the semiconductor industry that he founded in 1977. Silicon Valley Group reported sales of $608.6 million for its fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 1998.

AML Communications designs, manufactures and markets multicarrier amplifiers and masthead amplifiers for the cellular, wireless local loop, personal communication services, paging and satellite communication markets.