EXHIBIT 99.1

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Company Contact:
Stu Baker
760.471.3959
stu@amistar.com


AMISTAR CORPORATION FILES MOTION FOR LEAVE


SAN MARCOS, CALIFORNIA, August 25, 2005 (PR Newswire) -- Amistar Corporation
(NASDAQ/SC-AMTA) today announced that it has filed a motion for leave to file a
cross complaint against Asteres Inc., Linda Pinney, Ron Taylor and Sanderling
Ventures. A hearing has been set for September 9, 2005 in San Diego Superior
Court to consider this motion for leave.

The court re-set the trial date to November 4, 2005. The hearing date for a
motion for summary judgment by Amistar, ddn and William Holmes has been re-set
by the court to October 21, 2005.

Amistar's legal counsel in the Asteres litigation has agreed to modify their fee
arrangement to defer certain legal expenses to assist the Company's cash flow.

About Amistar
Amistar corporation (NASDAQ SC: AMTA), formed in 1971, designs, develops,
manufactures and sells automation equipment within a variety of industry
segments including electronics, sports equipment, RFID tag and plastic lens
manufacturing and also provides electronics assembly, box-build and machine shop
services to companies who outsource their supply chain management and
manufacturing operations. For more information visit the Company's website at
www.amistar.com.

This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of
section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than
statements of historical fact included in this press release regarding the
company's strategies, plans, objectives, expectations, and future operating
results are forward-looking statements. Although Amistar believes that the
expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable at this
time, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been
correct. Actual results could differ materially based upon a number of factors
including, but not limited to, the state of economy, competition, unanticipated
business opportunities, availability of financing, market acceptance, government
regulation, dependence on key personnel, limited public market and liquidity,
shares eligible for future sale, continuation and renewal of contracts and other
risks that may apply to the company including risks that are disclosed in the
company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.