Extremely slow Export and Save to Web

I have an AI file with 40 artboards, each containing a separate image composed of reused vector symbols. I regularly need to adjuste the shared elements of these images, which I then export to PNG and finalize in Photoshop.  It seems the most efficient way to work, since I can update all the images at once easily.  However, it takes an ridiculously long time to Export these images (or Save to Web) into PNG files.  A full Export can take upwards of 4 hours.  Save to Web is much faster, but it can still take up to 40 minutes.
I'm running CS5 on a Intel Core Duo 2.8GHz, which can cope with most Ps and Illy operations comfortably.  So why am I getting such terrible performance when it comes to Exporting?  How can I fix this issue?
I am also open to suggestions to modification of my work flow.  As I said, the AI file contains one artwork per artboard, composed mostly of symbols shared across the file.  I then export each artboard to be processed in Photoshop.  The Ps processing is fairly simple: I just plug the files into a smart object layer, apply some glow effects, and then crop and overlay it on top of a pretty background, before exporting into final PNG file for actual use.  It's all done fairly painlessly through a user-defined batch Action.  But perhaps there's a way to skip the Photoshop altogether?  The actual processing isn't so sophisticated that it would require Photoshop.
TIA

Thanks for the info.  I've never took the time to learn the script yet, so I'll go with a simpler solution.
I changed my workflow so that I'm now exporting to PDF instead of PNG's.  I then import the PDF into Photoshop for the finalization.  There were a few problems with this, though.  Firstly, Photoshop's Action recorder does not record the page number of the PDF in a Smart Object Replace Content action.  I actually had to export the action file, hex edit the file, and then re-load the action to get it to work properly.  Is this a known bug?
Secondly, I don't want my primary work AI file to be PDF compatible, since it makes the file several times larger and much slower to save/load.  However, AI's action recorder does not record that I want to "Save a Copy" with a .pdf extension -- it saves directly onto my primary file.  Is there a way to correct this?
It still takes a long time for Photoshop to import and process the images from the PDF.  But since this workflow won't block off AI for hours, it's something I can better live with.

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