Brown Disc Products Inc. announces annual shareholders meeting, third quarter results, and forward looking statement.

SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 1997--Brown Disc Products Company Inc. (OTC:BDPC) (soon to be changed to "The Quartz Group Inc." and symbol QGRP), has announced its annual shareholders meeting to be held on June 2, 1997, 10 a.m., at the Marriott Courtyard, 3130 S. Harbor Blvd., Ste. 440, Santa Ana, CA 92704.

The hotel phone number is 714/545-1001.

Third quarter results for the period ended March 31, 1997, showed a loss of $205,054 on revenues of $345,560. Of the $205,054 reported as a loss, $190,432 was attributed to inventory write downs and legal and professional expenses associated with the failed acquisition attempts during the prior two quarters. The company also incurred expenses of $12,201 and a loss of revenue during the operation shutdown in the first week of March when it moved its operations from Colorado to California.

On March 18, 1997, Brown Disc Products Co. made the decision to change its main business from that of distribution and duplication of computer data storage media products to manufacturing quartz glass products used for the semiconductor industry. The decision was made subsequent to the appointment of David J. Lopes as president and chief executive officer of the company who himself has more than 23 years experience in the quartz glass materials industry, including a successful IPO with the company he founded in 1979.

Lopes stated, "The shareholders of Brown Disc Products Company have seen nothing but red ink for almost 10 years now. That's going to stop. The distribution and duplication services of storage media products is a very mature business and fiercely competitive. There are hundreds of small companies out there with virtually no overhead thereby keeping margins very slim.

"The board of directors realized that if this company is going to survive it must redirect its resources into another business. The quartz glass materials industry more than doubled from $300 million in 1993 to approximately $700 million currently. And with the semiconductor industry expected to enjoy double digit growth through the rest of the century, the quartz glass materials business should exceed $1 billion by the year 2001.

"Our mission is to capture 5% of that market by the year 2001. But the first step is to stop the red ink. This company is one quarter away from showing a profit for the first time in many years. There is still a lot of work to do, but we have the management, the relationships and a successful strategy for building this company into a leading supplier of quartz glass products over the next five years."

CONTACT: Brown Disc Products Co. Inc.

Daryl Silversparre, 818/249-8032

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Coffin Communications Group, Sherman Oaks, Calif.

Michael Selsman, 818/789-0100

fax, 818/789-1152