Hoya Corporation USA Memory Division appoints Roger Tabel as Vice President of Operations.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 1995--Hoya Corporation USA's Memory Division has announced the appointment of Roger Tabel as Vice President of Operations.

Tabel has over 20 years experience in disk and semiconductor manufacturing at Western Digital Corporation, Xidex Corporation and Intel Corporation. Stated Gil Argentina, Memory Division General Manager, "The acquisition of Mr. Tabel is an important step in Hoya's glass disk manufacturing strategy. Hoya currently ships more than one million glass disks per month world-wide, and we expect to triple this over the next 18 months. Hoya USA is an integral part of this huge manufacturing effort, and Roger's experience will be invaluable."

Tabel's recent achievements include qualification of a disk media manufacturing facility to ISO 9002 standards. Tabel has a Masters in Organization Development from the University of San Francisco, and earned his Bachelor's of Business Administration from National University.

The Memory Division originally was part of Hoya Electronics Corporation, and has been developing and manufacturing glass magnetic disks at its San Jose facility since 1990. It is the only major US-based large-volume manufacturer of 2.5-inch and 1.8-inch high-density, thin-film magnetic computer hard disks using glass as a substrate. Hoya glass disks are used in disk drives for notebook and subnotebook computers. Glass disks, as opposed to the traditional aluminum disks, have superior shock resistance, making them particularly suitable for mobile applications.

Hoya Corporation USA, a California-based holding company, was created in 1989 as Hoya Corporation's regional headquarters in the United States. It engages in a variety of high-technology, glass-based businesses throughout California, including optics, semiconductors, electronics and opthalmics. Its New York-based subsidiary, Hoya Crystal, Inc., is famous throughout the US, Japan, and Europe for its museum-quality crystal art pieces, exquisite stemware and holloware.

Hoya Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a 1.5 billion dollar corporation whose primary product is high-technology glass with specialized applications in a variety of world-wide industries including electronics, optics, semiconductors, opthalmics, computers and communications.

CONTACT: Hoya Corporation USA

Dana H. Jagelski, 408/435-5630

Chris Krishnan, 408/435-5620