Toray initiates home page on World Wide Web.

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 1995--Toray Optical Storage Solutions Inc. has established a home page on the World Wide Web, allowing customers and other interested users to access the very latest information on the company's innovative line of Phasewrite phase change rewritable (PCR) media and Phasewriter optical drive solutions.

When accessing Toray's home page at http://www@toray.com, users can download company data sheets and press releases, including information on Toray's new Phasewriter Dual product line, the first dual-function optical drive that combines a 650-megabyte PCR optical disk drive and quad-speed CD-ROM player into a single, half-height device.

Frequent updates will ensure that Toray's home page is a valuable source of the very latest product and technical information and news about the company. Users of Toray's home page can also send electronic mail to company personnel to request more detailed product information or to arrange meetings with Toray sales representatives.

With inherent high performance, sturdy design and aggressive pricing, Toray's family of PCR optical products offers the ideal solution for high-capacity removable storage and archiving needs.

The Phasewriter MAX Product Line

Toray's Phasewriter MAX is a 5.25-inch phase change rewritable (PCR) multifunction optical drive that utilizes both 1.5GB rewritable and 1.4GB WORM media. The Phasewriter MAX uses direct overwrite to erase and write data in a single pass. With a 1MB cache and direct overwrite capability, the speed of the read/write process is further enhanced. A turbo option is soon to be released providing users with increases data-transfer rates and access times.

The Phasewriter DUAL PD Product Line

Toray's Phasewriter DUAL PD products offer the dual functionality of a quad-speed CD-ROM drive and 650 MB phase change rewritable (PCR) drive in a single device. The new PD products combine an innovative hardware design and next-generation phase change optical media to meet the comprehensive desktop storage needs of today's power users.

The Phasewriter MINI Product Line

Toray announced its future line of 3.5-inch, 1.3 GB Phasewriter MINI drives and systems at Comdex/Fall '94. This product line includes the world's highest-capacity 3.5-inch rewritable optical media. Phasewriter MINI storage systems are designed to meet the needs of advanced mobile computing and multimedia applications. The new media was developed in conjunction with 3.5-inch PCR technology from Toshiba.

Toray's Phasewriter drives are complemented by its patented Phasewrite media. The recording layer of the media is made with a special alloy mix, giving it enhanced read/write capability and extended life. Phasewrite PCR disks are rated at 500,000 cycles, equivalent to 100 read/write cycles every day for 14 years.

Toray Industries is a manufacturing company that is publicly traded in the Japanese and European stock markets. Established in Japan in 1926, Toray today has annual sales of $9.4 billion and was ranked 233rd in the world by Business Week's 1994 Global 1000 Study of the World's Most Valuable Companies.

Toray Optical Storage Solutions is a division of Toray Marketing & Sales of America (TOMAC). TOMAC has headquarters in New York City, with regional offices in San Mateo, Calif.; Houston; and Seattle.

CONTACT: Toray Optical Storage Solutions, San Mateo

Jim Rowley, 415/341-7152, ext. 22

Toraysfo@aol.com (Internet)

or

JPR Communications, Tarzana, Calif.

Judy Smith, 818/992-8867

JPRCommun@aol.com (Internet)