VALHI ANNOUNCES DIVIDEND INCREASE

     DALLAS, TEXAS . . . March 9, 1995 . . . Valhi, Inc. (NYSE:VHI) announced
today that it is increasing the regular quarterly dividend on its common stock
from two cents ($.02) per share to three cents ($.03) per share and that its
Board of Directors has declared a first quarter dividend of three cents ($.03)
per share, payable March 31, 1995, to stockholders of record at the close of
business March 22, 1995. 

     Valhi, Inc., headquartered in Dallas, Texas, in engaged in the chemicals,
refined sugar, building products and other industries.