Contact: Michael P. Hawks              (NYSE -- BMC)
         (612) 851-6030                FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



               BMC OBTAINS A $150 MILLION CREDIT FACILITY


June 10, 1996 -- Minneapolis, Minnesota -- BMC Industries, Inc. announced 
today it has entered into a credit agreement with Norwest Bank Minnesota, 
N.A., as agent and a lending bank,  First Bank National Association and NBD 
Bank for a $150 million unsecured credit facility.  This credit facility 
consists of a $70 million revolving credit facility for general corporate 
purposes and an $80 million acquisition credit facility.
 
Paul B. Burke, BMC's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, 
"The Company has undertaken its most aggressive capital expenditure and 
expansion programs in its history.  This credit facility provides BMC with the 
availability of funds to successfully complete these programs, as well as 
provides immediately available funds in the event the Company encounters a 
strategic acquisition opportunity."
 
BMC is one of the world's largest manufacturers of aperture masks for color 
picture tubes used in televisions and computer monitors.  Through Vision-Ease 
Lens, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, the Company is also a 
leading producer of polycarbonate, glass and plastic eyewear lenses.  The 
common stock of the Company is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the 
symbol "BMC".


                               Page 72