New Equipment and Molds Purchased   ( Business Wire )  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ( BW)(BEACON-LIGHT)(BLHG) New Equipment and Molds Purchased
  Business Editors STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 19, 1998--Beacon Light Holding Corporation (OTC-BB: BLHG) announced today that its subsidiary, Beacon Light Xinhui Plastics Corp. has purchased from the creditors of PSN Group from the Netherlands and the court in Xinhui, Peoples Republic of China, ten additional plastic injection machines for its factory plus molds needed in the production of various plastic products valued at approximately one million US dollars. Beacon Light Xinhui was able to reach this agreement after lengthy negotiation in China by its president, Jerry Gruenbaum with the help of Fukman Yip another Beacon Light board member, a representative of the Company's CPA firm in China and the special help of Mr. Pan Jian-Wei, Director of the People's Government of Xinhui City GuangDong, Foreign Investment Introduction Office. The machinery and molds are currently in the Beacon Light Xinhui factory set up and ready for production. According to the Plant Manager, Meng Tian, the most valuable part of this purchase is the molds. These newly purchased molds will add to the existing supply of molds already being used for production in the factory. The new molds include 20 sets made in Holland for the production of food containers of various sizes and shapes. Also from Holland are molds for the production of plastic window blinds. And from China molds for various other products including salad spinners, waste baskets, mixing bowls and a beverage cup. These molds fit both the existing plastic injection machines operating in the Plastics Factory, as well as the newly purchased plastic injection machines. All of the plastic injection machines were manufactured in Germany. Safe Harbor Disclosure This Press Release contains or incorporates by reference "forward-looking statements," including certain information with respect to plans and strategies of Beacon Light Holding Corporation. For this purpose, any statements contained herein or incorporated herein by reference that are not statements of historical facts may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Without limiting the forgoing, the words "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward looking statements. There are a number of important factors that could cause actual events or actual results of Beacon to differ materially from these indicated by such forward-looking statements. For further information about Beacon Light, please contact Jerry Gruenbaum at 203-921-0310 or go to www.blhg.com
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      CONTACT: Jerry Gruenbaum, President              gruenbaum@blhg.com              Phone: 203-921-0310 Fax: 203-921-0361
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