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FOR IMMEDIATE RELASE:


                        SUNBEAM WILL EXCEED NEW PRODUCTS
                                 GOAL FOR 1997

DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA OCTOBER 13, 1997 - Sunbeam Corporation (NYSE: SOC)
announced today that it will exceed its original goal for new product
introductions in 1997. "We originally set out to introduce 42 new international
products and 30 new U.S. products as a means to rapidly expand our international
breadth of product lines and to provide product differentiation within the U.S.
product lines", said Al Dunlap, Sunbeam's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Dunlap continued, "As a result of our accelerated product development cycle
and our ability to rapidly commercialize U.S. products for international use, we
now expect to introduce 54 new international products and 35 new U.S. products
in 1997."

Mr. Dunlap said, "Our new product development process focuses on fixing chronic
consumer complaints and incorporates a tremendous amount of design concurrency
to aid in accelerating products to market. Additionally, all of our U.S. new
products are now designed for the global market and for ease of manufacturing."
The Company expects new products will contribute over $100 million in additional
revenue in 1997.

Last week in New York City, the Company unveiled two new highly differentiated
products, the Allergysmart/tm/ air purification and the Freshsource/tm/ water
purification products. Mr. Dunlap said, "These two new products represent the
very best of the "new" Sunbeam. We were able to bring these products to market
in eight months, from ideation to production, and they both solve the most
significant consumer complaints associated with current products in the
marketplace." Additionally, Mr. Dunlap discussed an arepa maker which was
introduced in Venezuela during the third quarter, "Arepa's are a food staple in
many parts of South and Central America, and we redesigned and modified our
current sandwich maker to dramaticallly reduce the amount of time needed to
prepare an arepa. Due to its success, we plan on introducing the arepa maker in
North America in 1998 to take advantage of ethnic food trends throughout the
United States."

Sunbeam Corporation is a leading consumer products company that designs,
manufactures and markets, nationally and internationally, a diverse portfolio of
brand name products. The Company's Sunbeam/r/ and Oster/r/ brands have been
household names for generations, both domestically and abroad, and the Company
is a market leader in many of its product categories.


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