Exhibit 6

               GLOBAL-TECH APPLIANCES ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO SELL
                           LITE ARRAY'S TFEL BUSINESS

Hong Kong, November 1, 2002 -- Global-Tech Appliances Inc. (NYSE: GAI) today
announced that its subsidiary, Global Lite Array (BVI) Limited, has entered into
an agreement to sell its thin film electroluminescent, or TFEL, flat-panel
display business, including the interest that Lite Array, Inc. owns in a joint
venture manufacturing facility in Jiangmen, China, to the former management of
Lite Array. The transaction, which is subject to certain closing conditions, is
expected to be completed within sixty days.

John C.K. Sham, President and Chief Executive Officer, said: "Having made the
decision to exit the TFEL business earlier this year, we explored and evaluated
our options with respect to the sale or liquidation of the business, including
Lite Array's joint venture manufacturing facility. We determined that the most
favorable outcome at this time was to sell the business to Lite Array's former
management. In doing so, we will be able to significantly reduce the ongoing
overhead and administrative costs of Lite Array that were impacting our
profitability."

Mr. Sham added, "While the sales price is immaterial, and the transaction is not
expected to have a material affect on our business, this transaction is
important to us because, as a licensee of a proprietary small molecule
technology for developing and producing organic light emitting diode, or OLED,
displays, Lite Array can now focus all of its resources on its OLED program,
which we believe continues to show great promise."

Global-Tech is a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of a wide range of small
household appliances in four primary product categories: kitchen appliances;
garment care products; travel products and accessories; and floor care products.
The Company's products are marketed by its customers under brand names such as
Black & Decker(R), DeLonghi(R), Dirt Devil(R), Eureka(R), Hamilton Beach(R),
Krups(R), Morphy Richards(R), Mr. Coffee(R), Proctor-Silex(R), Sunbeam(R), and
West Bend(R).

Except for historical information, certain statements contained herein are
forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as
"expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates,"
or variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify
such forward looking statements. These forward looking statements are subject to
risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to, the impact of competitive
products and pricing, product demand and market acceptance, new product
development, reliance on key strategic alliances, availability and cost of raw
materials, the timely and proper execution of certain business plans, including
the plan to diversify and transform a portion of manufacturing capacity to
higher-value, technology-oriented products, currency fluctuations, uncertainties
associated with investments, the regulatory environment, fluctuations in
operating results and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including its most recent
Report on Form 20-F.

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